Art New Zealand

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On 25 July 1890, James McLauchlan Nairn (1859–1904), a visiting ‘member of the Glasgow Art Club’, delivered his first lecture in New Zealand to the students of the Dunedin School of Art. This took place only six months after a health condition had fo

Artists & Illustrators

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Brushstrokes directly record the speed and rhythm of the painter’s gestures, preserving stillness or dynamism in the dried layer of a single artefact – a painting. Printmakers, by contrast, create artwork that is intended for reproduction and must im

Scoop

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Japanese art is celebrated for being unique, understated and beautiful – and their garden designs are no exception. In Japan, gardens are seen as their own work of art, inspired by nature, philosophy and life itself. Japanese people avoid using anyth

The Pastel Journal

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Movement, energy, pattern, balance. For me, these are the elements that are foremost in my mind when composing a painting. It’s a constant balance of yin and yang, impulse and control, simplicity and complexity. By combining a brayer underpainting wi

Country Life

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Nick Hewer is president of The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, founded 75 years ago, and host of Channel 4’s Countdown HOKUSAI (‘Hoax-eye’, the ‘u’ is silent) has influenced artists of every continent for 200 years. The Great Wave h

Artists Magazine

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“Soaring high above a frozen marsh, a hawk searches for prey along the shores of Edo Bay in this famous design by Hiroshige [Japanese, 1797–1858]. The surprising, unconventional perspectives and dramatic cropping in his print series made the familiar

The Pastel Journal

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“The sincere expressiveness of Longhorn in the Sun, through its colors and lighting on the subject, simply blew me away,” says Animal & Wildlife Category Juror Yael Maimon. “The painting looks fresh and alive—and somewhat spontaneous. I could sense

Art New Zealand

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The ‘journey’, as an observing layman might put it, begins with a notebook, a spiral-bound ‘visual diary’. There are shelves of them in Barry Cleavin’s studio. He may go through one in a couple of weeks, or over months or days, but what happens with

Practical Photoshop

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Katsushika Hokusai’s famous painting ‘Under the Wave off Kanagawa’ (sometimes known as ‘The Great Wave’) is a nice choice for landscapes and outdoor scenes like this. This white and red flower gives a pleasingly bold result. Note too how the car has

ArtAsiaPacific

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The evolution of ikebana (the Japanese art of flower arranging), from its 7th-century application as religious offerings to the secularized decorative practice of the early 20th century, was subtle. Successive schools approached ikebana with unique a

The Independent

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One of the world's most important collections of art has re-emerged after having been lost for more than 70 years. The corpus – 103 original drawings by the non-Western world's most famous artist, the 19th century Japanese painter, Hokusai – came to

The Ideal Home and Garden

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“I believe in realism as it represents the subject truthfully. Nature has always been the most intricate and sophisticated mechanism and my aim has always been to be able to replicate that to the very last detail. Through my work, I also try to sprea

Australian How To Paint

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Mellissa was born in England in the 1960s and as a child immigrated to Melbourne with her family. She has studied and practiced printmaking and painting continuously for the past 16 years and her work ranges between vibrant interpretations of her loc

Watercolor Artist

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“I THINK OF MY WORK as a series of commentaries on modern American life as seen by a particular artist at a particular place at a particular point in time,” says California-based artist Stephan Hoffpauir. “Whenever I show my work to someone for the f

Antique Trader

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Woodblock prints are a widely recognized and iconic form of Japanese art, celebrated for their one-of-a-kind process and distinctive aesthetic. They have no Western equivalent, one where breathtaking landscapes exist alongside blush-inducing erotica;

Artist Profile

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STORY IDRIS MURPHY AS WITH ALL TRULY CREATIVE ART practices, artists continually question the process, those workings by which the work is brought together into its final form. In printmaking and screen-printing, these influences are brought to them

Artist Profile

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ESSAY MICHAEL KEMPSON 1981 IS A YEAR THAT PROFFERED its fair share of questionable choices. In some instances, the consequences were immediately calamitous, while for others the manifest problems were gradually revealed: Greece joined the EU; Diana S

(inside) interior design review

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Carriageworks, Eveleigh, Sydney 5 – 29 July “My work is created by reducing sound, light and the world into sine waves, pixels and data… so that the world can be viewed once more at a different resolution,” says Ryoji Ikeda, of the experiential insta

Fleurieu Living Magazine

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Story and interviews by Petra de Mooy. Photographs by Angela Lisman. When you think of an artist’s studio, you may envisage a place filled with tools, materials, inspirational curios and unfinished artwork; maybe even packing materials, standing read

Artists Magazine

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British landscape artist Tracy Levine remembers when, at the age of 5, she made a pretend gallery with sheets and chairs in her father’s lounge. Aided and abetted by her younger brother, she pinned their drawings up, pricing them between one and two

5280 Home

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You’ll find a broad spectrum of mediums—think oil paintings, encaustic, and mixed media—from local, national, and international artists at this gallery. (A robust inventory practically guarantees you’ll find something you love.) Tuesday–Saturday noon

PleinAir Magazine

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Plein Air Easton, the largest and one of the most prestigious juried plein air painting competitions in the United States, celebrated its 15th anniversary this summer. President/ CEO Al Bond and CFO/COO Jessica Bellis of event organizer the Avalon Fo

Global Voices

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The Library of Congress prints collection depicts a vast number of subjects including actors, women, landscapes, scenes from Japanese literature, daily life in Japan, and views of Westerners in Japan.

Artist Profile

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STORY JUDITH PUGH Katherine Hattam’s Melbourne house and studio sing with her paintings, in clear, bright sharply defined colours. Each of her prints, and their plywood blocks, has only one colour, but these have a tonal quality she doesn’t seek in h

HomeStyle

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After completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking, a lack of money and equipment saw Wellington’s Tom Mackie fortuitously move from creating works on paper to experimenting with sculpture. For his early exhibitions, he created site-specific wor

PleinAir Magazine

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You don’t have to look far to find proof that the plein air movement is thriving. With events across the country, artists, collectors, and enthusiasts have myriad opportunities to indulge in their favorite form of painting. Drawn together by an appre

Artist Profile

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STORY LESLEY CONRAN A SOLID FRIENDSHIP MAKES FOR a fruitful printing partnership, as Tom Goulder and Steve Lopes have discovered. Sydney-based painter Steve Lopes and master printer Tom Goulder have been working together for almost 20 years. Their wo

The Paris Review

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Larissa Pham’s monthly column, Devil in the Details, takes a tight lens on single elements of a work, tracing them throughout art history. In this installment, she focuses on women in bathrooms. Edgar Degas, La Toilette, c. 1884–86 The door of my chi

Australian How To Paint

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Mellissa was born in England in the 1960s and as a child immigrated to Melbourne with her family. She has studied and practiced printmaking and painting continuously for the past 16 years and her work ranges between vibrant interpretations of her loc

Artist Profile

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STORY BRIDGET MACLEOD PHOTOGRAPHER MICK RICHARDS “People interest me the most. Their cultural backgrounds, views on life, motives, fears, aspirations and so on. And also how these elements help shape history and events. YOU ARE WORKING TOWARDS AN EXH