Envy, 9 Tarrant Street, Arundel BN18 9DG
I paint primarily from my studio in Sussex making marks with a palette knife, newspaper, rags and sometimes a brush. Each artwork is built up with layers of paint, applied thickly, peeled back and scratched into. The sea has a huge influence on what I do, it’s rhythm and movement always being something I try and capture.
However, my passion for painting is a journey that doesn’t fit neatly into one genre or another. Sometimes I’m working on a series of very large, loose seascapes, then I move into a more figurative phase or create thick impasto floral images. Each painting is a journey, an exploration of the physicality of paint and canvas, a suggestion rather than an appearance of a particular place. I always aspire to give each painting a sense of space and to convey an energy and rawness, whilst allowing the painting to be open to interpretation from the viewer. Painting has become the essence of who I am. I hope this reflects in the work I produce and that I can share some of that passion with you, the spectator.
Instagram: @hettiepittman
Email: hettiepittman@hotmail.co.uk