Ashraf Hanna

Ashraf is an Egyptian born British artist, currently resident and working from my studio in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.

Growing up in Egypt he was surrounded by pottery forms that have changed little since the ancient times, classical forms that have filtered through the ages, touched and formed by the hand of the potter. These forms were functional storage jars and water cooling urns. It was not however until I went to El Minia College of Fine Arts that I started to really look at them. Close observation during drawing classes of still life compositions opened my eyes to the beauty and contentment that exist within a well considered and executed form.