Creature

Most regulars have seen Jim's creature come to life in the shop. He finally baked him a couple of weeks ago and soon he'll get some duds and a cool do.

Rat Woman

Sandy tried a some new techniques with this piece.  She gessoed a piece of hardboard with Matisse  Background Colour (off white), drew the figure and rats using a graphite pencil and Derwent water soluble graphite.  Then, painted a coating of shellac over the image and glazed with oils mixed with Archival Flow Gel Medium.

Best In Show - New Works from Megan Lee-Richards

Courtship, Oil on canvas



Showjumper, Oil on canvas

Megan Lee-Richards is now showing several works at the flagstaffgallery until June 10.

Caddy

We decided to take Jim's caddy, made from sculpey, and put a faux bronze finish on it. We used a bronze metal coating, a traditional mint green patina and then rubbed some Matisse graphite grey acrylic over the top. All products are available in our store.

Adam Portrait Awards

Winston by Barry Ross Smith

We found some time on Sunday to visit the Lopdell Gallery in Titirangi. Currently showing are the entries for the 2007 Adam Portrait Awards which were all impressive. Our only disapointment was that the theme was "New Zealanders" so we were expecting more paintings like Barry Ross Smith's painting (above). A lot were self portraits.

We also were thrilled to stumble upon David Kennedy's show, The Bronze Goat, in the adjacent space. WOW! We LOVED his work; quirky, smart and pithy humour and so much fun to look at!

Both shows run through the 8th of June.

Graham Down's Solo Exhibition

Graham's show opens at 5:30pm on the 20th of May at the Satellite Gallery http://www.satellitegallery.co.nz/, and runs through the 1st of June. He is showing 50 small pleine air paintings of the Auckland area.

We will definitely be at the opening! We feel like we've lived this one with you, Graham!

"Hikari"

Minori Kawana is exhibiting his photographs at The Depot Artspace in Devonport, opening on the 24th of May. www.depotartspace.co.nz