What’s on your Plate

Just before my visit to the Auckland Art Gallery, I read a blog post from Artista…thoughts on art in London about ‘Parallel Painting Paths – Mondrian and Nicholson converse at The Courtauld.‘  Walking to the Frances Hodgkins exhibition that day, I passed this painting by Ben Nicholson which looked so similar to the one in Chloe’s [...]

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Treasure Trove – Frances Hodgkins, Choi Jeong Hwa, Reuben Paterson, Gretchen Albrecht

Such a beautiful day in Auckland Sunday. I decided to wander up to the Auckland Art Gallery and have a decent look around – I had visited once since coming home from England, but just for a quick visit to listen to Anna Miles talk on Frances Hodgkins. What a treat it is. I wanted [...]

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I determined to pass to action, and did so.

After my post, and Andy Parkinson‘s post, about renewing, reviving old paintings a regular newsletter from US artist Robert Genn appeared in my Inbox – co-incidence? Titled Second Breath, it introduced itself with ‘A “second breath” is a restart of a work after getting a second opinion from yourself. I made up that line while [...]

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Rework? Renew? Going back?

I’ve been using glitter on a couple of older paintings. It started with a painting in my studio from 2010 called Norfolk. Supposedly finished but something had always bugged me about it and one day in a bit of frustration I decided to try and ‘complete’ it. I painted it and then applied some green [...]

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A Day in the Country

Every six weeks a group of atists get together and take over the lovely country hall in the Hikuai Valley.  Over the years we have been doing this, almost without fail, the days have been beautiful, and Saturday was not an exception. There are no rules to the day apart from housekeeping – we bring [...]

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Hikuai Valley

Hikuai Valley

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DIRTY GIRLS COME CLEAN

An Exhibition by Sue Reidy Confronting us with their blank gaze, the dolls that have inspired Auckland artist Sue Reidy’s images reflect her interest in the way women are packaged and objectified in a world obsessed with physical beauty and perfection, in thrall to a vacuous culture of celebrity worship. “By placing the spotlight on [...]

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Beauties of the Octagonal Pool

Preview Gregory O’Brien – Beauties of the Octagonal Pool – Sunday 12th February Exhibition opening and poetry book launch in association with Auckland University Press. Sunday, 12 February 3.00 for 3.30 pm Guest speaker C.K. Stead Exhibition runs till 10 March 2012 www.artagent.co.nz Born in Matamata, New Zealand, in 1961. He was Frank Sargeson Fellow [...]

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Amy Melchior, artist Auckland

I had a few minutes before an appointment in Parnell yesterday and quickly popped into see “Summer Catalogue 2011/2012″at Warwick Henderson. It’s on until 25 February. Given that I wasn’t giving any artist or their work justice, and I only had time for downstairs – Amy Melchior‘s encaustic and ink on board works caught my [...]

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