RICHARD HEARNS
b. 1980, LebanonRichard Hearns was born in Beirut and raised in Dublin. His paintings document a search for an idyll. Driven by a deep spiritual sensibility, his experiences and connections with separate locations and cultures are combined to form a triangular history. Meditative layers are applied in a physical expression of form, drawn from the discipline of martial arts and the rhythmic nature of rural life. Behind the search of paradise through paint lie all the tender realities of life.
‘While painting, surrounded by the ancient Burren landscape, I attempt to articulate each painting as an extension of the physical ground, sea and sky, as much as the painting also materializes my reminiscences of colours and natural phenomena.’ Richard Hearns
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