I am super excited to be showing how to make paint at the Turanga library next Sunday 13 January.
There will be a demonstration in the morning for children, and the workshop for adults in the afternoon.
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LOCALity
I took part in this exhibition, and showed some of my paintings made with ink from empty seed pods from Harakeke (NZ flax plant). I also held a paintmaking workshop.
Here is the published information:
Last days for the exhibition LOCALity at Arts in Oxford, 72 Main St, Oxford. Exhibition closes Tues 10 July 2018.
LOCALity: a group exhibition exploring location, materiality & positioning
Arts in Oxford is pleased to present a selection of artworks by Canterbury artists Mark Adams, Mike Boot, Tony Bond, Cheryl Lucas, Elfi Spiewack, Tessa Warburton and Celia Wilson.
Artists each have diverse, unique practices but collectively are themes of rural life that connect all the works. Local geology, farming industry, water issues, native and introduced flora, recycling, repurposing are all reflected in this curated exhibition.
Images by Arts In Oxford.
(You can just see my artworks on the wall in this photo above.)
Press Release:
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Printmaking Workshop
Colours of Canterbury and other places, made at this morning’s printmaking workshop at Arts in Oxford Gallery. Many thanks to Jo who made these lovely paints.
Paintmaking Workshop
I am holding a paintmaking workshop on Saturday 23rd June. If you are interested please book at the gallery to reserve a place.
We are also holding two other workshops to accompany the exhibition LOCALity now on show at Arts in Oxford, North Canterbury.
Paintmaking in the Gallery
As part of our group exhibition, Accumulative, I will be in the Arts in Oxford Gallery this Sunday 23 October from 10.30 am until 4 pm making paint from rock from the Canterbury area and further afield.
Hope to see you there!
Canterbury Pigments
I’ve been working with my pigment rock collection lately. Re-testing and recording to replace the work I did in Textbook 2 which was lost (i.e., stolen…). The rocks and earths of the Canterbury Plains produce these colours that are presently on show in “View and Do” at the Arts in Oxford gallery. All the artists taking part in the exhibition are holding workshops. The workshops are varied – watercolour painting, abstract design, ceramics, box making and paint making. Volcanic and sedimentary rocks, chalk and lime are gathered here to make twelve separate watercolour paintings, all 50 x 95 mm on black paper. Details of the location of the pigments in each painting are listed below. The details are in the same order as the paintings:
Colours of Chance
While in Dundee, Scotland, last year, we visited RRS Discovery, Robert Falcon Scott’s ship that sailed down to the Antarctic for the British Antarctic Expedition in 1901. Discovery is now moored at the Discovery Museum on the River Tay. Ernest Shackleton was also on this voyage and it was his first visit to the ice. More information on the museum’s website: http://www.rrsdiscovery.com
If you are in Dundee, it is well worth a visit!
The ship was a great place for artists, and a few things caught my (pigment seeking) eye, especially these black marks which are marks left by coal on the canvas shute as the coal was being loaded onto the ship.
This ship has been restored, and they left a portion as it looked before this work was carried out.
More stains and rust.
Natural pigments for an art practice
My (current) interest circles around the earth and organic pigments of the North Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand.
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