Ep.26 Behind the Scenery August 24

Alison Critchlow is a contemporary British painter based in Bowness on Solway – right on the northern edge of Cumbria.

She paints mainly in oils. She’s recently been shortlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2024, an annual event which promotes the best of contemporary painting produced in the UK.

Alison is also one of the organisers of the annual Around the Island open studio art trail which takes place in September in north west Cumbria.

Tom Speight went to meet her in her studio – but began on the crunching shores of the Solway…