Alison Coulthurst

Alison Coulthurst was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and studied fine arts and graphic design in Cape Town and Durban, South Africa before moving to England. In 1987 she was ensconced in a graphic design career in London with an advertising agency. She incorporated styilized illustrations in response to design briefs and these became precursors to her paintings. In the early 1990’s, she immigrated to Australia and established her own creative agency. In 2001 she started studying art with Annette Pringle, to whom she attributes her confident figurative abstract style. Alison has had a meteoric rise in the art world and she sells nearly everything she paints. She has held many successful solo shows throughout Australia and a show in Rome, Italy in 2005. Her work has been sourced for many high profile collections and Collette Dinnigan is among her collectors