North York Moors

I have an image of my latest finished painting, a 1200 x 900 oil painting on canvas, called ‘North York Moors’. I was still trying to capture that feeling of history and wonderment about everyone that may have walked over this land over hundrends of years.

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New paintings and studio space

I’ve finished two new paintings and very pleased with both of them. The smaller one, Hauptallee, is pictured here and I’ll have the other image for you soon.
One is of the Hauptallee in The Prater in Vienna, and the other of the North York Moors.  I’ve really enjoying painting these, trying to capture the atmosphere, [...]

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Auckland Art Fair 09

Auckland Art Fair 09 returns to Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour from May 1-3. Amy, Sue and I have booked to hear the keynote [...]

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Peter Gibson-Smith is offering new classes.

Peter Gibson-Smith is offering some new classes in April and May. The first is: ‘Vinyl Cutting for Artist’s’, Wednesday evenings starting 15th April…. and the ‘Old School / New School: Experimental Painting with Traditional Materials’ course runs on Fridays or Saturdays beginning 1st May. I attended the ‘Old School / New School’ in early January [...]

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Juliette Laird, artist New Zealand

Today our ‘Sunday Art Group’ (for lack of a name and this one makes me smile) met for our monthly get together! Great stuff, it was good to get together and catch up with a few we hadn’t seen for a while. And we had invited artist Juliette Laird to talk to us.  She works [...]

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Art collecting stakes can be high, so who’s a safe bet?

Media Release from Random House NZ
With thousands now attending Auckland’s biennial contemporary Art Fair from both here and across the ditch, there’s never been a better time to be a contemporary artist, collector or art lover says arts patron, consultant, writer and retired lawyer, Warwick Brown.
In our recent history never have there been more [...]

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