Maxine Hart

ABOUT MAXINE

The Cornish landscape has always been my constant inspiration on land and sea.... all is worthy of capture, from the calm to the wild weather ; the trees, the lanes, and beaches always exposing their changing colour, moving line, energy and form. My daily walks are the starting point to my work, making sketches or taking photos which inform me once back in the studio. It can be a composition that I’m drawn to; a juxtaposition of textures ; subtleties from the coloured sky and land or lines and shapes from the imposing figurative trees. 

I combine my drawing qualities in my paintings, working on a number of  paintings at the same time, responding and  informing the other. Scratching, layering, expressive marks  often on board which allows me to etch the charcoal or pencil into the paint, mixing mediums, experimenting,  and ultimately moving the image on from its own starting point and being directed purely by the painting process, seeking the balance.