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Maxine Waters

1 March 2015
Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Ceramics, Contemporary Art, Featured Artists, Figures, Realism, Sculpture, Still-life

CLASS IN CLAY

With nothing more than a deep-seated belief that art would be a major part of her life, internationally-recognised New Zealand ceramicist Maxine Waters decided after attending some night classes at Riccarton High School in Christchurch, that clay was to be her ‘thing’.

“I have had no formal art training, only a passion to learn everything yesterday,” Maxine says emphatically. Formal or not, Maxine says being an active membership of pottery clubs allowed her opportunity to participate in the many workshops from visiting international and local potters, which enhanced her skills and fuelled an inherent passion to create. “I was part of the successful potters co-operative ‘Classy Clay’ in Christchurch for around seven years then continued on my own, making and selling my domestic ware. At one stage employing three sales staff,” Maxine reveals.

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Adam Styles

1 March 2015
Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Featured Artists, Installation, Metallurgy, Nature, Realism, Sculpture, Surrealism

ETHEREAL DIMENSIONS

Inspired by dreams and images from another time and place and forged with fire and passion, the steel warriors, dragons and other mythological beings that emerge from the Nelson-based workshop of Adam Styles are real and definable but their earthly shell has been removed to reveal a core of what is normally hidden, the unseen.

Adam’s work has taken on a life of its own. It is more than simply ethereal, it is otherworldly. His fish swim in from somewhere we haven’t seen, a parallel dimension perhaps. Steel warriors stand vigilant, swords readied, steel angels look on, observing. Of course it is all fantasy such creatures simply don’t exist, not on this earth at any rate, do they?

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Di Tocker

1 March 2015
Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Contemporary Art, Featured Artists, Figures, Glass, Sculpture, Symbolism

DESTINY IN GLASS A mother of two, a successful artist in her own right, owner of Dicastglass, a successful business purveying…

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Michael Angelo Burke

1 January 2015
Acrylic, Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Carving, Emerging Artists, Expressionism, Maori, Nature, Sculpture

HERITAGE ART A carver and painter of murals and pictures, portraying an individual style unique in New Zealand, Michael Angelo Burke’s…

Keith Grinter

1 January 2015
Abstract, Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Expressionism, Featured Artists, Glass, Kiwiana, Nature, Sculpture

EXTREME ART

It is not every day one meets an artist who ‘renounced’ the relatively calm aura of oil paints and easel for the fiery inferno of glassblowing, but it was enough to make Whangarei-based glass-artist Keith Grinter an irresistible subject for The New Zealand Artist Magazine. Photographs by Diana Rees.

Keith Grinter started work in his own glass blowing studio in Whangarei in September 2013. He recalls: “I had been discussing moving to Whangarei and working with Keith Mahy, (one of the founding fathers of art glass in New Zealand), when he unfortunately passed away.”

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Di Conway

1 January 2015
Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Carving, Ceramics, Expressionism, Featured Artists, Figures, Sculpture

DOING IT HER WAY

Wellingtonian Di Conway was all smiles and radiance when we met up with her at The NZ Art Show last year. There is literally a light emanating out of this lady. Displayed on her stand are groups of her renowned ‘Roly’s’ – ‘women of substance’ and a number of her remarkable drawings and yes, the light shines through.

Creating works in both bronze and clay, Di Conway has had many successful solo exhibitions. She is an elected artist member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Art (NZAFA) and is also a foundation and active member of the Pueto bronze casting group, now in its 26th year.

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Jan Huijbers

1 January 2015
Abstract, Acrylic, Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Contemporary Art, Featured Artists, Installation, Nature, Painting, Sculpture

THE CREATIVE MIND

A history buff, a fascination for new inventions and a keen gardener. During his life-long journey to establish himself as a full-time practicing artist, Jan Huijbers has been exposed to a myriad of different styles and influences. In the article below he talks about his life long journey as an artist.

I had no formal training but was involved in art at an early age. At age 16, I was a member of an art design team creating flower structure parades, a yearly event in Zundert Holland for many years.

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Robert Rapson

1 November 2014
Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Birdlife, Contemporary Art, Featured Artists, Nature, Sculpture, Vehicles

FOCUS ON ROBERT RAPSON

Ceramic artist Robert Rapson, who has made the trophies for the annual Arts Access Awards for the past four years, has received one of his trophy creations: the Arts Access Artistic Achievement Award 2014.

Robert learned he was the recipient when he returned home to the Hutt Valley in late June after three months travelling in Europe and North America. The judging panel described Robert as a “clever, quirky and self-taught artist” and said the award acknowledges his “unique voice and contribution to New Zealand art.”

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Annie Lambourne

1 November 2014
Acrylic, Animals, Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Birdlife, Contemporary Art, Driftwood, Featured Artists, Installation, Sculpture, Wire Work

PIPE DREAMS ASIDE

Annie Lambourne says she does not always love being an artist but has an inherent and absolute need to create often to the exclusion of all else. “Everything around me takes a back seat,” she says, “housework, gardening and even cooking food.” Fortunately, Annie’s family are incredibly supportive and are quite used to having to work around the creative process, and often having to dodge around the latest creation that obstructs the TV or sit next to a six foot metal man sitting next to them in the car on the journey home from school.

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DeAnne Lawford-Smith

1 November 2014
Abstract, Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Carving, Ceramics, Featured Artists, Figures, Impressionism, Installation, Maori, Portraits, Sculpture

FOR LOVE OR MONEY

Born in Levin, DeAnne Lawford Smith has been artistically inclined from birth. Growing up in a large family which included many foster children, the easiest and most economical means of entertainment was with paper and pencils. With enthusiastic encouragement from her family, DeAnne has blossomed into a full time professional artist.

Married with three children, DeAnne travelled between Rotorua and Taupo over a four year period to complete her Diploma of Visual Art (Fine Art) in 2000 at the Waiariki Institute of Technology. Armed with this accomplishment, she managed to overcome her shyness and was able to present her work to galleries and buyers, resulting in her first solo exhibition in Tauranga and achieved first place in the prestigious Portage Ceramic Award in 2007.

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