alanmorrisonartist
ALAN MORRISON IS A GRADUATE FROM GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART AND HAS WORKED EXTENSIVELY ACROSS A MULTITUDE OF ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES; ILLUSTRATION, SCENIC PAINTING, MURAL ART, FINE ART AND MENTORING/TUTORING/TEACHING.
DURING THE 80S HE JOINED IAN FLEMING ILLUSTRATION AGENCY IN LONDON WHERE HE COMPLETED NUMEROUS COMMISSIONS FOR COMPANIES SUCH AS 20TH CENTURY FOX, ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, BRITISH TELECOM, PIONEER MUSIC, HAWKER SIDDELEY, THE FACE, COSMOPOLITAN, NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM AND BBC TO NAME A FEW.
SINCE THEN HIS PORTRAIT OF A. CELLI ACTOR WAS A FINALIST IN THE JOHN PLAYER PORTRAIT AWARD AT THE NPG LONDON WHERE IT DREW PRAISE FROM ART CRITIC BRIAN SEWELL AS BEING "ANIMAL INTENSE, PORTRAYED IN A WAY NO PHOTOGRAPHER COULD MATCH". HE RECEIVED NUMEROUS PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS FROM THIS INCLUDING MATT GOSS FROM POP GROUP BROS AND JUDAS PRIEST ROCK BAND.
IN SCENIC WORK HE AS WORKED ON A NUMBER OF LARGE SCALE PROJECTS INCLUDING MICHAEL JACKSONS DANGEROUS TOUR, CHANNEL 5 (UK) LAUNCH AND SUNSET BEACH COLLEGE TOUR , BRIT AWARDS, NUMEROUS LONDON FASHION SHOWS AND ROLLING STONES VOODOO LOUNGE TOUR PARTY FOR EXAMPLE.
IN THE 90S HE SUBCONTRACTED WORK FROM DKT SPECIALIST DECORATION WHERE HE WORKED AS THEIR MURALIST IN MANY LONDON AND SUBURB PROPERTIES DEPICTING 17/18TH CENTURY STYLE MURALS ON WALLS AND CEILINGS TO SUIT THE CLIENTS BRIEFS. THIS WORK ALSO TRANSLATED TO PAINTING YACHT MURALS FOR DUTCH COMPANIES AND PAINTING MURALS IN PRINCE ZABEELS PALACE IN DUBAI.
HE HAS TAUGHT IN NUMEROUS COLLEGES IN THE UK INCLUDING CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART AND SINCE RELOCATING TO BRISBANE IN 2007 HAS BEEN MENTORING STUDENTS PRIVATELY IN THE CITY.
HE HELD 11 ONE MAN SHOWS IN LONDON AND 4 IN BRISBANE TO DATE. HE CONTINUES TO PAINT IN HIS BRISBANE STUDIO AND HAS BEEN A FINALIST IN MANY ART AWARDS IN THE PAST TEN YEARS INCLUDING DOUG MORAN PORTRAIT AWARD, MANDORLA ART AWARD, LETHBRIDGE SMALL SCALE AWARD, COLLIE ART AWARD AND BLUETHUMB ART AWARD .