Made in Greytown is the Festival's signature exhibition featuring Greytown artists working across multiple mediums. The variety and range of the works exhibited will showcase the talent and depth of the local artistic community. This show is a celebration of their work.
The following are some of the Artists who will be exhibiting, each week we will add additional artist profiles: Nick Banks, Max Bayliss, Megan Campbell, John Casey,Victoria Cassells, Frank Dell, Rose Doherty, Barry Ellis, Salvi Frika, Vera Jamieson, David Knowles, Richard Hassall, Lisa Matthys, Jane Maxey, Janie Nott, Anne Taylor, Geoff Walker, Sandra Wong
Lisa Matthys
The re-discovery of wool as a medium is a progression from the mixed media paintings for which I’m known. My work is autobiographic, and also reflects the notion of continuum. As the seasons move forward so must we. We change, reflect and move forward. That is growth. That is nature. The circle motif is symbolic of many things in nature, it is cyclic, forward motion, phases of the moon. Berries, seeds, flowers and reproduction. Wool has so many wonderful contradictory attributes such as being simultaneously soft and light yet resilient and strong. I enjoy this paradox as a metaphor, using it to describe life’s ebbs and flows. One of my felt works was chosen for the 2009 Montana Wearable Art Awards.
The re-discovery of wool as a medium is a progression from the mixed media paintings for which I’m known. My work is autobiographic, and also reflects the notion of continuum. As the seasons move forward so must we. We change, reflect and move forward. That is growth. That is nature. The circle motif is symbolic of many things in nature, it is cyclic, forward motion, phases of the moon. Berries, seeds, flowers and reproduction. Wool has so many wonderful contradictory attributes such as being simultaneously soft and light yet resilient and strong. I enjoy this paradox as a metaphor, using it to describe life’s ebbs and flows. One of my felt works was chosen for the 2009 Montana Wearable Art Awards.
Salvi Frika
I get inspiration from the natural and urban landscape, perspectives that I think have equilibrium - form, line and light that come together to achieve a calm, solemn freedom that I can escape into. Photography is as much about perception as perspective - not only viewing, but feeling the imagery. I’m quite intuitive in my search for the next special image.
Image: State of Mind by Salvi Frika
I get inspiration from the natural and urban landscape, perspectives that I think have equilibrium - form, line and light that come together to achieve a calm, solemn freedom that I can escape into. Photography is as much about perception as perspective - not only viewing, but feeling the imagery. I’m quite intuitive in my search for the next special image.
Image: State of Mind by Salvi Frika
Linda Dennes
Realism seems to be my natural style during the two years of my painting career. The focus has been on learning to paint something with accuracy, depth and appeal. The next 12 months is earmarked for researching and experimenting with styles, a big push on marketing, and relishing the interaction with clients.
Realism seems to be my natural style during the two years of my painting career. The focus has been on learning to paint something with accuracy, depth and appeal. The next 12 months is earmarked for researching and experimenting with styles, a big push on marketing, and relishing the interaction with clients.
Donna Rush
My work is an appliqué of travel, migration, cultural identity and exchange. The layers and segments of overlapping pattern and texture represent the elements of multicultural encounters and adaptations, new experiences and cultural differences, both from my own personal viewpoint as a person in a new environment, and anyone else who has, or is adapting to influences from other places, as their place of living becomes more and more diverse. . I have always loved working with fabric, the process of transferring art onto fabric is a natural one. When painting, my works take on a fabric appliqué-like quality - each layer and over-lap suggesting a story. They are like patchworks of the strange and the familiar.
My work is an appliqué of travel, migration, cultural identity and exchange. The layers and segments of overlapping pattern and texture represent the elements of multicultural encounters and adaptations, new experiences and cultural differences, both from my own personal viewpoint as a person in a new environment, and anyone else who has, or is adapting to influences from other places, as their place of living becomes more and more diverse. . I have always loved working with fabric, the process of transferring art onto fabric is a natural one. When painting, my works take on a fabric appliqué-like quality - each layer and over-lap suggesting a story. They are like patchworks of the strange and the familiar.
Megan Campbell
Painter Megan Campbell moved to Greytown recently. She is represented in Wellington at Mary Newton Gallery, where she had a solo show earlier this year called Health and Religion. Sources for this new body of work included a 1950s Home Medical Companion, NZ Ways with Flowers, and various religious manuals and texts for enlightenment. Megan’s work is featured in several private collections throughout New Zealand including the Wallace collection and overseas collections. She was recently featured in Greg O Brien's book Back and Beyond, Art For the Young and the Curious.
Painter Megan Campbell moved to Greytown recently. She is represented in Wellington at Mary Newton Gallery, where she had a solo show earlier this year called Health and Religion. Sources for this new body of work included a 1950s Home Medical Companion, NZ Ways with Flowers, and various religious manuals and texts for enlightenment. Megan’s work is featured in several private collections throughout New Zealand including the Wallace collection and overseas collections. She was recently featured in Greg O Brien's book Back and Beyond, Art For the Young and the Curious.
John Casey
John Casey was the Senior Photographer with Victoria University of Wellington before establishing Silver Image Photography - Greytown in 1990. He was commissioned in 2005 to carry out a photographic assignment entitled “A tale of two islands – the dispossessed Banabans of Rabi”. This was published in New Zealand Geographic magazine - June 2006.
He has consistently exhibited his personal work contributing to exhibitions at Rivereast Gallery, the NZ Academy of Fine Arts and in 2008 held his first solo exhibition “New Works” at Aratoi - Museum of Art & History in Masterton. For more information on John's work see www.silverimage.co.nz
John Casey was the Senior Photographer with Victoria University of Wellington before establishing Silver Image Photography - Greytown in 1990. He was commissioned in 2005 to carry out a photographic assignment entitled “A tale of two islands – the dispossessed Banabans of Rabi”. This was published in New Zealand Geographic magazine - June 2006.
He has consistently exhibited his personal work contributing to exhibitions at Rivereast Gallery, the NZ Academy of Fine Arts and in 2008 held his first solo exhibition “New Works” at Aratoi - Museum of Art & History in Masterton. For more information on John's work see www.silverimage.co.nz
Max Baylis
Max Baylis worked in Wellington as an illustrator/designer for some of the leading advertising agencies of New Zealand. He now lives and paints in Greytown with his wife, Yvonne, and dog and cat. Max works in various mediums and undertakes commissions. His portfolio comprises many subjects which include people and landscapes as well as still-life but finds the challenge of figure work particularly satisfying. Max has exhibited throughout the Wairarapa in the past seven years.
Max Baylis worked in Wellington as an illustrator/designer for some of the leading advertising agencies of New Zealand. He now lives and paints in Greytown with his wife, Yvonne, and dog and cat. Max works in various mediums and undertakes commissions. His portfolio comprises many subjects which include people and landscapes as well as still-life but finds the challenge of figure work particularly satisfying. Max has exhibited throughout the Wairarapa in the past seven years.
Roze Doherty
Roze Doherty grew up in the Wairarapa and after completing a certificate in visual arts in the Manawatu, worked as a picture framer, and in the framing / art supplies industry in Wellington. She is now back in Wairarapa raising a family and being creative, including running Cloth, on Main St, with friend Jenni Lambert. "I have always been inspired by old things, memories, flowers and buildings. My daughters and the Wairarapa landscape have recently inspired and encouraged me to try landscape and portrait painting. My works are often influenced by other interests such as photography, interior design, decorative pattern and real desire to make things, and I love creating images that remind people of their childhood - it's great to hear someone laugh and say 'hey, my nana had curtains made out of that'." www.rozedoherty.vc.net.nz
Roze Doherty grew up in the Wairarapa and after completing a certificate in visual arts in the Manawatu, worked as a picture framer, and in the framing / art supplies industry in Wellington. She is now back in Wairarapa raising a family and being creative, including running Cloth, on Main St, with friend Jenni Lambert. "I have always been inspired by old things, memories, flowers and buildings. My daughters and the Wairarapa landscape have recently inspired and encouraged me to try landscape and portrait painting. My works are often influenced by other interests such as photography, interior design, decorative pattern and real desire to make things, and I love creating images that remind people of their childhood - it's great to hear someone laugh and say 'hey, my nana had curtains made out of that'." www.rozedoherty.vc.net.nz
David Knowles
David Knowles describes himself as a contemporary Romantic Realist. He lives in rural Greytown overlooking the Waiohine River, and is inspired by the bright intense light of New Zealand, which he integrates with the Romantic Realism idea.
He has been painting and exhibiting for thirty years. He won two awards of merit at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, and was invited to show his paintings at the prestigious Biennial of International of Contemporary Art, Florence, in 2003. In recent years he has been involved in a major private commission project to copy exactly, in scale and technique, a series of Renaissance Masters.
David Knowles describes himself as a contemporary Romantic Realist. He lives in rural Greytown overlooking the Waiohine River, and is inspired by the bright intense light of New Zealand, which he integrates with the Romantic Realism idea.
He has been painting and exhibiting for thirty years. He won two awards of merit at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, and was invited to show his paintings at the prestigious Biennial of International of Contemporary Art, Florence, in 2003. In recent years he has been involved in a major private commission project to copy exactly, in scale and technique, a series of Renaissance Masters.
Victoria Cassells
“To paint an atmosphere, portray what one experiences and feels is a constant inspiration,” says Victoria Cassells about her work. “More than that - to create an ‘atmospheric narrative’, encouraging the viewer to weave their own story - that is my struggle. To paint such a painting is like trying to touch something that is just out of reach, something hazy, like a dream. It becomes pleasure and anguish.”
Victoria works mainly in oils at her home studio in a picturesque colonial villa on Main Street. Influences include Degas, Geoffrey Proud , Colin Kent and Gwen John. Her work can be seen at The Village Art Shop, Greytown, and at www.artfind.co.nz. Victoria’s studio and garden is featured on the Festival’s Art & Garden Tour.
“To paint an atmosphere, portray what one experiences and feels is a constant inspiration,” says Victoria Cassells about her work. “More than that - to create an ‘atmospheric narrative’, encouraging the viewer to weave their own story - that is my struggle. To paint such a painting is like trying to touch something that is just out of reach, something hazy, like a dream. It becomes pleasure and anguish.”
Victoria works mainly in oils at her home studio in a picturesque colonial villa on Main Street. Influences include Degas, Geoffrey Proud , Colin Kent and Gwen John. Her work can be seen at The Village Art Shop, Greytown, and at www.artfind.co.nz. Victoria’s studio and garden is featured on the Festival’s Art & Garden Tour.
Sandra Wong
Sandra Wong is a painter and illustrator from Greytown. She is best known for her painting of native birds, cabbage trees and owls. She is a founding member of Main ARTery, the Wairarapa arts trail and is the artist on site at Left-Field Gallery, just north of Greytown most Tuesdays and Wednesdays. www.left-field.co.nz
Don't miss Sandra's exhibition, Corridor, at Aratoi in Masterton, from November 14th - December 13th.
Sandra Wong is a painter and illustrator from Greytown. She is best known for her painting of native birds, cabbage trees and owls. She is a founding member of Main ARTery, the Wairarapa arts trail and is the artist on site at Left-Field Gallery, just north of Greytown most Tuesdays and Wednesdays. www.left-field.co.nz
Don't miss Sandra's exhibition, Corridor, at Aratoi in Masterton, from November 14th - December 13th.
Richard Hassell
Richard likes to hand fabricate jewellery from precious metals and stones and transform those raw materials into objects of adornment for the human body.
View Richard's work at mojewellery, 3 Radium Street, Martinborough, first Friday of the month or by appointment.
Richard likes to hand fabricate jewellery from precious metals and stones and transform those raw materials into objects of adornment for the human body.
View Richard's work at mojewellery, 3 Radium Street, Martinborough, first Friday of the month or by appointment.
Janie Nott
Janie is an Art Therapist and loves to paint, especially when it involves gold leaf, icons and places of magic.
View Janie's work at The Village Art Shop, 98 Main St, Greytown - open 7 days.
Janie is an Art Therapist and loves to paint, especially when it involves gold leaf, icons and places of magic.
View Janie's work at The Village Art Shop, 98 Main St, Greytown - open 7 days.