EVE PETTITT
FINE ARTIST
Painting directly from life, Eve is preoccupied with the wonders of nature and the human form, exploring both their presence and absence in space. Influenced by her lifelong studies of yogic teachings and spiritual thought she searches to crystallise on canvas the unselfconscious present state of being of the sitter and the natural world around her; a sense of mortality clashes with vivid embodiment.
Unceasingly concerned with colours and their relationships, Eve explores what happens when two colours meet, how they dance side by side and what occurs at the borderline. Understanding colour is fundamental to her creative process, each hue sings and resonates with its neighbour, creating a rhythm within the composition. Drawing inspiration from the shallow planes of modernism, Eve builds form through geometric shapes, clear facets and defined edges. This ravenous enquiry results in paintings that are exuberant and deeply expressive. Her work is delivered with potent emotion.
Drawing is an important part of her process. She is constantly sketching, seeking to capture not only a moment in time or the essence of a figure but also the circulating air and the perception of space. She draws in order to better understand the world; the unfolding can be extremely cathartic.
Eve studied at The Heatherley School of Fine Art and the Royal Drawing School, her work is held in private collections worldwide. She lives and works in West London.
Prizes
Wedlake Bell Prize 2021 shortlisted
Awarded New English Art Club Scholarship 2019-2021
Diana Armfield RA NEAC Drawing Prize 2020 highly commended
The Moth Art Prize 2020 highly commended
Jackson's Open Painting Prize 2018 finalist
Exhibitions
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
24th June - 3 July: New English Art Club Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, SW1
13th - 19th September: Chelsea Arts Society, SW3
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, SW1
Chelsea Arts Society, SW3
Chiswick in Pictures, Clayton Hotel, W4
Artists at Home, Open Studio
Diana Armfield Drawing from Observation Exhibition, Kew
Herbert Hedley Autumn Exhibition, Petersfield, Hampshire
Green & Stone Summer Exhibition, SW3
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, SW1
Chelsea Arts Society, Annual Exhibition, SW3
Artists at Home, Open Studio
Hogarth Health Club, Chiswick
Hammersmith & Fulham Arts Festival
The Artistry House, Preston, Lancashire
Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2019, Sky and Channel 4
Jackson's Emerging Artist Prize, Longlisted for 3 paintings
Artist in Residence, Riverside, W6
Chelsea Arts Society, Annual Exhibition, SW3
Utopia, Riverside Building, W6
Hammersmith & Fulham Arts Festival
Artist in Residence, Riverside, W6
Figurative Painting Exhibition, Two Brydges, WC2
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, NW3
National Open Art Exhibition, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf
Chelsea Arts Society, Annual Exhibition, SW3
A Letter In Mind, Charity Exhibition, Oxo Tower Gallery
The Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2017, N1
Heatherleys Summer Exhibition, SW10
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, SW1
Heatherley's Printmaking Exhibition, SW10
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, SW1
Heatherley's Summer Exhibition, SW10
Chelsea Arts Society, Summer Exhibition, SW3
Candid Arts Trust Portrait Exhibition - Winner, EC1
Solo Exhibition, Holland Park Lawn Tennis Club, W14
The Strand Gallery, Crossing Boundaries Beyond the Figure, WC2
Chelsea Arts Society, Summer Exhibition, SW3
Heatherley's Summer Exhibition, SW10