Hetty Haxworth

I live in rural Aberdeenshire where the weather has a huge visual impact on the countryside. Some days the fields and stretches of water are lit up by shafts of bright light and the tones of colours within the landscape are illuminated, changing it completely.

I am interested in capturing these illuminated moments in time, in the light glistening on rock formations, in the changing hues of the fields with the seasons, and in the reflections and the movement of light across water and land.

I love the immediacy of making a monoprint. I like the vibrancy of the oil based ink, building up texture and often adjusting colours by overprinting extra tones to make the hues vibrate against each other. Usually, only at the end, when it is all printed, does the effect reveal itself. For me the simplicity of the work comes from a direct feeling, a response to a moment.

Oxford born, Hetty Haxworth studied at the Glasgow School of Art and has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad. Her work has been shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, The Scottish Society of Artists and selected touring shows to Ohio, Australia, LA, Denmark and Brussels. She now lives and works