Rocky Neck Art Colony

Alexandra Hart

Drawing, Mixed Media

axhart11@gmail.com

www.linkedin.com/in/hartalexandra/

I am a Gloucester native, born and raised. I graduated from Maine College of Art in 2001 with a BFA in Printmaking. There I developed a systematic approach to making art and love for drawing. For over seven years I worked in management in the art supply retail business. I relocated to San Francisco, CA, Columbus, OH and traveled to many other cities during this career. Travel is a passion of mine. Recently I returned home to Gloucester by way of Redding, CA.

My drawings explore the tension between human touch and a mechanical system. This is taken from interest in patterns in nature and the appreciation of natural phenomena. The repeated lines are my response to natural observations made abstract. I am impressed by the power of lines in their most simple form. Even though my work is structured the effects are random in the same way nature is. I am exploring ideas of control and accident. Constructed systems produce accidents, accidents become drawings. Working with one line in repetition never gets dull no two pieces are alike. I find the systematic approach to be freeing. It gives me unlimited outcomes, without being overwhelmed by the possibilities.

 

 

Alexandra Hart
Untitled, ink, 9"x12"

Washing
Washing, acrylic ink, 9"x12"