
Alison Harper
Artist, Director & Founder
The Essential School of Painting

The Essential School of Painting Motto
‘Animus ad creandum’™

The Venerable Sangharakshita
Alison Harper 1993
National Portrait Gallery Collection

Impala Sunset Silhoutte
Maasai-Mara Painting Safari 2013

Portrait “Perla Patricia”
400 Women Exhibition

Wildebeest Migration Maasai-Mara
Painting Safari 2013

Well-light and Spacious Studios
TheESOP 2013

Still Life Classes
TheESOP

“I Love Alex”
Charcoal & Pastel Portrait
Alison Harper 2012

Tutor’s Demonstration
Rosemary Beaton 2012
The Essential School of Painting

Portraiture Model
2013

Student Portraiture detail
2013