Irene Hurdle

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After several careers in different fields, I finally decided to follow my true passion, painting. As you can tell from my paintings, I love colour. I have experimented in many media, and currently am painting in acrylic, with some mixed media and a few oils

I paint florals, landscapes and abstracts. The unifying theme in all these works is colour. What a dreary world it would be without colour.

Artist Statement
Art is design, and design is everywhere
Whether it is a beautiful flower, a majestic mountain, a sleek Ferrari, an awesome skyscraper, a simple tea cup, or the striations in a rock
Everything has design

As I look at the world around me, I am filled with awe at the profusion of colours, textures, and infinite variety of shapes - all elements of design - combining harmoniously in never ending ways

Colour is my joy; colour is the first thing I see; colour is exciting
Texture gives depth and meaning to colour

Art is also communication. Through my paintings, I describe the designs I see, and the emotions they evoke in me
I hope that my paintings will also evoke an emotional response in the viewer, and create an awareness of the beautiful work of art that life is

Art , like music and poetry, speaks to us on a level that goes much deeper than words. That's why it is often difficult to describe why we are attracted to a particular painting. We are drawn to it and just like it. To know if a particular painting is for you, keep coming back to it, and you will never get tired of it. It will always refresh your spirit in some way.

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