ALFRED CURRIER - oil painter

Featured artist October 2026

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Alfred Currier paints vibrant landscapes in oil impasto from the studio he maintains in Anacortes. Plein air painting provides most of his inspiration. He often portrays the migrant workers in the tulip fields of the Skagit Valley as part of his motif. Currier has traveled widely, painting on location in Greece, France, Italy, Holland, Argentina, Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska, as well as the continental United States.

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Currier states:

”For me, art has been an obsession as well as a passion. Passion would be for the love of it. Obsession means you have no choice.

My work takes on two different faces, plein air and impasto.   The plein air aspect keeps my technical painting skills freshly honed giving me the tools in my tool box. Impasto studio painting, on the other hand, is my more creative side as it allows me to explore texture and color from imagination. My impasto oils have afforded me my own voice in this world of art.

Plein air is controlled by the subject in front of me while my impasto is controlled by the muse with-in.”

The University of Washington Press, in association with Marquand Books, published Alfred Currier: Impasto, a book written by Ted Lindberg, former Curator for the Vancouver Art Museum. Currier was the cover artist for American Artist Magazine as well as the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles over the years.

Currier received his formal education at Columbus College of Art & Designin Ohio and the American Academy of Art in Chicago, where he earned his degree in Fine Art. His works can be found in numerous private and corporate collections throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan.

If you have questions about Alfred Currier’s work,
please contact the gallery at 360-222-3070 or 800-858-5063