ALLISON WATSON
Landscape paintings of the Southeast
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"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 artist 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 who I wish would start some large-scale works, but that's only a wish for the future."

Henry Flood Robert, Jr.- Former 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

The paintings of Allison Watson depict the combination of light and shadow, and reflect the hallmark of her style. Her love of the land and of that air of mystery is recorded in her paintings. Considering her art as “refined impressionism, bordering on realism”, Watson’s relatively tight views direct her to contend with details. At first glance, Watson’s paintings may seem like photorealism, bur closer inspection revels that they are optically constructed. Watson stated, “ The urgency to paint existed before the need to support myself. I paint because I love it and that is what I do best”. For Watson it is all about the love of the land’


Gary Monroe author and historian from “Florida’s American Heritage River”

 
 
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