Laurence Hartley Original Prints
Art Forms
Painting, Printmaking
Exhibition and News
2022 –
15/5/22 – Art and craft market / Southern Maltings Ware
January 2022 –
Invited to join the new Associate Artists programme at Courtyard Arts (Hertford).
Read about this programme at https://www.courtyardarts.org.uk/associate-artists/
Current and past exhibitions
HAPPENING IN 2021 –
27 November – Hertford indoor Christmas market
1/10-30/10 – Print show at Mudlarks cafe (Hertford)
18/9-20/9 – Ayot St-Lawrence art show (Hertfordshire).
12/4 – 8/5 – Hertford Art Trail.
My work is displayed inside the Hertford Tourist Information centre , open from Tuesdays (starting 13/4) to Saturdays ( 9.30 until 5 p.m.), for the duration of the art trail.
2020 exhibitions
28/2 – 28/3 Big Art Showcase at the New Maynard Gallery, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
3/3 – 4/4 The Art of printmaking, at Hertford Theatre.
September 2020 – Herts Open Studios (virtual).
November to December 2020 – Virtual Herts Visual Arts Christmas showcase ( #HertsChristmasArts on Twitter and Instagram / Herts Visual Arts on Facebook) including the HVAF 2020 Winter exhibition.
2019
April – Courtyard Arts Open Exhibition (Hertford)
21/5 – 10/8 Courtyard Arts Summer show (at Hertford Theatre).
13/7 – 14/7 Herts Visual Arts Big Art Fair – Hitchin Town Hall
12/9 – 15/9 Gravelly Barn art fair (Braughing, East Herts)
19/11 – 30/11 Berkhamsted Open Door gallery , an exhibition of original prints by Hertfordshire printmakers.
09/12 – 21/12 Courtyard Arts Members show
2018 – Hertford Art Trail
2018 – Big Art showcase New Maynard Gallery Welwyn Garden City – Second prize 2D category
Biography
I am a self-taught artist who started exploring the sheer array of techniques within printmaking fairly recently. I enjoy the graphic quality of linocuts as well as the beautiful textures obtained with the collagraph process. Experimentation with colour, inks and additives is key and combining media are aims in themselves and often result in unexpected and exciting outcomes.
My work is largely influenced by the diverse geographical landscapes I come across in my travels as well as by the natural world and its wonderful organic shapes. Water and the diffusion of light are also recurrent themes in my prints and sources of endless inspiration.
Founder of the HERTFORD PRINT CAFE, connecting print artists in East Herts.
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Contact
hartleylaurence19@gmail.com
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