Falling From Grace

Artist Gwen Hardie (Fife, Scotland, born 1962)

Date1991

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 200 cm, Width: 200 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1992 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and with income from the Macdonald Bequest.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG010645

Keywords

Self-Portrait

About MeHardie's work is concerned with the landscape of the body. In this work, she has turned her attention to the head and the features; expression becoming the subject of the picture. The artist prefers to apply her paint with a sponge, not a brush which gives her surfaces a vibrancy and a subtle interplay of light and shade.
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Hardie prefers to apply paint with a sponge, rather than a brush. What do you think is the effect of this?