{"id":6,"date":"2019-08-13T15:44:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T15:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/?p=6"},"modified":"2023-08-31T13:12:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:12:42","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/08\/13\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginning."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/WP_20180929_17_55_52_Pro-2-1.jpg?resize=525%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/WP_20180929_17_55_52_Pro-2-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/WP_20180929_17_55_52_Pro-2-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/WP_20180929_17_55_52_Pro-2-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/WP_20180929_17_55_52_Pro-2-1.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/WP_20180929_17_55_52_Pro-2-1.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/WP_20180929_17_55_52_Pro-2-1.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-justify\">I\u2019ve been a painter for 20 years. In 2016 I started to explore Iconography because I thought it might inspire my art practice; <a href=\"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/earlier\/\">at that time<\/a> I was painting abstract canvases with Christian liturgical\/ spiritual subject matter. Taking that step led to my decision to train as an Iconographer, and I put all other aspects of my art practice aside to give 100% to this endeavour. My prayers were answered in June when I was offered a place at The Prince\u2019s Foundation School of Traditional Arts on the three-year Icon Painting Certificate course. It\u2019s such an honour to be learning from the world renowned Iconographer, and wonderful teacher, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Aidan Hart (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/aidanharticons.com\" target=\"_blank\">Aidan Hart<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the journey really begins&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been a painter for 20 years. In 2016 I started to explore Iconography because I thought it might inspire my art practice; at that time I was painting abstract canvases with Christian liturgical\/ spiritual subject matter. Taking that step led to my decision to train as an Iconographer, and I put all other aspects &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/08\/13\/home\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Beginning.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}