Acrylic on 90×60cm canvas.
Avo is the Portuguese word for Grandmother. This painting is a triptych. Avo1 can be purchased alone or as a three. Contact management@alyharte.com if you would like to view all three
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During her residency last month in Portugal Aly sketched elderly women for 21 days. On day 3 she realised that her late grandmother would have celebrated her 100th birthday on the 13th of November. This sparked the project.
For almost twenty years Aly Harte’s ideas lay dormant. Her strongest body of work since the completion of her Masters in Fine art in 2007, ‘At long last’ connects deeply to ancestry and the significance of grandmothers.
Our grandmothers began life as little girls. Today Aly recognises that she has the freedom to explore her ambition because of the foundations laid by her grandmothers.
Aly’s father passed the week before her 8th birthday and Granny Edna became a constant presence. In her poetry Aly acknowledges the selflessness of her maternal grandmother.
Anna, Aly’s paternal grandmother was a pianist and seamstress. Her passing was premature in a tragic accident at her home alongside her husband. The movement in the large abstract paintings show the musicality Aly’s family believe she inherited from Anna. The addition of 18ct gold simply represents treasure, how Aly views grandmothers.
The interactive element to this exhibition with charcoal is a prompt for you to share 5 words related to your grandmother. Aly has found this research informative. Rightly so, not every grandmother is an apron wearing story teller. Our grandmothers have emotions and character.
There is a merging of old and new. Lifesize charcoal sketches of local ladies Aly spotted on her walks around Arriaolos alongside little paintings tied to 7 year old Aly who knew more of her grandmother after her Father’s passing.
Your Grandmother was once a girl.
A portion of each sale in the exhibition will go to Dementia NI in memory of Granny Edna
Acrylic on 90×60cm canvas.
Avo is the Portuguese word for Grandmother. This painting is a triptych. Avo1 can be purchased alone or as a three. Contact management@alyharte.com if you would like to view all three
———-
During her residency last month in Portugal Aly sketched elderly women for 21 days. On day 3 she realised that her late grandmother would have celebrated her 100th birthday on the 13th of November. This sparked the project.
For almost twenty years Aly Harte’s ideas lay dormant. Her strongest body of work since the completion of her Masters in Fine art in 2007, ‘At long last’ connects deeply to ancestry and the significance of grandmothers.
Our grandmothers began life as little girls. Today Aly recognises that she has the freedom to explore her ambition because of the foundations laid by her grandmothers.
Aly’s father passed the week before her 8th birthday and Granny Edna became a constant presence. In her poetry Aly acknowledges the selflessness of her maternal grandmother.
Anna, Aly’s paternal grandmother was a pianist and seamstress. Her passing was premature in a tragic accident at her home alongside her husband. The movement in the large abstract paintings show the musicality Aly’s family believe she inherited from Anna. The addition of 18ct gold simply represents treasure, how Aly views grandmothers.
The interactive element to this exhibition with charcoal is a prompt for you to share 5 words related to your grandmother. Aly has found this research informative. Rightly so, not every grandmother is an apron wearing story teller. Our grandmothers have emotions and character.
There is a merging of old and new. Lifesize charcoal sketches of local ladies Aly spotted on her walks around Arriaolos alongside little paintings tied to 7 year old Aly who knew more of her grandmother after her Father’s passing.
Your Grandmother was once a girl.
A portion of each sale in the exhibition will go to Dementia NI in memory of Granny Edna
