About The Artist: Mallo Bisset

Mallo Bisset might have taken the long road to living her dream, but once she sets her mind on something, there’s nothing stopping her. As a little girl living on the Åland Islands in the Finnish archipelago, she told everyone “I am going to be an artist when I grow up.” Life got in the way for a while, but after years of hard work building a successful business, Stuart’s landmark Red Barn Furniture, it wasn’t until 2007 with encouragement from her family that Mallo finally took the time to do what she had always dreamed of doing. It began with a weekly drawing class at the local Adult Ed program. Having tried drawing, pastels and watercolors, it was time for oils! She signed up for classes at a studio which was located across the street from her own business. This is where her love affair with oils and the palette knife began. Mallo now paints exclusively with the palette knife and uses lots of color. Having grown up on an island and living in Florida for forty years, it’s not a surprise that Mallo Bisset’s work often features the sea and celebrates the beauty of nature. As it turns out, that little girl in Finland really did grow up to be an artist!