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Hana Brock

West
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Untitled (Alleyway)

Brick alleyway between two buildings with green dumpsters and utility lines overhead.

oil on canvas

Lights On

Isolated house at night with lit windows, surrounded by darkness.

oil on paper

Untitled (Alleyway II)

Dimly lit alley at night with a streetlight, brick building, and blue dumpster.

oil on canvas

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Artist Statement

 My practice focuses on how architecture and forgotten spaces can act as a mirror of human emotions, reflecting feelings of grief, loneliness, and abandonment. These unknowable histories inspire me to see structures as living objects, silently existing and observing how we interact with them. Capturing these structures at night, stripped of human interaction, and incorporating artificial light is my way of further enhancing our connection to spaces.

The work has given me an opportunity to reflect on the process of my own grief; taking my own reference images is an important aspect of my process. My paintings start with long, aimless drives or walks where I inevitably discover sites that inspire me to recreate, in a painting, the emotions that I experienced there.

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