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Animals in Art
Graham Kirk, Simon Williams, Nicola Marshall, Timon Maxey, Mike Norris, Andrea Mazzoli, James Watkins, Don Packwood, Jasmine Middlebrook, Eugenea
Aug 27 — Sep 14, 2020
About The Artist
Graham Kirk
Kirk’s imaginative blending of pop-culture icons and Superheroes set in New Zealand landscapes create a playful dialogue between fantasy and everyday life
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Simon Williams
With a long established career, Simon Williams is regarded as a Master Impressionist painter of the New Zealand landscape
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Nicola Marshall
My work is focused on exploring and interpreting the living details of different eco-systems … for the most part I work in a soft, muted palette reflecting nature
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Timon Maxey
Maxey often builds his compositions in interlocking shapes and stylised forms. He creates cubist landscapes of familiar New Zealand scenery, landmarks and birdlife from his own fresh perspective
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Mike Norris
Working in the traditional lost wax method, Norris casts his limited edition bronzes at Wellington's leading foundry. Capturing the individual personality of each subject, be it a bird of prey, owl or new born chick, he creates outstanding bonzes of the highest international standard
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Andrea Mazzoli
Andrea Mazzoli takes inspiration from daily village life and the surrounding natural world of his small village in the Val Colvera to the north east of Italy
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James Watkins
‘My works continue to evolve around the universal symbol of home as a place of heart and hearth, belonging and security’
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Don Packwood
Packwood has the ability to capture speed, the gleam of chrome and the lines of classic and contemporary cars to perfection
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Jasmine Middlebrook
‘I do like a little mystery. There's a meaning for me - but I want everyone to find their own meaning in my work’
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Eugenea
Eugenea creates works of unparalleled beauty - a rigorous academic training, talent and imagination are all part of the creative mix
Animals in Art
As our fellow companions in life and art, this exhibition honours the special relationship between man and the animal kingdom. Featured works include contemporary bird paintings by Wyoming-based Nicola Marshall, the fantasy realism of Jasmine Middlebrook and from the Whanganui studio of Timon Maxey, cubist compositions of pastoral New Zealand.
Andrea Mazzoli of the Friuli-Venezia region, north-east Italy, sends a collection of his unique mixed-media panels of goldfinches and sparrows. Graham Kirk's major work, Rupert Bear and Bill Badger above Backbeach awakens the inner child. Further paintings by leading artists, Eugenea, Brian Dahlberg, Patricia Payne, Don Packwood and the bronzes of Mike Norris create an exhibition infused with energy and connectedness to the natural world.