ALICE SIELLE

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Alice Sielle

Born and lives in London 

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One Sunday lunchtime when I was 9 years old, my mother asked my uncle how long he was going to paint abstract for. After lunch I went upstairs to my oil paints in the attic to see if I could paint an abstract, and discovered I couldn’t. Ever since then I have been concerned with the formalities of picture making – balance, line, colour, tone, space, proportion and so on. 

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I started painting full time in 1973 as an abstract painter, but now also do figurative work when the subject demands no ambiguity. 

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Amongst the many painters who have influenced me are Barnet Newman, Duccio, Piero della Francesca, Ben Nicholson, my uncle, William Scott and John Craxton.