In her minimal still life paintings, artist Harriet Porter strips away distractions to focus on the glimmer of light as it falls on her subject and its surroundings.
Strong emphasis is given to the gradations of tone within a limited palette, allowing her to concentrate on the play of light and shadow; space and form, resulting in simple elegant compositions.
Inspired by artists such as Vilhelm Hammershoi and William Nicholson, she paints directly from life in her quiet Brixton studio. The peaceful solitude she finds there is somehow transferred directly onto the canvas.
Selected Exhibitions
2020
New paintings – Solo exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
2019
The Summer Exhibition, Mixed artists, Beaux Arts Bath
Brighton Festival, Cameron Contemporary, Brighton
AAF Hampstead and Battersea
Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham
2018
Affordable Art Fair New York, US
Jane Newbery, Dulwich Village
The Stratford Gallery, Stratford on Avon
Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham
AAF Hampstead and Battersea
2017
“Black White Light Dark, Cameron Contemporary, Brighton
Jane Newbery Dulwich Village
Cameron Contemporary, Brighton
AAF Hampstead and Battersea
2016
Cameron Contemporary, Winter Show
The Stratford Gallery, Stratford on Avon
Jane Newbery, Dulwich Village
AAF Battersea
2015
Cameron Contemporary: Black White Light Dark, Hove
AAF Hampstead and Battersea
Cameron Contemporary, – Affordable Show, Hove
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
JP Art Gallery Battersea, London
Orso Major Gallery, Waterloo, London
2014
Edinburgh Art Fair
Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair, Battersea, London
Blackheath Contemporary Art Gallery
Dulwich Contemporary Art Gallery
2013
The Ice House, Holland Park, London
Union Club, Soho
2012
Londonart Gallery, Dulwich
Hampshire Art Fair
AAF Hampstead and Battersea
2011
Food For Thought, Russell Cotes Museum, Bournemouth
2009
Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries
2008
Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries
