Artist statement
I describe myself as an observational and expressionist landscape painter.
The Northland landscape intrigues me with its constantly changing light and atmosphere affected by the sea, sun, wind and rain.
I attempt to capture something of the atmosphere in my work – its junction with the sea and its connection to the land through the seasons.
I like to paint in acrylics on paper, canvas and panel, and oils on canvas and panel. I am inspired by the experience of the human condition in relation to the landscape by New Zealand poets and writers Brasch, Tuwhare, Curnow, Frame, Baxter and Fairburn. Painters such as McCahon, Hotere, Hanly and Albrecht inspire me for their use of colour and passion for New Zealand’s unique landscapes.
Education
1987 B.Arch, University of Auckland
1992- 2024 Registered architect postgraduate NZIA NZRAB
Professional memberships
1992-2024 Registered architect ANZIA NZRAB
2011-17 Auckland Architecture Association committee
2004-07 Hobson Community Board elected member and planning commissioner
Architectural experience
1989-93 Project architect, Patterson Co Partners Architects, Auckland
1988-90 Project architect, Hoadley Budge Olphert, Auckland
1987-88 Architect, David Stringer Architects, Auckland
Selected solo exhibitions
2021 Marking Time, Megan Dickinson Gallery, Whangarei
2020 Rangitapu, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
2017 Archipelago, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
2015 Between Earth and Sky, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
2013 Towards Another Summer, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
Group exhibitions
2024 Dog Days – Railway Street Studios and Gallery
2023 Fluidity, with Sonja Drake, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
Affinity, Megan Dickinson Gallery, Whangarei
To Sit Beside You, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
Studio to Wall, 250 Gallery, Auckland
2022 Uncharted Waters, experimental printmaking by painters instigated by Prue MacDougall, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
Ringleaders, Megan Dickinson Gallery, Whangarei
As Above, So Below – Unseen Networks. Work submitted: Whale Song Whangamumu
2020 Allora, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
2019 Group Show, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
Ikon International Avis Campaign, M2 Gallery, Sydney
2018 Summer Show, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
Wishlist, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
2017 Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award Exhibition, Whakatane
2016 Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award Exhibition, Whakatane
NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards Finalists Exhibition, Hamilton
2015 Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award Exhibition, Whakatane
Manifest, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
2014 Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award Exhibition, Whakatane
Landscape Seen and Unseen, Uxbridge Arts Centre, Auckland
Painting Our Place, Marlborough Arts Centre, Blenheim
2013 Inscape, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
A+W NZ Between Silos Exhibition
2012 Still, Railway Street Gallery + Studios, Auckland
2011 Landscape, Fanshawe Street Gallery, Auckland
A Painter’s Studio, Artstation, Auckland
Collections
Collections of Sir Don McKinnon ONZ GCVO PC
Collections of Sir Paul Holmes KNZM
Tim Melville Gallery
Megan Dickinson Gallery
Private Collectors in New Zealand, Australia, United States, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates and Europe
Waka Nine
Avis New Zealand
Awards
2017 Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award (Ngahuru Potiki i Te Tai Tokerau-Late Autumn in the Far North, oil on canvas; This Summer Past, oil on canvas)
2016 Finalist, NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards, Waikato Society of Arts (Rakino Resting Place of the Winds, oil on canvas)
2015 First place, Marlborough Arts Society Award Prize, Peters Doig Marlborough Art Awards (Island Escarpment, oil on canvas)
Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award (The Edge of the Sea, oil on canvas)
2014 Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award
2013 Finalist, Waiheke Walker & Hall National Art Awards (Towards Tawhiti Rahi and Aorangi, watercolour on paper)
1986 First Prize, Fletcher Teamwork Award, University of Auckland School of Architecture
1985 Vernon Brown Memorial Prize for Drawing including invitation to Vernon Brown memorial address, University of Auckland School of Architecture
1984 Monier Prize for Design, University of Auckland School of Architecture
Featured in publications
2022 The Joy of Art, Northland Design Build and Garden
2022 Fleeting Architectures, Home Magazine interview, editor Frederico Monsalve
2019 Art of Discovery, Avis NZ online publication
2017 Featured in Art NZ publication 161 Autumn Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Awards finalists
2015 Light Work, The Hobson magazine
2013 Featured in Snapshot 500: Architecture + Women New Zealand, edited by Julia Gatley and Sara Lee
2009 Saving Our Heritage, stuff.co.nz
2007 Coolangatta Gold, Metro Magazine
2004 Parnell to lose another stately home, NZ Herald
Featured in Podcasts
2019 White Silence Stuff / RNZ 2019 Mike White
Awards judge
2023 Appointed NZIA Jury judge Auckland and Northland Architecture Awards
2005 Auckland Council Design Competition, Khartoum Place
