Faye's Pop Art

Influenced by the 1960s British Pop Artist Pauline Boty and the ethereal allure of the Pre-Raphaelites, Faye's art is a fusion of past and present, tradition and modern pallettes. She studied Fashion Illustration at UCA and spent several years in London, absorbing the night life and culture.

More recently she has been honing her skills painting in oils and playing with decoupage from vintage books and magazines.

Portraiture has been a steady passion throughout her life, and celebrating the feminine form. In recent years she has enjoyed interpreting pop culture in her work - flirting with glamour and kitsch; exploring tropes and symbols of femininity.

She has recently started to think about historical female protagonists and their often problematic political place in the patriarchy. Inspired by the theatrical demonstrations by Fossil Free London and content shared and compiled by @chappellruin on Instagram - Faye produced a painting with a heavy Anti Capitalist message and donated 50% of the sale to PTS with a Limited Edition run of Fine Art Prints to also generate donations to the charity.

Faye Allison isn't your typical coastal artist; she's interested in placing figures and surrealism into the watery paintings which she paints from her quiet seaside studio in North Devon. Hinting that the scene you are gazing at is perhaps underwater - both peaceful and dangerous, calm and full of beauty. While her roots may lie in the world of fashion illustration and a longstanding fascination with portraiture -

Faye’s journey has taken her far beyond the catwalks of London's bustling streets and the night-life that informed her earlier years as a young woman.

The Trove is a collection of paintings that Faye painted to indulge in; revisiting the music and imagery that inspired her. A woman's magpie-like tendancy to collect beautiful things. Imagery gathered and discovered via blogs and snippets of magazines pinned to her bedroom walls.