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Bari Duncan

Bari Duncan - Aotearoa Artist

A DRIVING FORCE

After trying various work prospects, such as clerical, retail,
bank and so on, Bari Duncan finally decided to follow her
lifelong passion. “Right from pre-school,” she reflects, “my mother couldn’t keep up with my lust for colouring-in books. I have always longed to follow my heart and get focused on my painting. I just kept pushing, struggling, learning and trying until the time was right.”

Having been dealt a number of blows on her journey, Bari reflects, “My art is everything to me, it’s who I am, a driving force. I love that it has helped me through the hardest, roughest times in my life and when it seemed everything around was crumbling, it kept me focused and positive.” On the subject of education, she has not attended art school or university.

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Amanda Brett

Amanda Brett - aotearia artist

THE COLOURS OF WATER

“All my life I had always wanted to be an artist,” Amanda says, “but it got lost amongst a business career, and that of being a wife and mother.” Continuing she adds that High School was a big waste of time for her.

“I had many ideas for my future but I am sad to say my school would not support any of them. I wanted to become an architect, but I wasn’t allowed to study any of the foundation courses. I was even told by the school career counsellor “not to worry about art or music school as I was just going to get pregnant, so why bother?”

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Kerry Fenton-Johns - Aotearoa Artist

Kerry Fenton-Johns

Kerry Fenton-Johns - aotearoa artist

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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Jacky Pearson - Aotearoa Artist

Jacky Pearson

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ABSORBING WATERCOLOUR

“I have gradually become absorbed by the need to paint and draw all the time. It is really what I have always done from a very young age.” 

You might have come across this talented lady’s work in a book or magazine or even a calendar. Although no one in Jacky Pearson’s family painted, she was encouraged to do so because she was so passionate about drawing and painting which she took to A level standard in high school.

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