Wellington Regional Art Awards 2024
Diana and the Golden Apples (Modern Version)
Mixed media 80cmH x 30cmW x 30cmD
Mixed media 80cmH x 30cmW x 30cmD
This piece is about a story we were played on a record when we were kids - Diana, the fastest woman in the land, agreed to marry any man who could beat her in a race. No one could!
Then Gideon came along and realised he would have to slow her down somehow, so he rolled 3 golden apples up to her as they raced. She had to choose.... she slowed to pick them up, and thus, she let him win.
In this modern version, each container represents a golden apple. Each represents a life changing event - like marriage or children, buying a home, or death of a beloved.
The racing shoe is what the modern woman is wearing in order to be 'at choice' in her life (like Diana) - as compared to a victim of circumstance.
This tower and shoe is a celebration of women's hard won empowerment.
Why black? Because every decision holds it's equal and opposite counterpart.
Life is lived in paradox.
Peaceful Little Basket of Resting Work Stuff
2024
2024
Detail - Peaceful Little Basket of Resting Work Stuff 2020 -2024
Peaceful Little Basket of Resting Work Stuff is a tribute to a a 5 year conversion of a girls' dormitory into a home.
Each decision, each saved item, each set of hands.
Time has passed. The trees that grew this wood have passed.
A washing basket talks about the fluid nature of form. Washing is constantly moving from the body, to the drawer, to the body - round and around...
The basket, the sacred vessel, the womb of creation, holy spirit white, holds momentarily static woods and metals of endless potential. Form in ever unfolding states.
She balances on a filigree light stand. Metal filled with the spirit of air. Found in a rubbish pile in the forest, form changing form - round and around and around.
This peaceful little basket of resting work stuff connects to those moments of overview and achievement. To the deep breath, the slow sigh. A pause, a rest.
Because, the only thing that stays the same is change.
And, the only thing we ever have, is choice.
Inanga Rose 2024
Each decision, each saved item, each set of hands.
Time has passed. The trees that grew this wood have passed.
A washing basket talks about the fluid nature of form. Washing is constantly moving from the body, to the drawer, to the body - round and around...
The basket, the sacred vessel, the womb of creation, holy spirit white, holds momentarily static woods and metals of endless potential. Form in ever unfolding states.
She balances on a filigree light stand. Metal filled with the spirit of air. Found in a rubbish pile in the forest, form changing form - round and around and around.
This peaceful little basket of resting work stuff connects to those moments of overview and achievement. To the deep breath, the slow sigh. A pause, a rest.
Because, the only thing that stays the same is change.
And, the only thing we ever have, is choice.
Inanga Rose 2024
Where Sky Meets Sea 2017
An Exhibition of 20 paintings See VLOG!
Inanga Rose at Art Scape, 239 S.H.1 Ōtaki
An Exhibition of 20 paintings See VLOG!
Inanga Rose at Art Scape, 239 S.H.1 Ōtaki
Where Sea Meets Sky
The theme of this exhibition is the relationship between the horizon and the sea, where the sea meets with the sky. Subtle, bright, intense, magical, or absent. Affecting. The only thing that stays the same is change.
Two works involve the melting of polystyrene on the surface. This enabled me to express some of the texture of the endless movement of surf and sky.
Some works use black reflective silica rich Taranaki beach sand bound with acrylic. Sparking in changing light, it increasing the depiction of the endless movement.
My latest piece ‘Scud - Clouds on Water’ has been created from enamel paint on plastic. The lightness of the plastic enables the 2105mm long piece to be handled easily. The work is about the subtle relationships within form. There are areas of beauty - but not all is beauty. ‘Scud’ explores the duality of realism, of beauty and plainness in a bigger seascape.
The theme of this exhibition is the relationship between the horizon and the sea, where the sea meets with the sky. Subtle, bright, intense, magical, or absent. Affecting. The only thing that stays the same is change.
Two works involve the melting of polystyrene on the surface. This enabled me to express some of the texture of the endless movement of surf and sky.
Some works use black reflective silica rich Taranaki beach sand bound with acrylic. Sparking in changing light, it increasing the depiction of the endless movement.
My latest piece ‘Scud - Clouds on Water’ has been created from enamel paint on plastic. The lightness of the plastic enables the 2105mm long piece to be handled easily. The work is about the subtle relationships within form. There are areas of beauty - but not all is beauty. ‘Scud’ explores the duality of realism, of beauty and plainness in a bigger seascape.
Where Sea Meets Sky - 1
Enamel and sand on canvas 1015 x 5110mm
Where Sea Meets Sky - Ōtaki Beach
Acrylic and sand on canvas 1220 x 1215mm
Ōtaki Foreshore
Acrylic on canvas 1520 x 500
Where Sea Meets Sky - 2
Acrylic on canvas 660 x 370mm
Where Sea Meets Sky - 3
Acrylic on canvas 1010 x 815mm
Where Sky Meets Sea - 4
acrylic on canvas 660 x 370mm
Where Sea Meets Sky - 5
Acrylic and Sand on Canvas 610 x 300mm
