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Jacob Barry

1 January 2016
Acrylic, Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Drawing, Featured Artists, Figures, Oils, Portraits, Realism

BEHIND THE FACE

Jacob Barry studied art in high school, but his talents were not appreciated, he failed. How many other great icons have failed at school, yet gone onto become well known success stories? There are many. One has to wonder what it is about these situations. Jacob shares with us here.

Jacob passed all other subjects, except art. Looking at what he is doing now, it seems crazy. He received much support from his teachers and parents, thankfully, and has gone on with his art regardless. “The response I got from each painting was the motivating factor.

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Alan Collins

1 January 2016
Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Nature, Painting

PLEIN-AIR PICQUE

What a smug and satisfied feeling one has (well I do) when you pull off a painting that you are really proud of, especially if it was painted outdoors on the spot without copying from photographs. Oh yeah?

As any ‘plein-air’ artist will know, there is not always a car to sit in and paint, the luxury of looking out of your studio window, or even a policeman in a city street when you desperately need one. You can make your own judgement of the weather, or if you can afford it, book a room with an incredible view in some of the worlds’ most beautiful places. That’s all very well, but gosh it’s dangerous out there.

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Simon Lundqvist

1 November 2015
Abstract, Acrylic, Artists, Emerging Artists, Figures, Mixed Media, Painting, Portraits, Youth Art

PATIENCE, PERSERVERANCE AND TALENT

One of Simon Lundqvist’s obstacles was to overcome spending some time in a wheelchair after an accident and having to relearn how to walk. “It was a really horrible experience, but I got through it, and in retrospect the whole thing taught me a lot of patience and perseverance. Now the only thing I have left from that ordeal is a very characteristic gait, and a different outlook on life really.”

This left Simon Lundqvist experiencing difficulty with concentration and a lot of free time on his hands. He became obsessed with drawing and sketching, finding he could focus on this and it made him feel better. “I think that single-mindedness really helped me to learn and develop. Ever since childhood I have been infatuated the idea of being an artist and this has grown stronger over time. I’m just really in love with the process of painting and I can think of nothing better than spending my days making art.”

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Simon Kerr

1 November 2015
Abstract, Acrylic, Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Contemporary Art, Emerging Artists, Figures, Painting, Street Scenes, Stylized, Symbolism

SIMON KERR

One-time member of the infamous Hole-in-the-Wall gang, prison escapee and activist, Simon Kerr has turned his remarkable talents to painting, creating a body of work which is both narrative and allegorical, the story of his life and redemption and a commentary on the place of human beings in the world. These works are often autobiographical in nature, exploring Kerr’s controversial history and his Devonport upbringing.

Simon Kerr gained notoriety in the 1980s when he set up the Hole in the Wall Gang (complete with t-shirts!). He also made headlines throughout the 1980s for numerous escapes from custody, including from Mt Eden and Paremoremo prisons. He stowed away on a cargo ship to Australia after escaping from Mt Eden in 1987. In 1994 he mounted a 13-day rooftop turret protest against remand conditions in Mt Eden that ended with the Armed Offenders’ Squad forcibly bringing him down.

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Ron Jackson

1 November 2015
Acrylic, Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Featured Artists, Figures, Painting, Realism, Vehicles, Watercolour

RAISING STEAM

With no formal training at an Art College, Yorkshire-born, New Zealand railway artist Ron Jackson honed his skills at night classes at Waiuku College and painting workshops for about ten years.

I started sketching during my holidays then progressed to painting. I had some very good tutors at the art classes workshops that I attended. Further to this I was impressed by the abilities and techniques of amateur artists on a UK Television program ‘Watercolour Challenge’.

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Wallace Trickett

1 November 2015
Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Aviation, Featured Artists, Hyper Realism, Naval, Oils, Painting, Realism, Vehicles

CREATIVE SPIN

Believing in what he does and creating a historical link that families will treasure for generations is what makes Wallace Trickett’s creative brain spin. “Life is a learning curve, from the cradle to the grave.”

Wallace studied with a professional painter for the Duke of Edinburgh Gold award at age 17 and has always been interested in art. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1979 and started painting seriously in 1997 after taking some stress leave from a full time job in the transport industry. Commissions started almost immediately.

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Patricia Emmerson-Hough

1 November 2015
Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Featured Artists, Hyper Realism, Nature, Painting, Realism, Watercolour

A TRULY NATURAL GIFT

With no formal training, all Patricia Emmerson-Hough has ever wanted to do is be an artist. “I’ve wanted to draw and paint, ever since I could hold a pencil.” Patricia tells us her story.

My family arrived in New Zealand when I was a child and we lived by the sea, so I was surrounded by all forms of nature; which fascinated me so much that it seemed a natural progression to recreate the detail and colours of the natural world. I don’t remember any point in my life when I stopped and said to myself that I want to be an artist, it was there in me all the time.

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Donna Lee

1 November 2015
Animals, Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Featured Artists, Figures, Jewellery, Landscape, Oils, Painting, Palette Knife, Realism

INNER CREATIVE DESIRE

I’ve always dabbled with art whether it being sewing, painting, jewellery and so on but it stepped up a gear when my mother, Janice Corbishley, purchased the Red Peach Gallery in Ahuriri, Napier. I began creating jewellery from fine bone china and created a brand ‘China Horse’ which I sell in there. After meeting Brent Redding through the gallery I took up painting lessons and started to put in the long hours of practice behind the scenes while still selling the jewellery. Then in 2013 I held my first solo exhibition and since then have focused on painting.

I paint and create because of a great inner desire to do so. When I paint I feel happy, free and connected! It allows me to choose a lifestyle of freedom, expression, travel and happiness which I cherish above all. The motivation comes from many avenues but is mainly an internal drive to achieve the very best I can be and to attain this lifestyle I have created for myself.

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Dawn Brown Meehan

1 November 2015
Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Expressionism, Featured Artists, Figures, Impressionism, Oils, Painting, Palette Knife, Still-life, Symbolism

ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION

Drawing was the only thing I enjoyed but from the perspective of my parents, heading into the arts was ‘fickle with no security’ - as opposed to a ‘good government department job’ where I inevitably ended up.

It wasn’t until I was older with a young family, that I took up painting seriously. I began in watercolour and painted scene after scene - ‘stiffies’ I called them, painting exactly what I saw, with little fluidity or deviation from what lay in front of me.

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Cherol Filbee

1 November 2015
Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Ceramics, Drawing, Featured Artists, Figures, Floral, Oils, Pencil, Polymer Clay, Portraits, Realism, Still-life, Street Scenes, Watercolour

A PORTABLE OCCUPATION

Cherol Filbee has been heading in the arts direction her whole life. She loves being an artist. “I am never bored and my work is portable. My husband Peter, a top croquet player, enters tournaments all over NZ and likes me to accompany him. He knows I am lost without a project, so the deal is that I take my art work with me. When he played the world champs in London, I enrolled in a five day portraiture class at the Heatherly School Of Fine Art.”

Qualifying from The Learning Connection with honours in art and creativity, Cherol studied part-time, starting in 2010.
Awarded a scholarship for every year but one, she explains that simply drawing has become the basis of all her work. “I love faces and like to portray them as portraits or caricature in 2D and 3D. Cats have also featured quite a lot in my work. I like to challenge myself and work from life rather than a photo reference.”

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