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Retreating Line

Hana Carpenter

Modern living room with a round black coffee table, a light armchair, wall art, shelves with decorative items, and a small side table with stacked books.

Abstract image with dark brown and black tones, featuring a streak of yellowish light diagonally across the center.

A square abstract painting featuring a dark background with streaks of golden yellow light across the center.

2025

Oil on board

Weight	5 kg
Dimensions	400mm (H) x 400mm (W) x 45mm (D)
Framing	On Board, no frame

$1,550

Hana Carpenter uses the language of painting – moody, earthen tones and elusive, shifting lines to question the ways colonial legacy leaves its mark. In Retreating Line this line doesn’t flee, it reconsiders. It pauses at the edge, pulling back from certainty. Is it an act of refusal, or a moment of reflection?

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Hana Carpenter

Hana Carpenter is a Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist of Scottish, Irish, and Danish descent. Her work explores colonial legacy through painting and installation, drawing on her Pākehā heritage. A finalist in major national awards, she is currently completing a Master of Visual Arts at AUT and teaches Painting at Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland.