About Alison Ann
Three years later, she was continuing her communal lifestyle in London’s Ladbroke Grove, meeting people from all over the world, and eventually joining a housing co-operative of young, single people in Hackney.
AlisonAnn discovered her creativity whilst still in her teens. She experimented with various art forms before falling in love with painting. She is entirely self taught but credits the influence of many artistic friends and acquaintances. Painting was a serious hobby from the age of 20, and many of her early artworks are in the private collections of friends and family.
Beyond the vibrant, acrylic colours that are a recognisable feature of her work, there is a reflection of a strong creative form of expression coupled with a quirkiness born of an early hippy-nomad lifestyle, with an accumulation of life enhancing experiences. Therefore, one can safely anticipate discovering more in some paintings than first meets the eye. Indeed, she has said that at times, and despite her original concept, characters will ‘present’ themselves on her canvases, often dictating the finished work.
Wishing to make her art more accessible, she sought professional advice as to the best way forward, “Put them on to merchandise” was the swift reply. Which proved to be much easier said than done! After many fruitless searches, finally, in the year 2020 she thought of learning how to make the wooden boxes and coasters you can find within these pages. By combining her once shelved skills with decoupage, she has discovered what is proving to be a very effective and popular solution to “putting them on to merchandise”.
Her career had been described as eclectic, but it became more clearly defined in her mid thirties. After many enjoyable years working in advertising and the world of business, she began to notice a change in her focus; she was becoming more interested in helping her clients overcome their challenging life experiences than in marketing their products. One day, someone said she should be “doing this for a living”. So off she went and gained her Counselling qualification. This was the start of a life-long quest to discover the reasons why we do the things we do, and what we can do to improve our lives.
After 25+ years of further study, and working as a Counsellor/Life Coach, AlisonAnn started developing what she calls her “Personal Profiles”* Based on two ancient teachings (Astrology and Numerology), she has time and again been amazed by the uncanny accuracy of the readings. Clients report a new sense of meaning that having this insightful knowledge has given to their lives.
She is now finally able to indulge both her passions – as an artist and enthusiastic crafter, and a therapist who specialises in helping those who are ready to explore where they currently are in life and where they want to get to.
* The Personal Profiles are extensively researched, in-depth written portraits of everything that makes you who you are. Presented in a bespoke, handmade A5 book which is decorated throughout the 35-40 pages with hand-finished Astrological and Numerological symbols, and titles. Please contact AlisonAnn on 0203 6332 738 for more details of the above and other available formats if this is something you have been thinking about, or connect on LinkedIn.