Sophie Harding
Sophie’s work is focused on simplicity, joy and harmony. She captures the simple joys in her life by painting the essence of a scene or group of objects.
Themes include seasonal fruit and flowers, collections of objects within the home, a morning spent at the beach or a stroll through a local Cornwall garden.
Her paintings are primarily driven by colour with an emphasis on the power colour has to evoke positive emotions. Sophie lives in far West Cornwall and works either in her small but compact studio at home or in a larger space a few minutes walk from the seafront in Penzance.
Sophie graduated from Central Saint Martins in 1992 with a BA Hons in Fashion and Textile Design. After leaving college she worked full time as a painter, illustrator and textile designer creating best selling images for cards, gift wraps, homewares, magazine and book illustrations both for the UK and worldwide. Past clients have included Marks and Spencer, Ladybird Books, The Art Group, Artists’s Cards Ltd, Dunoon.
Sophie’s paintings have been shown and sold in galleries around the U.K. since 1988. Over recent years her work has been shown in Liberty London, The New Craftsman, Byre Gallery, Morgan’s and Among the Pines. Latest collaborations have included Collagerie, AirBnb, East End Prints, Woodmansterne Publications and the Cornish Bakery.