Hannah Ireland, a Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi descent, paints portraits in the broadest, loosest sense, capturing the essence of faces and emotions. Her paintings feature faces that appear distorted, as if pressed against the glass plate of a photocopier.
Faces and people emerge from her experimental approach to materials and processes using unique supports that offer her freedom from control. There's a relationship—a tug and pull—between control and spontaneity, reflecting an ongoing negotiation between intent and materials.
Hannah Ireland
CLOCK WORK
2023
watercolour and acrylic on found window