Judge Painting

Joe Hesketh, a born and bred Lancastrian is at the forefront of the British avant-garde art scene. Her work has been compared to Francis Bacon, Paula Reago and de Kooning in style and quality and is very much unique in its subject matter and interpretation of life as a young woman in 21st century Britain. In 2011 with the Arts Council of Great Britain's support Hesketh embarked on a series of paintings commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Pendle Witch Trials in Lancashire. Hesketh produced six extraordinary depictions of the hysteria of the moment dancing between 17th and 21st century politics, her work is relevant, edgy and disturbing. Following up the critical success of "˜A Pendle Investigation' shown at The Newman St Gallery, London, Hesketh painted a series of work depicting the life and poetry of Sylvia Plath.