Known for her luminous, pattern-rich paintings of interiors, landscapes, and city scenes, artist Hilary Pecis transforms the ordinary into quietly radiant tributes to daily life. Often devoid of figures, her work instead captures human presence through personal details - books on a nightstand, fruit on a kitchen table, a shadow on a wall - allowing viewers to inhabit these spaces as their own.
Pecis draws from photographs she takes during walks or travels, distilling her compositions with a memory-driven approach that favours mood and rhythm over realism. Her recent shift from lush domestic interiors to overlooked public spaces for example stoops, sidewalks, and street vendors reveals her continued fascination with where the visual and emotional intersect.
Whether working from the sunlit streets of Southern California or a quiet café abroad, Pecis's vibrant palette and compositional fluidity reflect a deep appreciation for the slow, sensory richness of everyday life. Through her work, she invites us to see beauty not in grand gestures, but in the patterns and pauses we might otherwise overlook.
