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Hazel Lale is a busy and
successful Sheffield based painter.
With an eclectic mix of influences, Hazel’s pictures have won wide
acceptance, and a number of public bodies have commissioned works on a
large scale.
A few years ago Hazel decided to make painting a full time career. Since
finishing her degree in Fine Art, she has exhibited in many one woman
shows, nationally and locally. Recently she has been invited to show
alongside an established young fashion designer at the London Fashion
Week at the Metropolitan Hotel in Park Lane, London. This is the first
time that London Fashion Week has invited an artist to exhibit.
Influences:
"I am attracted to themes which
allow me to break free of outlines: it is not so much the subject but
the light falling on a pattern, a gesture, a discordant colour and a
memory which fits in with a fleeting image.
My approach to my work is that drawing is fundamental to good painting.
It is totally dictated by the way I feel, which in turn provides me with
a clarity of purpose and the energy to express those feelings.
I explore ideas through colour and through form- two dimensions of
expression combining to produce an emphasis on design.
Influences on my work include the simplicity of line and the minimal
brush strokes of Japanese Art, and the American artist Mary Cassatt, who
with Monet an the Impressionists are so noted for their treatment of
light and tone." |