Alan Streets in his studio

About Alan

Alan Streets is an artist from England. He was born in 1969. His mother is German and his father is English. He became interested in art and showed an aptitude for art at an early age.

He started to paint consistently and eventually gained a place for a Foundation course at St. Martins School of Art in London. Unfortunately he didn’t complete the course and he went to New York instead to try and fulfil his dream of being a successful artist.

His paintings are influenced by Graffiti Art and also by Bruegel, Hieronymus Bosch and Salvador Dali.
When he was 23 he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

He moved back to England to be treated for schizophrenia. At this time and all through the 1990’s he was represented by the Nicholas Treadwell Gallery.

In 2000 he decided to move back to America and he began painting plein-air in New York in all Boroughs as well as in numerous other American cities.

Alan on film

In 2007 a documentary about his career as a plein-air artist in New York was released called “My name is Alan and I paint pictures”. This film won 2 Academy Awards and was also shown on the Sky Arts Channel.

He had to return to England in 2010 to be retreated for schizophrenia as he had started to become unwell. Back on medication he was able to start producing more art and he has been representing himself since then through his website.

At this time he started to learn woodcarving. He was able to teach himself this through trial and error and he has created a large collection of woodcarvings.

In 2021 and 2022 he painted an illustrated 92 page book about his schizophrenia. This informative book can be bought on this website.

Most of his painting techniques and all of his woodcarving is self taught and he has been categorised as an Outsider Artist.

All his latest work are on this website and he hopes that viewers enjoy his art!

Links

My Name is Alan film:

Outside In Gallery

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