Ali Russell is a painter and writer based in Falmouth, Cornwall. Her work is shaped by years spent living in the Wiltshire countryside, where her attention was first drawn to the quiet poetry of nature: early mornings, hedgerows alive with birdsong, and the small, intricate forms of wild plants. Now living by the coast, her practice continues to explore the tender stories held within the landscape, influenced by both inland fields and salt-washed air.

Working across watercolour, ink, and oil paint, Ali creates both detailed botanical studies and atmospheric landscape and seascape paintings. Her work moves between the intimate and the expansive: petals, seed heads, and leaves rendered with delicacy and care, alongside wide skies, shifting seas, and grounded fields shaped by light and weather.

In her watercolours, translucent layers of colour are built gradually, preserving the luminosity and fragility of the medium. Her oil paintings allow for a slower, more tactile exploration of place, capturing the weight of clouds, the movement of water, and the emotional pull of coastlines and countryside. Across all mediums, her work invites slower looking, quiet reflection, and reconnection with the natural world.

Each piece is created using professional, archival-quality materials, including cold-pressed cotton paper and artist-grade water mixable oil paints.

Ali studied Fine Art at Falmouth University before completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Writing: Advanced Fiction and Writing for Performance, at the University of Cambridge. These two disciplines, visual and written storytelling, remain closely intertwined in her practice, shaping both her way of seeing and the quiet narratives that unfold within her work.