“Creating with my hands is a kind of therapy. Painting becomes a place of solitude, healing, and release. Each piece is like a window into warmth, nostalgia, and renewal.”
Hannah Carrick (b. 1988, Australia) is a Byron Bay–based artist whose work explores the relationship between humans and nature, femininity, emotion and the body. Her paintings are rooted in a deep connection to the natural world and in an intuitive, hands-on approach to making.
Working primarily with oil and mixed media, Carrick builds up layers of colour and texture before scraping, eroding and reworking the surface. This physical process allows the paintings to develop gradually, revealing traces of what came before. Rather than working towards a fixed image, she allows each piece to evolve through gesture, material and instinct.
Her paintings carry a sense of warmth and nostalgia, often balancing softness with a raw, expressive quality. Bodies and organic forms appear as fragmented landscapes, creating spaces that feel both intimate and expansive. For Carrick, painting is closely connected to solitude and self-expression—a way of processing experience through colour, texture and touch.
Carrick has presented four solo exhibitions, including at Yeah Nice Gallery, Rainbow Studios and Saint Cloche, and has participated in group exhibitions in Los Angeles, Paris and Hong Kong. Her work is represented internationally by The Tappan Collective and Etesian Gallery.