Child #2

Alternative title: Spielendes Kind / -Playing child-

This artwork is part of a collection I called PURE. The idea behind this collection was to remind us of our inner child.
‘Being in touch with the joys of childhood can be an excellent way of dealing with challenging times.’
Its never too late to heal. Express emotions, face your hopes and dreams and ‘playfulness’ will return…

Artist statement:
As an artist, I strive to express the things I cannot find words for. I find that the biggest, most overwhelming feelings, are the ones that can guide an artistic impulse.
Within my paintings I explore the elegance and sophistication of the female form, whilst also conveying a sense of vulnerability and self-examination from my subject. I believe there is a strength in representing vulnerability and uncertainty.

Melbourne based creative Carlotta Hey has had a long and extensive career in the fashion industry.

Originally from Europe with a background in product & fashion design, Carlotta spent the last two decades designing for the fashion industry; she has worked with one of the largest European chain stores and an iconic denim label in Australia until venturing out into her own creative label.

Her artworks are a representation of her interest in the human and feminine form. She tries to capture the presence of her subjects and entices you into their world.
At present Carlotta is focusing mostly on fashion illustrations, -
Clothing is a profoundly personal form of self-expression, the human body with its clothes is a vehicle for communication. Carlotta ensures that the body and its accoutrements take centre stage through her compositional choices and muted colour palette, this gives room to conjure the texture of the materials while conveying all the emotions of the subject.
A mix of emotions finds its way into her art. It serves as a mirror to the viewer and lives in the eye of those who look at it, leaving it up to the viewer to interpret what they are seeing and what they might feel by looking at it.

Carlotta’s ambition is to take her fashion illustration background to a larger format, blurring the lines between traditional Fashion Illustration and Fine Art, exploring new horizons…

She currently lives and works from her studio in Beaumaris, Australia.

Instagram: carlottahey
Website: www.carlottahey.com.au