My name is Aly Harte and I have been running my business as a professional artist since 2009. In that time my husband Michael and I have had three boys and we now have a dog called Mimi and a cat called Tortilla.

The business has grown organically around our kids. The boys are aged 7, 12 and 15 and I have found myself able to delve deep into the content behind my work – losing my father the week before my eighth birthday.  

Grief has stamped my life and is the underbelly of my art practice. Nonetheless, my personality is vibrant and I see the paintings that I make as a translation of loss and a simultaneous thirst for life. 

Each artwork is made in an expressive burst of energy and movement. Muted undertones imply the grief that never leaves a person when we walk through loss. Then there are gestures of neon and bright to indicate the hope and joy we can still experience in this beautiful daily dive called life.

My blog is a place where you can read my words around grief and all about its link to my explorative art practice.

Other influences in my paintings include the small holding where I grew up in the Irish countryside, the places my mother, my brother and I visited after my Dad died, and the gorgeous moments we find in our everyday pattern as a family of five who love the great outdoors.

You can see the passion that I have for wellbeing on my fitness page. In 2022 I became a personal trainer because of my passion to lead women and to help them to love themselves from their brain to their bones through my words and workouts.

When I started my podcast I wanted to share the ways in which I built my creative business. This has grown significantly and now I mentor creatives upon request.

My audience has reached across the globe because of the online workshops that I offer for corporate companies near and far. (You can contact hello@alyharte.com for availability in 2023.) Furthermore, my paintings now reside in Northern Ireland, Southern Ireland, UK mainland, Scotland, Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand, France, Spain and more. Each new home providing a place for my art to tell a story of placing importance on the everyday.

To continue my love of the everyday and for helping females 40 and over, I recently became a personal trainer and reformer pilates instructor. You can find me on @alyhartesfitness via instagram.