collectors special evening show

NZCP and Photospace had a special opening at Shed 11, for a special show. The Shed 11 Collectors' Evening.

artists included were the likes of - Peter Peryer, Ans Westra, Peter Black, Anne Noble, Max Oettli, Robin Morrison, Andrew Ross, Andy Palmer, David Boyce and... me!

when the thousand years are over

The Saturday just past was the opening of the exhibition Religious studies. It runs till the 20th of September, it's a fantastic show and well worth seeing.

religious studies

This is my latest show, opening on the 1st of September in a great gallery in Palmerston North. I will be there for the opening night (which is a Saturday), as will Andy and David. This show has some great work to fill the void for those who crave both aesthetics and concept. I have two of the largest pieces I have ever created in my part of this show which is titled 'when the thousand years are over' an excerpt from a book, big points to those who guess which book.

The devil you know

Here is the aformentioned image (as taken for me by Andy as I couldn't make it to the show) from the Dark exhibition which closed last week, titled the devil you know.

'sometimes I feel possessed
and the most dangerous thing around me
is me
why do I do
these crazy things
better I suppose
the devil I know
or do I really
know me at all'

Dark (Vent 6)

(click on the image to make it large enough to read)

Here is an invite to my latest show. It is a group show in Palmerston North at Thermostat gallery. Thermostat is a beautiful gallery and is well worth the visit if you haven’t already been there and worth the detour if you are heading out of or down to Wellington. This particular show should be great, with the theme Dark and each artist’s interpretation of that.

I don't think I can make it to the opening as I am meeting an early flight out of Auckland on Monday morning, but make sure you try and get there this Saturday night!

As I said, I'm flying away for a couple of weeks, I'm escaping this cold and heading to Tonga with my Husband for some relaxation and some warm water activities. So I may not be able to post again for a while, but I will as soon as I get back and I may even have some nice images to share with you.

on the wall

Here are a couple of pics of my work from the group show at Aveia Gallery in Auckland. Don't forget the show is on till the 16th of June.

On a completely different note, we are often referred to as the Raglan Zoo, or RSPCA, or basically the place that stray animals come to when in need, some kind of secret message that animals send each other has gone out I think. In the space of two years we have helped 5 cats, 1 kitten, 1 rat, 7 ducks, 1 budgie all lost, stay or injured in some way. We now have a giant northern Petrel in our front porch sleeping after a nice feed of fish, warmed by the fire and scaring our cats as it is twice their size. It's making quite a mess as what goes in must come out I suppose. There is some very rough weather out now and it has an injured wing. I'm babysitting it till DOC can come and pick it up tomorrow. I'll try and make some images of it before then, and post some of them here.

Auckland show

I got back from Auckland a couple of days ago, where I had gone for the opening of my group show In Our Backyard showing at Aveia gallery (Commerce Street). The show is on till the 16th of June so feel free to pop in if you are around to have a look.

The opening was great, and I enjoyed being in a different art scene to the Wellington one that I am so used to. Also was great to wander a few galleries with the Auckland festival of Photography on.

Two of my works sold on the opening night, including this image above - Tiko Tiko, however there are still two prints of it available. Most of my works are limited to an edition of three, with some being one offs. This one is of an edition of three, so number 2 and 3 are still available.

I'm going back to Auckland on Tuesday for my friends shows opening, and to wander more amongst the galleries.

in our backyard

Tomorrow (Thursday the 31st of May) night in Auckland there will be an exhibition opening for In Our Backyard. This is a group show and is part of the Auckland Festival of Photography, I have some of my Whaingaroa work in it, and some new work (as seen on the invite above).
All are welcome to attend the opening for some drinks and nibbles, just RSVP (click on the invite to make it larger to see the details). If you can't make it to the opening, it'll be on till the 13th of June. Go to the gallerys website for more details. There are lots of other exciting exhibitions on at the same time, one of them being a friend of mine, Andy.... and since he mentioned my exhibition on his blog I thought I should do the same for him. Here is his invite -

phew

'dog and boy' from Whaingaroa

Today I took down the last show out of the touring work Whaingaroa.

I first thought of the project Jan 2005 and have been working on it since then. It's been a long process with lots of ups and downs and I have learnt a lot from both of these.

Bit of an emotional thing taking down the work... no I didn't break down and cry or anything. It's just a big thing and it's the end of a big project. One that has been very succesful, not forgetting that success comes in many forms.

And in lines with these thoughts, here is a quote out of the current book I am reading - 'the satanic verses' by Salman Rushdie
"..., Any new idea, Mahound, is asked two questions. The first is asked when it's weak: WHAT KIND OF AN IDEA ARE YOU? Are you the kind that compromises, does deals, accommodates itself to society, aims to find a niche, to survive; or are you the cussed, bloody-minded, ramrod-backed type of damnfool notion that would rather break than sway with the breeze? - The kind that will almost certainly, ninety-nine times out of a hundred, be smashed to bits; but, the hundredth time, will change the world.
' Whats the second question?' "

whaingaroa in wellington

I havn't long been back from Wellington where I went for the opening of Whaingaroa at Photospace. Photospace has done a bit of a change around of gallery space, this being the first show to go up in the new rooms.... and if I do say so myself, it looks pretty good. It was curated by a team effort, with Andy Palmer adding his touch to the hang, much appreciated, thanks Andy!

The opening went well, and all seemed to be impressed at the new look photospace gallery rooms...

So this show is on until the 12th of March, so get in and have a look if you're not sure where photospace is, Courtenay place Wellington, above the Saraha cafe... and here's a sneak peak of the show

Oh, and the work is all hand printed by yours truly, and selinium / gold toned

the exhibition

Now, i still want everyone to actualy come and see the exhibitions that I have on and coming up, but here is a shot of the current show on in Hamilton right now...
Also an article in the Hamilton Press about it in last weeks paper...