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Laura Dalton paints meticulous pictures of children and animals, working in a methodical way to build up the colour and textures in her work. Here she tells us more about her working methods and her aims for the future. If you would like to see more of Laura’s work, post a comment or upload your own images to our free online gallery, visit www.painters-online.co.uk
Laura lives on the Wiltshire-Dorset border on a busy dairy farm, with her husband and two young children. Finding time to paint isn’t easy and, she says, ‘is usually fitted in when my youngest (20 months) is having a nap!’ Laura completed a foundation course in art at Portsmouth University, but chose to train as a personal assistant and studied for a degree in agriculture, rather than fine art at university. She writes: ‘I found a natural talent for art at an early age and enjoyed it at school and college, and now continue to enjoy the commissions I receive.