
Hannah Pugh | All Is Not Lost Art
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'@allisnotlostart
'@allisnotlostart

Starfall (Summertide)

Pool

The Elsewhere Ring
Biography
Mission: To capture the potency of half-imagined places and translate half-remembered landscapes into tangible explorations of liminality. My practice is a constant pursuit of the stories of Elsewhere hidden within the Sublime. I make art that lets you into a secret.
Vision: To create a visual threshold where memory, fantasy, and philosophy intersect. By populating my paintings with suggestive motifs rather than explicit directions, I aim to offer the viewer a portal. I seek to build a bridge between lived experience and fairytale that invites the observer to find their own narrative, turning each piece into a shared glimpse of a world just left of centre.
inspiration
What inspires me is the "circular magic" that connects every facet of existence—the oceans, the earth, the skies, and the hidden threads in between. I am drawn to the potency of liminal spaces: those guessed-at glimpses and mysteries that fill the gaps between what we know and what we imagine.
I find endless wonder in how the universe repeats itself, from the vast "celestial swathes" across an inky sky to the "mapped fractal roots" buried deep in the soil. These echoes between the tiny and the massive reveal stories that are hidden in plain sight.
Driven by a restless curiosity, my goal is to translate these connections into art that offers both solace and escape. By exploring these threads, I hope to invite others into a world of mystery where they can find their own sense of wonder.
medium
Using water-based media, gilded layers, collage and intricate mark making, I navigate the duality of light and shadow. I experiment perpetually with materials—from ink and bleach to acrylic and pastel, adopting symbolic motifs—to capture the cyclical nature of finding and losing.
I work on a variety of surfaces - panel, canvas and paper, and in a variety of scales - large wall hanging originals, miniature paintings mounted in rings and pendants and unique hand embellished fine art prints.
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