{"id":834,"date":"2021-06-16T17:27:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T17:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/?page_id=834"},"modified":"2023-12-03T12:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T12:12:07","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/?page_id=834","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"834\" class=\"elementor elementor-834\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-352d0295 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"352d0295\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1aaf59cf\" data-id=\"1aaf59cf\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4264-2-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2906\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4264-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4264-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4264-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4264-2.jpg 988w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9efdd4f\" data-id=\"9efdd4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3de487 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3de487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>I am an artist inspired by the rich imagery<\/strong> that the landscape can provide us with\u2026 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/?page_id=1001\"><strong>prints<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/?page_id=1006\"><strong>paintings<\/strong><\/a> focus on atmospheric and evocative imagery, which will hopefully trigger an emotional response with you the viewer.<br \/><br \/><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/?page_id=824\">images<\/a> you see here are from references<\/strong> gathered together from a multitude of visual experiences. Photographs, sketches and memory, so not a specific point or subject in the landscape. It&#8217;s more a feeling made from numerous observations and reflections, then transferred onto the paper\u2026<br \/><br \/><strong>Having graduated with a Fine Art Degree in Printmaking<\/strong> from West Surrey College of Art in Farnham, which is now part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uca.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>University for the Creative Arts,<\/strong><\/a> I have only just recently tried to re-establish my connection between art and the landscape, through paintings and prints.<br \/>Working mostly in acrylics, I find myself overlaying several colours, with some areas often making similar textures and marks that are achieved in etching processes and oil painting. It\u2019s this use of colour, texture and form, that helps to create the \u2018sense of place\u2019 that I\u2019m searching for.<br \/><br \/><strong>Thank you for visiting my website,<\/strong> and hope you enjoy looking at the work. Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/?page_id=798\"><strong>get in touch <\/strong><\/a>if you would like to know more&#8230; or return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/?page_id=824\"><strong>gallery<\/strong><\/a> page to view the images.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/gallery\/\">Martin Allan Artist &amp; Printmaker<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd4b7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bdd4b7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Signature-3-dark-blue-1-300x60.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1158\" alt=\"Signature Martin Allan Printmaker Artist Landscape\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Signature-3-dark-blue-1-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Signature-3-dark-blue-1.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About I am an artist inspired by the rich imagery that the landscape can provide us with\u2026 The prints and paintings focus on atmospheric and evocative imagery, which will hopefully trigger an emotional response with you the viewer. The images you see here are from references gathered together from a multitude of visual experiences. Photographs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-834","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Martin Allan Prints &#183; Biography &#183; Artist &#183; Printmaker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Landscape Paintings Prints Printmaker Artist Martin Allan Printpairs Woodland birds impressionism Halifax Yorkshire Greetings Cards Biography\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.martinallanprints.co.uk\/?page_id=834\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Martin Allan Prints &#183; 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