Sloane Hartwell

Small excerpt about 2023/2024 body of works -

I believe metal to be as great a love to me as the earth itself. The true essence of the raw material shines through in the work, as I am touching on ideas embodied in the earth tones, formations, and juxtaposition. I rely heavily on the material itself to help drive the markings created through the finishing stages of my process. My vision is to honor the importance of beauty and ruggedness of the Wild West on the metal canvas. Having lived amongst these mountains for almost a decade, I choose to pay tribute to this land as inspiration. I am forever awestruck by the different colors found within the rocks that make up our mountains, the textures found in the rivers and waterways that feed our world. My practice is a magnification of the tiny details that make up the bigger picture. If I am able to do one thing through this body of work, it is to harness that natural magic that has stood the length of time and freeze it so the viewer may take a piece of it with them wherever they end up.