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"I am always looking for beauty, in the sense so aptly described by artist philosopher Etel Adnan: “Beauty is an inner sense and it makes us happy. It is not complicated; we need it. It is more than shapes and colour. It’s more than what you see. Your total inner world.”. I feel deeply connected with my natural surroundings. They give me a sense of belonging to this world. I observe, and am enchanted by, the elegance and colours of small things like leaves, flowers, trees or rocks and, equally, the vastness of a particular place which makes us feel small by comparison. I want to capture both the power and the beauty of it and cry out: “look!, look!”. Because “everything of value is defenceless” (a well-known line written by Dutch poet Lucebert). Everything that truly has value is also vulnerable. It is there, it exists in the now. It is easy to overlook what really matters. Simplicity, simple beauty and small happiness are important; living attentively in the present so that we can give our surroundings the attention and care they deserve." Education and experience 2024 - Student at Whitecliffe School of Fine Arts 2022 - Friday drop-in life drawing workshop at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki 2021 - In the Studio, Postwar Abstract Painting, Online course MOMA, New York 2021 - Stay at Lisa Chandler's artist residence, Collingwood 2014 to 2023 - Abstract Painting classes with James Lawrence 2012 - The Foundation Course at Ponsonby Art Station, (Studio One Toi Tū) Auckland Various short courses at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, Auckland Painting classes with Petra Mol in Amsterdam, the Netherlands Exhibitions participated in: 2023 - Hibiscus and Bays Art Awards, Estuary Arts Centre, Orewa 2020 - Hibiscus and Bays Art Awards, Estuary Arts Centre, Orewa 2018 - Hibiscus and Bays Art Awards, Estuary Arts Centre, Orewa 2018 - Northart Members' Midyear Exhibition, Northcote, Auckland 2017 - Hibiscus and Bays Art Awards, Mairangi Arts Centre, Auckland 2016 - Lake House Art sale, Takapuna, Auckland 2012 - Foundation Course End of Year Exhibition, Ponsonby Art Station (Studio One Toi Tū) |
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