Mostly self-taught, he has studied and the Slade and the Chelsea School of Artist More recently he has painted nudes, cityscapes, a portrait of Vaughan Smith and completed a commission for the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment. He attended the Dragon School and later Rugby School.
Early in his career he had an annual show at the Duncan Campbell Gallery in Mayfair and lived in Spain for extended period where the cost of living was reasonable. He also worked as a muralist. In 2010 he served as official War Artist to the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards during their tour of Helmand, Afghanistan.
Alford was born in England and grew up in England and Germany.
After a period in the Royal Marines, he attended Durham University where he took a degree in Spanish and Arabic. He received further training at the Slade and Chelsea schools of art before beginning his career as a muralist and fine arts painter.
Alford exhibits in galleries including the RFA Gallery San Francisco 1991-1900. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art-Fort Mason San Francisco 1992-1901.
Chelsea Art Society Summer Exhibition from 1999.
El Quatre Gallery Barcelona Spain 2003. El Pont Gallery Barcelona Spain 2003-2004. Galleries exhibits in the United Kingdom include Medici Gallery.
Highgate Contemporary Artist
Blackheath Gallery; Royal Institute of Oil Painters. And the Duncan Campbell Fine Art 2004.
In 2010 he accompanied the Grenadier Guards to Afghanistan as their official War Artist. He created a series of sketches from this experience which he donated to the Grenadier Guards" charity for wounded Guards, their families, and the families of Guards killed in action, The Colonel"s Fund.
A special exhibition of his Afghanistan paintings was hosted by the Royal Geographical Society.
Alford"s paintings frequently appear on the covers of magazines including Artists and Illustrators and The Strand Magazine. Alford"s works are in corporate holdings including Berkeley Square Gallery. Hill & Knowlton; Sheraton Hotel, Amsterdam.
Clairidges.
And Trust House Forte.
Alford is a Council Member of the Chelsea Arts Society.
