Chris Dennis, finalist in the 2012 Cliftons Art Prize

Chris Dennis is one of the artists in our shared space, Dornwell Studios. He is a finalist in the 2012 Cliftons Art Prize. I’ll leave Chris to describe his work… they are powerful. Congratulations! “My paintings are perhaps best described as ‘Narrative expressionism’ or ‘internalized portraiture’. The stories behind these ‘Therianthropic’ pieces have been carefully [...]

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Dornwell Studios – Art Studio Open Day Sat 3rd Dec

Saturday 3rd December 2011, 12 noon to 4pm Wow – our THIRD annual open day! Take a once-a-year opportunity to explore a working shared studio, to view new or even in-progress artworks and have a chat with the very approachable artists. There will be work on display and some for sale (no eftpos sorry, but [...]

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Trying to steal a little of the light and heat

I am sure you can appreciate how hard it is for an artist to get their work seen. This is just our attempt to try and steal a little of the light and heat that the Auckland Art Fair will generate. We hope you can make the opening on Tuesday August 2nd from 5.30pm – [...]

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Late Night Art this Thursday 10 March – New OuterEdge Project by Judith Grey

Jude Grey from our Dornwell Studios. Judith Grey’s work explores how shadows can provide a reference to presence and absence in memory. By using familiar domestic objects she aims to provide a site for reflection while referring to personal narratives within the themes of absence and loss. Sanderson Gallery Parnell will be open until 7:30pm. [...]

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A tentative start to the New Year…

I know I have been a bit quiet here but starting to get back into it again this year! Last weekend I ventured down to Hikuai Valley and spent Saturday with a painting group at the gorgeous Hikuai Hall – always a great day playing. This time I deliberatly(sp) took no painting equipment with me [...]

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Dornwell Studios — Art Studio Open Day

Saturday 11th December 2010, 12 noon to 5.30pm Dagmar Andres-Dahmen Jo Dalgety Russell Fuller Judith Grey Sue Hellings Amy MacKinnon Carolyn Milbank Sarah Stuart Susan Thomas Jane Thorne An opportunity to explore a recently created workspace, to view the artworks and talk with the artists. There will be work on display and for sale. Come [...]

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Art History study and paper done and dusted…

…and I finally have my weekends and spare time back. They seem to have been overtaken in the last semester. I spent yesterday at the studio working on cubes for out collective Satellite Pod due 29th November – five of us from Dornwell are producing artwork from a wooden cube. Strange working on 6 surfaces [...]

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Braveheart Youth Trust Art Exhibition

Be amongst the first to see this amazing selection of New Zealand art – 600 selected pieces by more than 200 artists from around New Zealand. Curated by Liz Caughey, art writer, collector and adviser. To see a sample of the art, visit Braveheart’s website. Jane Thorne and Dagmar Andres-Dahmen are from our studio at [...]

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