Hannah Jensen

Graduating with a Bachelor of Art and Design majoring in Visual Arts, Hannah gained a Distinction for her efforts in 2004 before setting off overseas to gain inspiration from travel spanning 25 countries. On her return to New Zealand, Hannah combined her art education with the sights and sounds of her extensive travel and launched herself into a full time art career.

Hannah used Resene paints throughout her studies, mixing together various testpots to create colours to suit her style and themes. Her creative instinct saw her design a technique that uses copious volumes of paint, covering boards with layers of waterborne paints encompassing sometimes fifty layers or more.  Then with care she carves intricate and beautiful designs into the surface using a small v shaped lino cutter. The result is distinctive and beautifully coloured layered works, that have an intriguing 3D effect.

Artist: Hannah Jensen