THE PAINTINGS OF EVE HART , NDD, ATC, DAE

Eve Hart studied painting at the Regional College of Art, Manchester (1958-62), gained a teaching qualification at Leeds College of Art (1963), and an Advanced Diploma in Art Education from Leeds University (1969). Prior to taking early retirement she was Lecturer in Charge of the Art and Design Education Courses for BA Ed. and Primary PGCE at Cardiff Institute of Higher Education. She is a long-term member of The Vale of Glamorgan Artists, and a Trustee of the Women’s Arts Association (S.E. Wales).

My work has two differing, though connected strands.
I have always worked from direct observation and made figurative paintings. I am interested in the traces left behind by people. I am interested in pathways and journeys.
I am looking in these paintings to heighten awareness of the everyday world.
Recently much of my work, as in this exhibition, has been of an abstract and sometimes symbolic nature. These for me are also journeys. They often start with no end in view, though some themes have emerged. Many are concerned with recycling. They reuse materials, drawings, and ideas. Thoughts around Growth and Exploration are often present with images of flight, or birds, or plant forms emerging as the work proceeds

These pictures come from the interior world of the imagination and gather memories and meaning for both artist and viewer along the way.

The works displayed are from two separate series:

1. Bird Series

These started as enlarged fragments of previous paintings; the images merging as if of their own accord.

Flurry 66.5 x 66.5cm
Roost 1 66 x 66cm
Roost 2 67,25 x 51.5cm
Big Moon 66.5 x 49cm
Night Birds 66.5 x 66.5cm

2. Exploring 1066 Series

These started as enlarged fragments of a previous series concerned with the battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066. They, in some, ways relate to memories of Tenerife,

Moon Fruit 63 x 50cm
Fruiting|Bodies 65.5 x 65.5cm
Island life 1 67 x 67cm
Island Life 2 66 x 52.75cm

All work is Oil on Board