Galleria

Inspiring Creative Spaces- Painters at the Park, the exhibition and auction
In the last two weeks, eighteen selected visual artists,inspired by the Sculpture Park, worked on-site to produce a wide-range of paintings, prints, and drawings. These are available at a buy-now price or can be purchased at the Auction on the 9th March.
For some artists this was their first contact with the Sculpture Park- and for the Trust it was a chance to give two dimensional visual artists the opportunity to interact with the Park. The response was quite overwhelming.
Interpretations of the Park range from watercolour and acrylic landscape views to abstractions including representations of the confiscation line that forms a boundary of the site and stretches all the way to Mt. Te Aroha.
Pop in for a complementary tea or coffee during the next two weeks. There is free entry to the auction and exhibition site only. An entry fee, to visit the current sculpture exhibition in the Park, SUMMER” Utopia into Dystopia still applies. The auction preview and registration starts at 4pm; the auction at 5pm on Saturday, 9th March.
Participating artists include: Michael Barker (Te Aroha), Wendy Bolger,Jos Coufreur (Tauranga), Peter Dornauf, Jo Gallagher (Te Kuiti), Colin Gibbs (Hamilton), Sofia Minson (Auckland), Bernadette Parsons (Tuakau), Jill Perrott (Auckland), Donn Ratana, Carole Shepheard, Diane Scott, Jane Siddall, Gavin Smith (Cambridge), James Sutherland, Pauline Tapping, Faith Thomas (Cambridge), Pam Watson.

Brian Chrystall

Tui

Recycled copper

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Faith Thomas

0—The Vessel

Mezzotint

This unframed edition of 25 of Faith Thomas "The Vessel" is available by order only- it won't be in the auction or on site. Initially I chose to d...
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Wendy Bolger

2—Greener Pastures

Digital photograph

Through my art making I explore the western landscape aesthetic, representative of social values of control and ownership of the land. The art proc...
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Jos Coufreur

3—Marilyn

Acrylic on canvas

Jos Coufreur attended the Royal Academy of Art in Den Bosch, Holland. He has developed a distinctive style over the years. ‘I paint spontaneously, ...
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Jos Coufreur

4—Sir Ed

Acrylic on canvas

Jos Coufreur attended the Royal Academy of Art in Den Bosch, Holland. He has developed a distinctive style over the years. ‘I paint spontaneously, ...
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Peter Dornauf

5—Guardianship

Acrylic on canvas

Artist bioPeter Dornauf is a long time Waikato artist and writer who has been painting since the early eighties. His work during this time has been...
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Peter Dornauf

6—Husbandry

Wood

Artist bioPeter Dornauf is a long time Waikato artist and writer who has been painting since the early eighties. His work during this time has been...
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Jo Gallagher

7—Towards Pirongia

Acrylic on canvas

Jo is an established King Country artist. She lives and works on a farm in Piopio with her husband and two teenage daughters. Jo has been exhibitin...
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Jo Gallagher

8—Woven Promises

Acrylic on board

Jo is an established King Country artist. She lives and works on a farm in Piopio with her husband and two teenage daughters. Jo has been exhibitin...
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Colin Gibbs

9—Confiscation line 1

Mixed media on board

Colin Gibbs was born in Whanganui. He spent his childhood in the shadows of the Parapara, and alongside the Whanganui River. Colin specialised in...
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Colin Gibbs

10—Confiscation line 2

Mixed media on board

Colin Gibbs was born in Whanganui. He spent his childhood in the shadows of the Parapara, and alongside the Whanganui River. Colin specialised in...
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Sofia Minson

11—He rests with Sky above and Earth below

Oil on canvas

Sofia Minson is a portrait and landscape oil painter of Ngāti Porou, Swedish, English and Irish heritage. Having spent much of her childhood in Sa...
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Sofia Minson

12—She rests with Sky above and Earth below

Oil on canvas

Sofia Minson is a portrait and landscape oil painter of Ngāti Porou, Swedish, English and Irish heritage. Having spent much of her childhood in Sa...
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Sofia Minson

13—In-between worlds

Oil on canvas

Sofia Minson is a portrait and landscape oil painter of Ngāti Porou, Swedish, English and Irish heritage. Having spent much of her childhood in Sa...
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Bernadette Parsons

14—Arboretum views

Watercolour

Bernadette began painting in watercolour 20 years ago and has had enormous success in winning awards and selling her work both here and overseas. S...
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Bernadette Parsons

15—Just trunks

Watercolour

Bernadette began painting in watercolour 20 years ago and has had enormous success in winning awards and selling her work both here and overseas. S...
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Bernadette parsons

16—Nikau

Watercolour

Bernadette began painting in watercolour 20 years ago and has had enormous success in winning awards and selling her work both here and overseas. S...
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Bernadette Parsons

17—Untitled

Watercolour

Bernadette began painting in watercolour 20 years ago and has had enormous success in winning awards and selling her work both here and overseas. S...
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Jill Perrott

18—Colour is light

Mixed media

In the early 1990's Jill returned to her lifelong love - painting - having been a pupil of Colin McCahon and others at Elam in the sixties. Travel,...
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Jill perrott

19—Waitakaruru

Mixed media

In the early 1990's Jill returned to her lifelong love - painting - having been a pupil of Colin McCahon and others at Elam in the sixties. Travel,...
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Jill Perrott

20—Waitakaruru II

Mixed media

In the early 1990's Jill returned to her lifelong love - painting - having been a pupil of Colin McCahon and others at Elam in the sixties. Travel,...
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Donn Ratana

21—Ruru IV to VI

Acrylic on canvas

Donn Ratana is a senior lecturer at the University of Waikato Faculty of Education. He is an Art Educator, Sculptor and painter who develops socio-...
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Donn Ratana

24—Ruru I-III

Wood and aluminium

Donn Ratana is a senior lecturer at the University of Waikato Faculty of Education. He is an Art Educator, Sculptor and painter who develops socio-...
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Carole Shepheard

25—Suspended

Acrylic on canvas

Dr Carole Shepheard is a widely recognised New Zealand artist. Before retiring to Kawhia she was a Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Auck...
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Carole Shepheard

26—Float

Mixed media on board

Dr Carole Shepheard is a widely recognised New Zealand artist. Before retiring to Kawhia she was a Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Auck...
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Diane Scott

27—Tripping of Light

Mixed media

Diane Scott holds a Masters Degree with first class honours from the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. In 2012 she received the Ela...
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Diane Scott

28—Overland

Mixed media

Diane Scott holds a Masters Degree with first class honours from the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. In 2012 she received the Ela...
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Jane Siddall

29—Ripple and Splash

Graphite and colour pencil on paper

Jane Siddall was born in England in 1970 and moved to New Zealand in 2000. She is currently based in Te Pahu near Hamilton.After receiving a BA (Ho...
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Jane Siddall

30—Asia in the Waikato

Graphite and colour pencil

Jane Siddall was born in England in 1970 and moved to New Zealand in 2000. She is currently based in Te Pahu near Hamilton.After receiving a BA (Ho...
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Gavin Smith

31—Sculpture Park I

Watercolour

Gavin is a well established watercolour artist who paints and teaches from his studio at Lake Karapiro just 6kms south of Cambridge.His artworks gr...
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Gavin Smith

32—Sculpture Park II

Watercolour

Gavin is a well established watercolour artist who paints and teaches from his studio at Lake Karapiro just 6kms south of Cambridge.His artworks gr...
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Gavin Smith

33—Sculpture Park III

Watercolour

Gavin is a well established watercolour artist who paints and teaches from his studio at Lake Karapiro just 6kms south of Cambridge.His artworks gr...
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Gavin Smith

34—Sculpture Park IV

Watercolour

Gavin is a well established watercolour artist who paints and teaches from his studio at Lake Karapiro just 6kms south of Cambridge.His artworks gr...
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James Sutherland

35—Goldfish

Acrylic on canvas

James Sutherland studied painting at Edinburgh College of Art. Since moving to New Zealand in 2000, Sutherland has produced work in photography, fi...
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Pauline Tapping

36—Scotsman Valley

Mixed media on board

Pauline has been painting for over 10 years and nearly all her work has been based on her love of the New Zealand landscape. Her work has been ex...
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Pauline Tapping

37—Sculptural Pine

Mixed media on canvas

Pauline has been painting for over 10 years and nearly all her work has been based on her love of the New Zealand landscape. Her work has been ex...
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Faith Thomas

38—Vessel

Mezzotint and graphite

Originally from Auckland I completed my Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Printmaking major in 1982 from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University.I...
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Faith Thomas

39—Across the Land

Mezzotint and graphite

Artist bioOriginally from Auckland I completed my Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Printmaking major in 1982 from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland Un...
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Pam Watson

40—Summertime, Dry Land and Down the Drive

Mixed media

My paintings are usually a personal response to the Waikato landscape. Certain places haunt me until I paint them. The weather, time of day, cultur...
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Karin Barr

43—Lola

Oamaru stone

Originally from Germany I arrived in the Waikato in 1994.In 2003 I had the opportunity to take part in the Matamata Sculpture Symposium and discove...
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Karin Barr

44—Pinnacles

Hinuera stone on basalt base

Originally from Germany I arrived in the Waikato in 1994.In 2003 I had the opportunity to take part in the Matamata Sculpture Symposium and discove...
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