Two Painting Summer Schools with Matthew Browne

Two workshops: 9.30am – 3.30pm daily Workshop # 1: Painting 4th- 6th January 2012: $265 (3 days) Workshop # 2: Painting from the Figure 7th- 8th January 2012: $210 (2 days) Kick-start the New Year and join us for either of these exciting and informative classes developed to get your drawing and painting up and [...]

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D B G Goodwin ‘From the Firth’

5th – 19th December 2010 David Bruce George Goodwin (Dave) b.1960. has been painting full time since 1987 and exhibiting annually in Auckland and Wellington since 1993. His work has been reviewed in Art New Zealand and the major daily newspapers. Goodwin was a finalist in the Waikato National Art Award in 2004, and the [...]

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Ray Neumann, Thames artist

Ray is a full-time painter and his work is mainly abstract or constructivist, based on observations of the natural or man-made world, ideas of Western aesthetics or music. Ray majored in painting and printmaking at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Art and later trained as a teacher. He taught art for many years [...]

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Feeling downhearted

Quiet low today – the end of term three and although I have worked steadily I have only two finished paintings to show for it. My intention at the start of the year was to work on a theme, elaborate it, prepare a good body of work and be prepared for both working on my [...]

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Finally a new painting

I haven’t written for awhile – a frustrating time and I have been concentrating on painting as much as I can. This painting has taken some time and in the process, I have painted over many canvases. I am very pleased with the result. It comes from a visit to Germany a couple of years [...]

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A Summer Trip to England

Back again from a quick trip to England, and this time in the summer. The resulting paintings should be very different. Travelling by country lane to almost everywhere we wanted to travel, visiting family and friends, and also a 5 day tiki tour around East Anglia. Visited seaside resorts, tacky and worn. Saw sleepy forgotten [...]

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Mike Morgan and Jill Perrott

Two more presentations from our group, from Sara Albisser and Judy Pentecost. Sara talked about a fellow Waiheke Island artist, Mike Morgan. His art is decribed as ‘naive surrealism’ and depicts Waiheke Island people and activities in bright colour and humour. And Judy spoke about a friend and artist, Jill Perrott. Jill paints New Zealand [...]

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Bad Art or bad art?

An 1997 article by Philip Hensher in ‘Modern Painters’ magazine provided a good group discussion this week.  Talking about bad art being popular, and what distinguished Bad Art from bad art.  And we were all left wondering, are we doing bad art or Bad Art? Matthew was the tutor this week, and after an introductory week [...]

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Delayed

The course has been delayed a week due to ‘unforseen circumstances’ – big disappointment. But it will start soon enough, and hopefully we get an extra day somewhere. Starting Tuesday 12th February 9.00 to 3pm – my busiest day at work so will have to sort that for the rest of the year. But now [...]

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