Hayley Elliott-Kernot

The common thread which influences all of my work is ‘Stories’. I have a longstanding love of reading, telling and re-telling tales which stands at the core of my creative endeavors. Portraits are the main subject for my artwork because I am drawn to faces. For me, a person’s face is like the cover of a book, concealing years’ worth of stories all intricately entwined to weave the fabric of who they are. In every human there are countless strands, love, hope, pain, fear, and a face is the doorway for the greatest and most complex story of all.