A biotic vector from the evolutionary past to the fossil detritus of pop-culture, rendered in high contrast black and white traditional inks. Inspired by William S. Burroughs' novel The Soft Machine.

EVENTS

Opening event
Friday 20 June, 5pm

CONTACT

Instagram: @eels_and_things

Some describe the night garden as a magical state, existing between waking and sleeping. It can be a place of romance or mystery, solitude or companionship. The day’s work is done and we can just be.

As night slowly envelops us, the garden’s beauty is also tinged with the possibility of danger. The temperature cools. In our relaxed state of contemplation we are perhaps lulled into a false sense of security. 

The night garden is also a place of heightened scents and sounds. The memory of the daylight garden is retained, with echoes of daytime colours overlaying what we perceive. Form takes a more prominent place. There is blurring. As night falls, the spectrum of pinks, blues and violets are especially beautiful, and the sunset colours take our attention as they are seen fleetingly in the sky. The sky dominates. Greens darken, yellows and whites become vibrant, the complementary colours such as blue and yellow sing off each other. Red takes a backseat, but doesn’t disrupt our adaptation to darkness. Finally, the spectrum of black and white takes over. 

We seek shelter indoors.

We are students and tutors from Inverlochy Art School exhibiting a diversity of works in response to the above and the overall theme of Nature.

Inverlochy exists as a community art school offering a range of classes for people of all ages and abilities. Our teaching covers both formal aspects of an art practice as well as a more open approach allowing for experimentation and discovery of new ways of expression. 

This exhibition spans contemporary painting and ceramics and includes two original prints by acclaimed artist, John Drawbridge, a key figure at Inverlochy in the 1990s.

All artworks are available for purchase through silent auction. In the spirit of supporting artists, the majority of proceeds will go to the artists, with the remainder contributing to Inverlochy Art School's accessibility project; an initiative aiming to create wheelchair access and facilities in the historic school building. 

Bidding will be open throughout the week with a final bidding event taking place on Sunday 29 June, from 4-6 pm. 

EVENT

Sunday 29 June, 4 - 6pm

Fundraiser Art Auction

Raising money to complete works creating wheelchair access and facilities at Inverlochy Art School.

CONTACT

Website: www.inverlochy.org.nz
Email: inverlochyartschool@gmail.com
Phone: 04 939 2177

Instagram: @inverlochyartschool
Facebook: InverlochyArtSchool

Images

John Drawbridge, Two Women, 1995

Debbie Rawnsley

Space Age is a love letter to California and a study of colour, design, architecture and light. With a collection of framed photography work from Los Angeles and Palm Springs and bold acrylic paintings inspired by mid-century design. This body of work is a peek into my inner-world, a nostalgic dreamscape that can act as a portal to the desert.

CONTACT

Website: bellafosterart.com
Instagram: @bellafoster.art
Facebook: Bella Foster Art

Images

Bella Foster, California Sober, acrylic paint

Bella Foster, Limoncello, editioned photograph, 2/20

Bella Foster, Conversation Pit, acrylic paint

I paint to celebrate the beauty around and within us - to inspire gratitude for what I don’t want to take for granted.   

Gratitude is what creating art requires of me, and fosters in me, including for how miraculous our human, natural and spiritual natures are.

My practice explores techniques where I apply paint in multiple layers, with the canvas rotated for gravity to work it in different directions.   

This creates texture, and an illusion of movement that can shift perspectives between two and three dimensions, especially as you walk towards the larger paintings.

The fundamental questions I am grappling with through my practice are:

• Why might we need things to appear more surreal, bold or colourful, to remember how wonderful they actually are?
   
• Why can surrendering control to a powerful force that we know sustains life - like gravity (or Mother Nature, or God) - be so scary?

EVENT

FREE public painting co-lab - open for the duration of the exhibition.

Anyone can add one or more brush strokes, with provided brushes and paint, to a large canvas that will start as a loose sketch or composition. A collaborative painting will emerge by the Sunday, to engage people in a creative process that values diversity, unity and connection.

CONTACT

Email: simonolsen@gmail.com
Instagram: @simonsverreolsen 

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