Allison Watson
ORIGINAL LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS AND FINE ART LIMITED EDITIONS

BIOGRAPHY

Ms Watson began her profession as studio artists in her early twenties. She has worked as an animator, illustrator, textile artist, and art teacher and as a licensed interior designer. Her work is represented in more than five hundred private, public and corporate collections nationally and internationally. She has had over thirty solo exhibitions including shows at major universities and museums as well as many group shows. Some collectors include Florida National Banks, Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., Jacksonville Office of the Mayor, Baptist Medical Center, Amazon Expeditions, Accustaff, Marriott Hotels, South Trust Banks, Southern Bell, Atlantic National Banks and Sheraton Hotels and The Jacksonville Library. Ms Watson is a life long resident of North Florida and paints from her own landscape photography taken in North Florida and the South East as well as international locations. Watson's life long passion for the environment is evident in her landscape paintings that reflect the beauty of many endangered wetlands, upland forests and beaches of the South.

SELECTED CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLECTIONS

Jacksonville Office of the Mayor / Baptist Medical Center South / Accustaff / Legg Mason Inc. / Marriott Hotels / South Trust Banks / Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art / Holland and Knight P.A. / Sterling Winthrop Inc. / Designer Container Inc. / Bledso, Schmidt, Lipps, and Adams / Gate Petroleum Corporation / Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. / Florida National Bank / Barnett Bank (Bank of America) / Southern Bell / Amadu Belo University of Nigeria / Jacksonville Museum of Arts and Science / Robbie and Sam Vickers Collection / Atlantic National Bank / Queens Collage (New York) / Sheraton Hotels / The Inn at Ponte Vedra / Planed Parenthood Office / Alachua County / Amazon Expeditions (Equintos, Peru) / Morgan Stanley

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS

2005 Alexander Brest Museum and Gallery, Jacksonville University / 2004 First Street Gallery, Neptune Beach, Florida / 2003 Vandroff Gallery / 2002 - 2003 Pedestrian at Biscotti's / 2000 - 2001 The Capitol Complex, Tallahassee / 2000 Recent Landscapes at Biscotties, Jacksonville / 1999 Sanctuaries-Resent Landscapes - Accustaff Building / 1998Albertson, Peterson Gallery Inc., Winter Park, Florida / 1997 Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art / 1997 Cummer Museum - Art Connection / 1996 Tallahassee Capitol Complex / Partners with Contemporania / 1994 Museum of Artifacts and Treasures, Daytona, Florida / 1993 Jacksonville International Airport / 1993 Florida School of the Arts, Palatca, Florida / 1993, '91, '89 Gallery Contemporania, Jacksonville FL. / 1987 Le Moyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee FL. / 1986 Florida Technical University, Orlando, FL. / 1984 Micanopy Center of Modern Art, Micanopy, FL. / Valdosta State Collage, Valdosta, Ga.

REVIEWS

"The world of Allison Watson is like a Florida dreamscape, perfect landscapes rich with flora and fauna, lush vegetation and brilliant colors. She is in many ways a contemporary Thomas Moran, mastering the light and shadow to provide the viewer with a perfect scene - a believable scene. Like Moran, Watson places the viewer in the picture, and the ease with which we transpose ourselves within her work is a testimony to her skill as one of the most accomplished artists in the region. Sunlight dances throughout her pictures and water reflects the calm stillness witch can be found in our rich Florida marshes and Everglades. She is one of the few artists whom I wish would start some large scale works, but that's only a wish for the future."
Henry Flood Robert, Jr.- Fmr. Executive Director, Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art

"Allison's approach to landscape from a spiritual vantage goes beyond a scenic quality to a metaphysical level that embraces her love of nature and her feeling about the outdoors as a sanctuary. As a gallery owner, as a fellow painter, and as a friend, for me, Allison's professionalism is beyond reproach. She has maintained a consistent level of quality, finish, and detail in her work, with evidence of steady growth."
Jim Draper- Artist and Gallery Owner

"Looking at one of Allison Watson's landscape paintings means entering another world of lush foliage, rich swamps and sweeping views. 'She presents a much different landscape,' said Hillary Tuttle, gallery director of Stellers Gallery in Ponte Vedra Beach. 'It really is up close and personal.'"
Tanya Perez-Brennan - Jacksonville Times Union, February 18, 2005

Web: http://www.allisonwatson.com/        Studio: (904) 398-7145         Email: awatsonart@aol.com