Artist Bio

ALISON NEWTH

Alison Newth is a local artist, living in beautiful Fort St. John, which is located in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. This area is know for its stunning sunsets, striking northern lights, long summer days and cold winter nights.

Alison usually works in acrylics, painting local landscapes and wildlife; however, she recently started experimenting with oils. Her favourite subject is the Peace River valley, which is at risk due to the controversial construction of the Site C dam.

When Alison joined the Flying Colours Artists' Association in late 2014, she began painting with vigor. Shortly thereafter she was juried into the Federation of Canadian Artists and then joined the Peace River Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists. She has been painting with colour and passion ever since.

View a selection of exhibits, memberships and media below.

Plein air painting during Darryl Funk's oil painting workshop (2019).

Opening night! Alison and Diana (2018).

Raft Baby: a novel

Written by Bonnie Dunlop.
Cover art by Alison Newth.

Raft Baby is a sprawling historical novel set in the Peace River country in the early 1900s, a period and a place that tested the mettle of all who came there. The novel is complex and layered, with multiple narrators and interwoven stories. Its main story, though, is the mystical tale of a young girl straddling two worlds in ways of which she is not always aware, with elements of love, sacrifice, greed, envy, heartbreaking sorrow, and unexpected twists in plot. The novel is set mostly in the past and chronicled through various voices that tell of the Raft Baby’s amazing journey. We also hear directly from the Raft Baby herself, both at the beginning of the novel and at the end. Her voice is vital, true, and clear and it validates the novel’s history and circumstances in the gentlest of ways.

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EXHIBITS & SHOWS

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020   365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Project 2020, FCA Online Exhibition
2020   Points of View 7, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2019   A World of Contrasts, Centre for Creative Arts, Grande Prairie, AB
2019   Spring Fling, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, BC
2019   Artist's Choice, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2018   Imagine, Beaverlodge Cultural Centre, Beaverlodge, AB
2018   Points of View 5, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2017   365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Project 2017, FCA Online Exhibition
2017   Our Home and Native Land, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, BC
2017   Points of View 4, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2017   My Canada, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2016   Points of View 3, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC

SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS:
2019    Alison Newth Solo Exhibit, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Grande Prairie, AB
2018 Alison Newth and Diana Hofmann present: Nature Captured in Print & Paint, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC

MEMBERSHIPS

Flying Colours Artists - since 2014
Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) - since 2016
Peace River Chapter of FCA - since 2017
PAGS - since 2018

MEDIA

"City Unveils Public Art For New Plaza," Alaska Highway News. Dec 2, 2020.

"Alison Newth - Artist Interview," Peace River Chapter Federation of Canadian Artists. December 2020.

"Raft Baby", novel cover art, released September 2020. View book on amazon.ca.

"Nature Captured in Prints And Paint", Alaska Highway News. Aug 8, 2018.

"Pull of the Peace, spirit of the North captured in new exhibit", Alaska Highway News. July 17, 2018.

"Local artists interpret Canada in new exhibit", Alaska Highway News. Feb 1, 2017.

"True patriot love at latest art exhibition", Alaska Highways News. Feb. 8, 2017.

"Points of View 3 showcases unique perspectives of local artists", Alaska Highway News. Apr 6, 2016.

"Featured artist on Artsyshark.com", October 2016.

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