Marie Harnett
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Art Medium
Drawing
Art Style
Hyperrealism
Sketching
About the Artist
Marie Harnett is a highly acclaimed British artist known for her extraordinary, hyperrealistic pencil drawings. Her distinctive practice involves meticulously rendering individual frames from films, transforming fleeting cinematic moments into static, contemplative studies. Harnett's drawings are characterized by their astonishing detail and precision, capturing nuances of light, shadow, and texture with a photographic fidelity. Through her work, she explores themes of memory, desire, and the seductive power of the moving image, inviting viewers to engage deeply with the fragmented narratives and emotional resonance embedded within each carefully chosen frame, asserting the profound impact of drawing in the digital age.