Soraya French

Soraya French
Native name ثریا فرانسه
Born 1957
Tehran, Iran
Known for Author of educational books and acrylic painter
Website
http://www.sorayafrench.com/

Soraya French (born 1957 in Tehran) is an Iranian artist known for her vivid use of colour in acrylic based multimedia and has produced two books with Harper Collins,[1] 30 Minute Acrylics, and Dynamic Acrylics. Townhouse films[2] have produced an instructional DVD with Soraya called Dynamic Acrylics.

She is a regular contributor to The Artist magazine and regularly holds painting workshops in her studio at Project Workshop. She is a demonstrator for GOLDEN artist colors.[3]

She is a member of the Society of Women Artists (SWA),[4] Society of All Artists (SAA),[5] Society for Floral Painting (SFP), Wallop Artists[6] and is the president of the Andover Art Society.[7] She has won various awards, the most notable are the Daler Rowney Choice Awards at Society of Women Artists.

Soraya is a versatile artist working in watercolours, oils, pastels, acrylics and mixed media in a variety of subject matters such as musicians, café scenes and African market scenes amongst others. Many of her subjects are travel based and people in everyday life situations feature a great deal in her work, light and colour are the two important elements in her paintings together with semi abstract passages and a sense of ambiguity where she allows the viewer to make up the story.[8]

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