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Mehrdad Tahan

1 July 2014
Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Drawing, Featured Artists, Figures, Hyper Realism, Illustration, Impressionism, Oils, Painting, Still-life, Watercolour

KNOW YOURSELF

From an early age Mehrdad Tahan had an interest in drawing and studied techniques used by the Old Masters. By the age of twenty, he had established his first studio where he taught drawing and calligraphy as well as exhibiting his own works.

In 1990 Mehrdad left Iran for New Zealand, which resulted in a pause in art while he improved his English and learnt about our culture. Family reasons dictated a move to Sweden, and a new culture and language to learn. 1999 saw Mehrdad return to New Zealand and settle in Christchurch.

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Rebekah Codlin

1 July 2014
Acrylic, Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Featured Artists, Hyper Realism, Oils, Painting, Portraits

REAL EMOTION

Realistic art has been described as not only recording the subject matter truthfully but also avoiding artistic conventions and resisting idealisation.

Some of this rings true of Rebekah Codlin’s work but the more one looks at the images she creates the more ideals and raw emotions pour through, attacking your senses from all directions with poignant effect.
This she achieves through an intelligent use of light and colour. So whatever term one may use to describe her work, Rebekah’s art is certainly not tame but rather demands attention and scrutiny.

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Kerry Fenton-Johns

1 March 2014
Acrylic, Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Featured Artists, Floral, Hyper Realism, Landscape, Painting, Seascape

KERRY'S WORLD

“Slow down, let the art touch you inside,” poignant words indeed from well known artist Kerry Fenton-Johns.With her very busy mind she is finding inspiration everywhere she looks, be it a building or a plant in the garden

Those who are familiar with this work marvel at the photographic realism. TNZAM first came across her pohutukawa paintings for an exhibition at the Dunedin International Airport 2010. Kerry was one of the instigators behind the ‘Artist in the Terminal idea.’

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Kim Crosland

1 January 2014
Acrylic, Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Drawing, Featured Artists, Hyper Realism, Painting, Portraits

WINDOWS TO THE SOUL

Trained as a graphic designer, Kim Crosland is a largely self-taught artist who says she picked up a great deal of her artistic knowledge by joining online art groups and watching various You-tube tutorials.

“This approach helped me to ascertain what is going on in the wider art world, what techniques other artists are using and learning how to develop and apply a distinctive style of my own,” Kim reveals. Kim has carried an inherent ability to draw and paint with her from an early age; her father and grandfather were both portrait artists. She took up painting again about seven years ago, after her father had passed away and also because a friend asked her to paint a few musicians portraits, which were hung in a bar. After that she couldn’t stop. She says she feels indebted to both her late father and her friend for encouraging her to get back into art after 15 years of not touching a brush.

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Sandra Whyte

1 November 2013
Artists, Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Birdlife, Featured Artists, Hyper Realism, Oils, Painting

CAPTURING MEMORIES OF LIFE

After a few life-changing events, Sandra Whyte found time on her hands and decided to try her hand at painting. She took some night classes, and discovered she had a real talent and eye for detail. In a short space of time she began selling her artwork and completing commissions. The allure of being an artist full time led her to resign from her position as a bank officer, which she had held for 28 years. She feels this is the best decision she has ever made.

Sandra has found that being largely self-taught can raise issues in the budding artists career. “Having a ‘name’ seems to take precedence above quality in the art world. This seems to become more of an issue as my career develops. I am breaking through this barrier now, thanks to opportunities created by select clients and galleries having a belief in my abilities. I have had to hang on to small achievements and push sceptics aside.”

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