Soraya French

Who is Soraya French?

Soraya French S.W.A. is a contemporary artist known for her vivid use of colour in acrylic based multimedia and has produced two books with Harper Collins, 30 Minute Acrylics, and Dynamic Acrylics. Townhouse films have produced an instructional DVD with Soraya called Dynamic Acrylics.

She is a regular contributor to The Artist magazine and regularly holds painting workshops in her studio at Project Workshop. She is a demonstrator for GOLDEN artist colors.

She is a member of SWA, SAA, SFP and is the president of the Andover Art Society. She has won various awards, the most notable are the Daler Rowney Choice Awards at Society of Women Artists.

Soraya is a versatile artist working in watercolours, oils, pastels, acrylics and mixed media in a variety of subject matters such as musicians, café scenes and African market scenes amongst others. Many of her subjects are travel based and people in everyday life situations feature a great deal in her work, light and colour are the two important elements in her paintings together with semi abstract passages and a sense of ambiguity where she allows the viewer to make up the story.