Alison Watt

Alison Watt's canvases reveal a fascination with the suggestive power of white fabric. She established her reputation as a skilful painter of nudes in light-filled interiors. This book reviews Watt's career and examines how the National Gallery collection and traditional representations of drapery in art are manifested in her paintings.

In 2003, she was shortlisted for the Jerwood Painting Prize with works that were rendered with a sensual quality, evocative of the human presence and form.In this book, Colin Wiggins reviews Watt's career to date, and examines how the National Gallery collection and traditional representations of drapery in art are manifested in her paintings. The celebrated poet Don Paterson has written his response to these new works. The book is published to accompany the exhibition Alison Watt at the National Gallery, London, 13 March-22 June 2008.