Hannah Jensen: Carved Artwork

Auckland based contemporary artist Hannah Jensen is popular for her carved artwork. She graduated from Auckland University of Technology in 2004 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts majoring in printmaking, and later decided to transfer her skills to painting. She developed a unique technique where she applies anywhere between 25-75 layers of paints to board, into which she slowly begins to carve, calculating the depth of each layer and finally revealing the work with spectacular variations of color, texture and shadow. This painstaking process can take three or four months to complete one piece.