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Artist Alison Parsons has lived and traveled around the globe and she*s painted the beauty of every place she*s been. No place in the world, however, could capture her passion like Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. Her love of the city and its architecture is reflected in the watercolor and pen & ink paintings that have made her one of the state*s most popular artists.

1990 began the first in what would become a long series of paintings featuring the famous places of Hot Springs and Alison quickly became one of the most sought after artists in the region. Seasoned collectors, as well as those who simply saw one of their own favorite landmarks rendered in her paintings began to purchase her work. Her artwork has been published on magazine covers and was the subject of special television broadcasts. She was commissioned by an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, Inc. to create watercolor paintings of Hot Springs National Park for reproduction as note cards.

Influenced by the early years in her marriage to husband David spent on the tropical islands of the Republic of Seychelles, plus life on beautiful Lake Hamilton, and plein air painting in Garvan Woodlands Gardens, Alison found herself taking off in a completely different direction creating a series of bold and passionate Acrylic and Gold Leaf paintings. The expressionistic paintings of tropical flora show a completely different side of Alison and open up a new dimension in her art career and a whole new audience for her work.

Her work has been recognized and exhibited at such places as United States Air Force Academy, American Cultural Center of the Republic of Seychelles, the Democratic National Headquarters, and the White House during the Clinton administration. In 2004 The National Park Service invited Alison to be their first Artist in Residence at Hot Springs National Park. The Historic Arkansas Museum invited Alison to exhibit her paintings in Acrylic and Gold Leaf in 2007.