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This collection is about our connections with our land, and our water and our sky and our people.
Our country has been isolated by a global pandemic. With the borders closed, the sense of belonging to New Zealand and being a part of our land and our community grows stronger.
Now we will take time to discover and rediscover and value our land and the people we share it with.
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The land we live in, the buildings we inhabit, discard, leave behind, the stories our land and buildings keep, the stories we speak.
These are our inheritance.
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Some of the paintings in this collection of works have been painted on recycled canvas, some are framed in recycled frames .Remembering, reinventing, renewing, life is a continuum of moments in time, and the spaces between.
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The title "watercolours" alludes to both the subject and the mediums (waterbased acrylics) used in the paintings.
Clouds, skys, air, wind, water, landscapes, trees, are layered and fused with light, colours, energy and movement.
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The “Walk with me” collection took two years to complete. It consists of a collection of 50 small oil/acrylic paintings on canvas and includes landscapes, forests and seascapes.
The images in these paintings have been gathered from places I have seen, stayed in, walked through or driven past over the last few years. I have always worked from photographic images that I have taken myself, new technology makes it easier to be more spontaneous. Digital images are a quick way to capture scenes, views, moments, tricks of light that may only last for a few seconds.
I do not approach painting with the intention of reproducing a visual image. I usually see something that captures my imagination be it juxtaposed colours, deep intense shades, flickering lights, unusual shapes that may be incongruous with their setting. Natural or manmade, images that stir an emotional response, these things and more cause me to stop and take a picture.
When I decide to paint an image, I am trying to portray the initial response that I had when first becoming aware of the beauty, power, clarity, uniqueness of the subject
I hope that this collection will inspire you to look around at our world, the places we live, see the trees, breath the air, stand on a windy beach, run in a grassy paddock, appreciate what we have in this amazing country and take time to be present in the moment.
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This series of charcoal drawings on cold pressed paper, were inspired by the woods, trees and scenery around Palmerston North, Pohangina Valley, Himitangi, Dunedin and the Bay of Islands.
The dark and light, grey and whites created by the heavy lines and smudges of the charcoal lends a dramatic expressive quality to the images.
These works are large, mounted and framed in conservation glass and board. The frames are white
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