I visited Bhutan about 30 years ago and got lost on a rainy trek in the mountains. We were 'saved' by the local MP. I told him I'd paint his picture and send it to him as a thank you which I did. I remember he laughed alot and made us feel very welcome. And warm.
Exhibition of my new work now on at Romeo Jones, Dulwich Village, London SE21 7AJ until mid-September 2017.
Marvellous chance to see the wonderful show of Sargent watercolours at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, my show and have the best coffee in South London!
www.romeojones.co.uk
www.dulwichpicturegallery.co.uk
This small riverscape oil features in the 2017 Summer Exhibition at the exquisite Brownsword Hepworth Gallery, 15 Walton Street, London SW3 2HX.
www.brownswordhepworth.co.uk
A very early painting from my Foundation course in Blackpool, where I was taught by the formidable Neville Wakling. He liked to measure everything and correct your work, which took me years to recover from. Owned by Lynne and Brian Lever and only recently rediscovered, years later!
A note from Glynn Uzzell, a painter friend and dear man, who tragically died in 2014 at home in his beloved Portugal. We admired each other’s work and he was a huge encouragement – he told me always to go into the studio, if only to sweep, because as long as you were there, something would come. Much missed.
“Flying, that is what it felt like. That is what I tried to convey in these paintings.” That is Louise Hardy’s overwhelming impression of riding a bike. So, the London-based artist created a series of paintings of cyclists - all entitled Flying. No, the cyclists are not the heroes and heroines of the pro-circuit, they are images of cycling portraying the emotions that cycling brought. Steve Dyster spoke to Louise about the images and how they came about.
Read the full interview here
www.sevendaycyclist.com/image-of-cyclists-louise-hardy
At a Bend in the River 2017, oil on gesso on board, 930mm x 1430mm.
Commissioned by interior designers ,Douglas Mackie Design, for a new residential development in Knightsbridge www.douglasmackie.com
And here it is ready for delivery, beautifully framed by Stewart Heslop Picture Framing in Battersea.
Louise Hardy presents a collection of cycling-based paintings inspired by her first triathlon in 2014 at Crystal Palace where she came in a proud 443rd.
www.lookmumnohands.com/events/exhibition-louse-hardy
CONTEMPORARY MALLORCA
VIVIAN BORSANI – REBECCA DUCKETT WILKINSON – LOUISE HARDY
Are pleased to invite you to their collective exhibition
From the 27th of May to the 26th of June 2016
Nos complace invitarlos a nuestra exposición collectiva
Inauguración el 27 de Mayo a las 18.30
VERNISSAGE27 th of May at 6.30 pm
Vivian's Art Studio
Calle fabrica 13 b
07013 Palma de Mallorca
Tel. 00 34 697 288 100
“Family” 2015, Oil with gold leaf on panel, 18x23cm
Selected for the Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries,
London 28 July – 7 August 2016.
I was commissioned to do a large work (120 x 150cm) based on a particular stretch of the Thames, showing Poplar Rowing Club as seen from Greenwich. The commission was a birthday present and the Club featured was where the couple had had their first kiss.
