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The Harts Pro Hart, David and Chloe Hart Artistic Dynasties don't get any more unique than that of David and Chloe Hart - the son and granddaughter of legendary renegade painter Pro Hart.  Prior to his death in 2006, Hart had defied the "serious critics" to become one of the most acclaimed commercially successful artists of his era. Not surprisingly, it was quite the legacy to live up to.  "he certainly laid the foundations" says David, also an accomplished painter based in Brisbane.  "I remember going out to his studio in Broken Hill and watching him in action. He would...

ROLE MODEL CHLOE HART HAS HAD ART IN HER GENES (HER GRANDFATHER IS FAMOUS AUSSIE ARTIST PRO HART) AND A BRUSH IN HER HAND SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE KID. NOW AT JUST 16 SHE’S TAKING THE ART WORLD BY STORM. When did you start creating art? I have been surrounded by art since I was a baby. I remember when I was a lot younger I used to make sculptures out of anything I could get my hands on and I would constantly be drawing or painting on just about everything. I sold my first painting when I was...

Words Angela Bueti -- Photography Katja Anton What's a girl to do when her grandfather, Pro Hart, and father, David Hart, are revered as two of Australia's most iconic Australian paiters? Paint, of course. And so Chloe Hart does, but this talented 17-year-old has more than paint flowing through her veins, as she divulges to Angela Bueti  We all grew up with Pro Hart. Prints of his striking bush scenes either hung on our lounge room walls (perfectly complementing our orange vinyl sofas!) or we ate dinner off a tray with an imposing gum tree splashed across it. He could capture...

BRIANA DOMJEN HER grandfather, Pro Hart, was a legendary Australian artist known as the father of outback painting. And at 16, Chloe Hart is following in his footsteps, carving out a successful career as a painter. The talented high-school student has already made a tiny fortune from the sale of two dozen paintings — the first when she was just 11. ‘‘My first painting I sold was a beach painting. Since then I have sold about 24 paintings. It’s good to be able to let out all my creativity through art,’’ the teenager said. Chloe, whose father is also a...