Alison Friend Collection

Alison Friend is a British artist known for her whimsical, anthropomorphic animal portraits. A graduate of Nottingham Trent University with a degree in Fine Art and Printmaking, she holds the distinction of being the first female stonemason for the City of Nottingham. As an accomplished children s book illustrator, Alison has illustrated over twenty books to date. Friend s oil paintings combine the timeless techniques of the Old Masters with a playful contemporary twist, capturing human-like antics of cats and dogs.