raw vision issue no 127 summer 2026
Review by Outsider art expert colin rhodes
"Scrupulously researched, thoroughly readable and richly illustrated biography of Alfred Wallis"
The Flagstaff issue no 55 summer 2025
Review by art historian and author david tovey
"The story of Alfred Wallis fascinates many people. This hardback tome is an incredible piece of scholarship which will make it the definitive biography of Alfred Wallis."
The British Art Journal Volume XXV July 2025
Review of Alfred Wallis Child Pauper To Artistic Luminary by art curator and author James Scott
"By far the most complete account that has been written to date, and clearly the result of many years of research".
Review by author and art historian Sonia Aarons
biographer of artist, sculptor and writer Sven Berlin
"A masterclass in focussed and comprehensive writing - a tour de force".
Review by Alfred Wallis's descendant Andrew Blair
in St Ives Times & Echo
"If you haven’t already had the opportunity to read this book, I commend it as the single most important work written about Alfred Wallis since Sven Berlin’s 'Primitive' (1949)."
Review in the July/August 2025 issue of the St Ives Local magazine
Alfred Wallis Child Pauper To Artistic Luminary
"Brings together a wealth of newly discovered information"
