Biography
Since her earliest memories Allyson has been an artist, and throughout school was frequently recognized and awarded for her artistic achievements.
She studied journalism in college, learning typography, editorial layout and photography and used her creative talents to become a graphic designer and marketing consultant in the San Francisco bay area and Silicon Valley. Clients included Apple Computer, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco Systems, Ziff-Davis, Applied Materials and Media Arts Group.
In 1999 she moved to the Monterey Peninsula, where she currently resides on the California central coast.
Education
2012 IEA Conference, San Antonio, TX
2011 IEA Conference, Portland, OR
2010 IEA Conference, San Francisco, CA
2009 IEA Conference, Hidden Valley, Carmel Valley, CA
2008 IEA Conference, Hidden Valley, Carmel Valley, CA,
2006 Encaustic Painting Workshop, Hidden Valley, Carmel Valley, CA
2006 Encaustic Painting Workshop, Artista, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
1975 Fullerton College, AA Journalism
Selected Exhibitions
2018 Monterey Museum of Art, Featured "Big Ticket" artist, annual Miniature Show
2011 Columbia River Gallery, IEA Masters Juried Show, Troutdale, OR
2011 Morro Bay Art Association, IEA Juried Show, Morro Bay, CA
2010 Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts Juried Show, Lake Qswego, OR
2010 5th Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2009 Cross Pollination, Juried Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 The Bay is Your Oyster, Juried Show, Monterey Yacht Club, CA
2009 Working in Wax, Juried Show, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2009 Metamorphosis, Juried Show, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE
2008 Miniatures Show, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
2008 Monterey Landscapes, Monterey Convention Center, CA
2007 Owning Pink, Lauryn Taylor Gallery, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
2007 Holiday Lites, Lauryn Taylor Gallery, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
2006 Elementals, Juried Show, Lauryn Taylor Gallery, Carmel, CA
2006 Fusion: Art Meets Jazz, Gallery North, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
2004 Diamante Gallery, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Publications
2021 True Tens | Seven Women of Beautiful Character, Tony Seton
2012 Monterey County Magazine “Modernism Meets the Ancients”
2012 The Carmel Pine Cone “Great Lives” - September 12, 2012
2006 Monterey County Herald, “Notable Art” - April 6, 2006
Representation
Haute Enchilada Gallery, Moss Landing, CA