H D Carew
H D Carew is a painter based in Hertfordshire, UK. With a passion for snorkelling in the ocean, she uses oil paint and a palette knife to skilfully represent the interplay of light filtering through the depths of the sea, providing visual experiences that are quite literally immersive.
Through her practice, Carew seeks to explore her personal connection with the sea and nature by abstracting the natural world into movement, light, colours and the emotions they evoke.
The pieces often include raised, textured edges from the palette knife application, forming a rhythm on the canvas which makes the view different from every angle and gives the feeling of movement.
“I am fascinated with the idea of layers of the ocean, the layers of different temperatures, colours, all moving and flowing interspersed with light. It makes me think of a city teeming with colours, movement, lights, and people, yet a space where the mind escapes from that.
I love the feeling of weightlessness and complete immersion in the ocean, supported by the water, belonging, connecting with it, quiet, letting my mind fill with the space, movement and colours around me.
I imagined the idea of my own momentary space in the ocean, as if it was a solid and I’d carved out my own niche, my own spot, just for that instant as I dived in, living in the moment feeling supported by the world around me as I moved through it in my solitary space.
Select Exhibitions
2024 – ‘On Gaia’s Skin’, Shoreditch Modern, London
2024 – Solo ’Light In The Ocean’, The Collective Gallery, St Albans
2024 – Ad Lib Gallery, Wimbledon, London
2024 – Art on the Common, Harpenden
2023 – The Brick Lane Gallery, London
2023 – AKA Fine Art, Cambridge
2023 – Rosslare Gallery, Ireland
2022 – Canvas Gallery, Poole
2022 – Canvas Gallery, Winchester
2022- Boomer Gallery, London
2020 – Herts Visual Arts
