Belle Hawk (Georgina Hoby Scutt) works across a range of media, painting on linen, canvas, plywood and paper; screen-printing, collage and illustration. Informed by her print design background, Georgina develops distinctive colour palettes that underpin each body of work. She instinctively puts unexpected colours together, paints with broad expressive brushstrokes and draws with a random, loose energy. “I am profoundly inspired by my years working in Barcelona and the rich energy that pervades the air there; painters Matisse, Kirchner and Kandinsky; abstract expressionism; fashion & printed textile design; the beautiful landscape that surrounds me at home in New Zealand. I love it all.”