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She describes her work as being “semi-abstract in nature” and based on memory and sentiment as much as it depicts an actual place or particular view. Hoby Scutt paints from Salt studio and gallery in Vanguard St and distinctive colour palettes underpin her work. Some of her recent paintings were inspired by the softer tones found in Mendoza, Argentina, after the artist and her family spent six months living in the South American country last year. “The experience took us out of the comfortable and familiar and opened my eyes to a new atmosphere, new forms and colours.”
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