Artist Profile: Amanda Penrose Hart

Amanda Penrose Hart

Travelling in her portable studio, a classic Aussie ute, Amanda discovers and paints exquisite landscapes in oil, depicting the parched brown hills and valleys of the central west in New South Wales. In 2006, Amanda was an artist in residence at Haefliger’s cottage in the historic mining town of Hill End. Like many Australian artists before her, including Russell Drysdale, Donald Friend, Brett Whitely, and John Olsen, Amanda is drawn to the eroded and raw landscape of this rural area, but she brings her own unique vision.

Amanda is particularly attracted to the ubiquitous holiday caravans that sit dotted about in empty paddocks, frying in the midday heat. Although people are absent in these paintings, their presence is felt. You meander through her landscapes and it is not hard to imagine watching the light change and colours fade with the break or dawn of each day.

Amanda Penrose Hart Work

Represented By: King Street Gallery, Sydney
James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
www.jamesmakingallery.com
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
www.philipbacongalleries.com.au

Website: www.kingstreetgallery.com.au

Forthcoming Exhibition:TBA