Alison C. Board has always had a creative career. Having originally trained to be a ballet teacher, she changed her subject to fine art. Alison spent fifteen years managing and subsequently owning a contemporary gallery and arts centre in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, UK where she also taught both the adult and children's courses. In 2009 she gave it up to pursue her ambition of studying for a degree in Fine Art at the Arts University in Bournemouth and graduated in 2013 with First Class Honours.
Alison's ever-growing portfolio includes regular demonstrations and workshops for the SAA. Alison also runs a range of workshops, courses and painting weekends from her studio, and has recently begun to offer international painting holidays.
When Alison isn't teaching, she can be found sketching and photographing with her husband Richard and her two Jack Russells, surrounded by the beautiful Dorset landscape. She is inspired by her countryside home and her family history, as well as film and theatre, and song lyrics.