Liam Hanley
Moonpath over Hertfordshire, 2000
Gouache and acrylic on paper
24 3/4 x 26 1/4 in / 63 x 66.5 cm
Signed ‘HANLEY L’ (lower right)
The Hertfordshire countryside became a pivotal theme for Hanley. As his practice advanced (retiring to become a full-time artist in 1988), Hanley continually revisited the landscape with an evolving sense...
The Hertfordshire countryside became a pivotal theme for Hanley. As his practice advanced (retiring to become a full-time artist in 1988), Hanley continually revisited the landscape with an evolving sense of abstraction. Modernist influences from artists such as Ben Nicholson are evident throughout Hanley’s work, and Moonpath over Hertfordshire uses similar repeated geometrical shapes to simplify the rolling fields and illustrate the passing of time. Hanley incorporated the moon (at different phases) in paintings as early as the 1980s.
Provenance
Direct from the artist's estate.Exhibitions
London, Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, May - August 2000, no.357.Essex, Chappel Galleries, Liam Hanley: Tracing the Pattern, May 2016, exhibition not numbered.