Minna Harvey

Minna trained at Bath Academy of Art with subsequent distinctions in Fine Arts Diplomas at Shelley Park under Brian Graham and Peter Joyce. She lives and works in Wimborne Minster where she has been a Town Councillor for 25 years and Town Mayor on 3 occasions.  Through a varied and prolific art, Minna records everyday life in Dorset as well as its high days and holy days, with pride and affection.

Usually recorded on the spot, her work retains its spontaneity and atmosphere.  Vigorous and versatile regardless of format – canvas, collage or hinged panel triptych, the results are the product of sound drawing, vibrant colour, a bit of ingenuity and much thought.

Well known as the Wimborne Folk Festival Artist, visiting Circuses, Fairs and Horse Drawn Travellers are also on record alongside Wimborne’s Millennium Celebrations, Christmases, Cricket and the Dorset Soldier’s War in Iraq.  Her contemplative painting studies featuring Christian festivals are influenced by her Companion Membership of the Society of St Francis based at Hilfield Friary, Dorchester.

Mussorgsky 'Pictures at an Exhibition'
The Great Gate of Kiev,
BSO under Kirill Karabits 

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As Artist in Residence at The RNLI Lifeboat College in Poole throughout 2009, Minna has recorded the rigours of the volunteers training programme for an exhibition entitled VALOUR which ran at The Lifeboat College from September to December 2009.  Her major project for 2010/11 is to complete a series of drawings and paintings showing Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal, and revisit the circus motif.

Exhibiting widely, Minna’s work is held in public and private collections at home and abroad. Local publications have recognised her qualities with articles commending her artistic integrity and ingenuity.

www.minnaharvey.co.uk