Brenda Hartill — Contemporary Art Curator Magazine

Sep 25

Sep 25 Brenda Hartill

Biography.
Born in London, England, Brenda Hartill emigrated to New Zealand with her parents in the late 1950’s, and was educated there, graduating DipFA honours at the Elam School of Fine Art Auckland. She returned to London in the late 1960’s to study at the Central School of Art and Design, specialising in Theatrical Design. She then worked as a freelance designer in UK theatre, including the West End, and the National Theatre (Young Vic). In the early eighties, she turned towards printmaking and has successfully published her own prints since. She is a member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers (RE), The Rye Society of Artists, and Pure Arts Group.

Artist Statement
My work is experimental, abstract and embossed. Collagraph, etching, watercolour, collage and encaustic works. My main love is abstracting the essence of the landscape in richly coloured textured works, often enhanced with silver and gold leaf. Recent works include a series of watercolour paintings with collagraph embossings. My early experience as a theatrical designer has led to a sculptural approach to printmaking, and I have developed a method of inking using the different levels of the plate, mixing primary colours on the plate, thus producing a shimmer of colour, much as lighting a stage set. My work develops though the materials I use, and I think laterally and like to “go with the flow”, keeping an open mind as I work. My on-going fascination is with erosion, weather patterns, natural textures, growth formations and universal organic forms.

Country UK

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