Allison Taplin

Allison Taplin resides in the Macedon Ranges of Victoria on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung country, balancing her full-time role as a nurse manager at a specialist hospital with her passion for painting. Inspired by the diverse Australian landscape, especially the vast sky, tree-covered mountains, and expansive fields, Allison finds comfort and renewal in both nature and art.

Allison was born in Melbourne and lives in the Macedon Ranges region of Victoria on Wurunjeri Woi Wurrung country.
She works full-time as a nurse manager in a busy specialist hospital and paints in her snippets of spare time.
Painting was initially a bereavement therapy after the loss of her son and she now creates in a small studio space – ‘Little Leif Studio’ – in his memory. The diverse Australian landscape is a constant source of inspiration – especially the big sky in all its moods. She is particularly drawn to the tree-covered mountains and wide open fields of her surroundings.
Painting and time spent in nature – whether wild or peaceful – is deeply comforting and rejuvenating. She loves to photograph the landscape and paint quick sketches in watercolour, especially when travelling and uses these as references for oil paintings in her studio.