User:7321arts

Hayley Knowles is an artist; writer, self taught multi-instrumentalist, pianist and classical composer. Born on the 29th of November 1994 in London, England. She is currently 22 years old. Hayley Knowles showed prodigious artistic ability from a very early age; drawing faces by the time she was 1 and was painting detailed scenes by the age of three. Her more recent work has been compared to that of the old masters.

Hayley Knowles studied BA Honours Fine Art Painting at City and Guilds of London Art School (2013-2016) A highly acclaimed; specialist art school located in the heart of Kennington, London.

During her studies she primarily painted portraits; in particular self-portraits and portraits of her family. In her painting titled 'The Selfie Nation (Paint Me A Dream)' Hayley depicts herself battling the notion of identity loss with today's selfie obsessed generation; while creating a satirical juxtaposition between the selfie and self portraits painted during The Age Of Enlightenment.