I am a largely self taught artist although I did art lessons through secondary school (thick paint, thicker brushes and blotting paper) and managed to pass an examination. I paint water colours and acrylics but my real joy is pencil drawing. Being able to see a spark of life in a drawing is a truly magnificent feeling.
I retired a few years ago after a working life in the IT industry, since then I have undertaken some of the art projects I never found time for while working. For some years I have exhibited at the Denmead Art Show in Hampshire.
As I now find more time available to me I have started to blend my other interest - photography - with my art to develop pictures that are more of a construction of feelings than an attempt to reflect a scene from reality.
If you like what you see but would like to describe something more specific, a commission, please e-mail me and we can discuss it.
Alan Pickersgill joined Pixels on January 13th, 2010.
