Category: Manawatu

WATERCOLOUR AS A PROCESS

27/2/2013

'Wanganui River View', 1998. Watercolour.
I have had times were I have been very fond of watercolour, mainly as a way of sorting out colour before starting a piece in oil. I have also produced many watercolours for the fun of it, the process being more relaxing and less taxing than oil painting. I have many old sketchbooks full of pictures like this but I haven't really indulged of late.

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MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MOWHANAU

28/2/2010

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'Mowhanau', 1998.
Mowhanau Beach is a fifteen minute drive north of Wanganui where two small rivers flow into the sea beside small cliffs. It was a place that featured often in my work during my last year of art school. This image is from an old slide.

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MORE EARLY MOWHANAU WORK

28/6/2009

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'Mowhanau', 1998, and 'Mowhanau', 1998.Both of these pieces are from my final year at art school and both featured in my graduate show. I spent a lot of time at Mowhanau beach during my last year of study and it became a recurring theme in my painting. As you can see the painting was quicker and looser and the palette was more muted from diluting my paints (with too much turps) to make them last. These photo are quite dark too.

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EARLY ART SCHOOL WORK

25/6/2006

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'Wanganui River', 1998
This is one of the few pieces I have left from my last year of art school. This piece was originally much wider but when making the frame (from good old recycled river wood) I made a mistake so cut the piece to fit the frame. The view is from the path up Durie Hill where I used to live. I would walk past this spot and down the path to the river on my way to school whenever my car was out of action. I might put up a few more older pieces in the next few posts.

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WATERCOLOUR AS A PROCESS

MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MOWHANAU

MORE EARLY MOWHANAU WORK

EARLY ART SCHOOL WORK

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