Mentoring Scheme: Turps Banana 2024/2025

Proud to be part of the Turps Off Site Programme for 2024/2025, an exciting mentoring scheme for London-based artists offering one-to-one tutorial session, seminars, talks and gallery visits.

"“Louise Hardy’s latest work is utterly exquisite..."

“Louise Hardy’s latest work is utterly exquisite; a shimmering sense of colour, subtle and evocative, turning The Thames into a rich source of wonder and suggesting a side of London that we always sense is present but that usually only flowers in our dreams.  Hardy is an original and tantalising artist who allows us to view aspects of our city with refreshed eyes.” 

Martin Sherman, Playwright

“Louise Hardy’s oils have enriched my home for years..."

“Louise Hardy’s oils have enriched my home for years. They have that rare quality of an immediate attraction which never fades, even decades later. It will be same with her newest work. Once more she has painted the Thames – its light and its flow, its power and its glow, with a palette worthy of Turner but unmistakeably her own.”

Ian McKellen, Actor

At the edge of the desert in Arad

journal 2.jpg

At the edge of the desert in Arad. The scholarship girls – I am still in touch with New York artist and teacher Laura Nova (sitting next to me), Sylvia and (?) and at the other end, Nikki,who very sadly died far too young. An extraordinary time.

In my studio, 1997

journal 1 3.jpg

In my studio in Arad, Israel in 1997. The three figure-based gouache pieces behind me sold at the final show in Jerusalem.