Meet IAVA member Joan Harvey. We asked Joan a few questions about her art practice.

What was your earliest memory of an interaction with Art?

My earliest memory of an interaction with art would be from primary school when kids would ask me to draw lighthouses, palm trees etc and I remember being surprised that they couldn’t do it themselves. I remember being impressed daily by a Van Gogh print which was hanging on the classroom wall one year. I clearly remember my first encounter with abstract art when the art teacher in 1 st form high school opened a book and showed us Paul Klee’s Sindbad the Sailor. Bells rang for me and I was hooked on from then on.

Do you have a favourite artist/s or artwork?

I enjoy the works of international artists including Richard Diebenkorn, Howard Hodgkin and Patrick Heron. Locally, my favourites would probably be Elizabeth Cummings and Idris Murphy.

How would you describe your art practice?

My interests in art are all at the painterly end of the spectrum. I just start a painting with nothing definite in mind then make a series of revisions as I go along until I am satisfied with the result. I often have to obliterate before I can rebuild and this can be time consuming and disheartening but is the only way I can work.

Most recent adventure or achievement?

I think I am getting a little better at solving problems in paint so I guess I could count this an achievement.

Any current goals you’re working towards?

My goal for the futures is to become more proficient in the use of colour.

For more infomation on joan Harvey’s art practice, please visit her Instagram page.

You can view Joan’s Artist profile here.