Abigail was born in London, educated in France, England and the US. She graduated with a BA in Painting from Massachusetts College of Art in 1996, and spent a year at Barcelona’s Escuela de Bellas Artes. After graduating from college, she moved to Barcelona, where she lived for ten years, working in publishing and design. Recently she returned to the UK and studied at Heatherley’s School of Art in Chelsea for their two-year diploma in portraiture. 

Her earlier work was mainly focused on the human figure but since completing her diploma, she has been concentrating on drawing and painting animals, especially horses and dogs.

In her polo paintings, Abigail sketches and takes photographs at her brother’s matches for the La Mariposa polo team. These constitute mainly 2-8 goal tournaments at the Kirtlington and RLS clubs, as well as chukkas. Then in her studio she uses the images as a reference to
inspire her paintings dominated by movement and colour. She uses abstract shapes, gesture painting and a bold application of brush strokes to capture the passion and energy of the sport.

Abigail also attended the First British Beach Polo Championships in July 2008
at Sandbanks, in Poole, Dorset which greatly inspired her.

Abigail’s work has been influenced by Lucien Freud, Georg Baselitz, Keith Vaughn, David Bomberg among others.

Bunditten at Sandown

Sandbanks II, Sketch Series

Sandbanks I, Sketch Series

Sandbanks III, Sketch Series

Sandbanks V, Sketch Series

Abigail Boisot