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Native name
  
ثریا فرانسه


Name
  
Soraya French

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Born
  
1957
Tehran, Iran

Known for
  
Author of educational books and acrylic painter

Books
  
Dynamic Acrylics, Acrylics (30 Minute ART)

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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, 30 Minute Acrylics, and Dynamic Acrylics. Townhouse films have produced an instructional DVD with Soraya called Dynamic Acrylics.

Contents

Soraya French Soraya French Artist Art Tutor and Painting Holiday Host

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Work

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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.

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

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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.

Awards

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  • Runner up in Test Valley Art’s Foundation Award at The Best of Hampshire 2009
  • Test Valley Art’s Foundation Award for The Best Painting by a Hampshire Artist (Best of Hampshire Exhibition) at Sir Harold Hillier’s in November 2008
  • Best Miniature Society of Floral Painters Mottisfont 2006
  • Artist of the Year 2005 Artist & Illustrators exhibition
  • Daler-Rowney Choice Award, Society of Women Artists, June 2004
  • Winchester Art Club 76th annual exhibition November 2003
  • Salisbury Open Award April 2003
  • Fight for Sight regional competition November 2002
  • Edwin Young Award April 2002
  • Edwin Young Award Salisbury Open 1997 -The painting was purchased for the Edwin Young Museum collection

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    References

    Soraya French Wikipedia