New Zealand as Inspiration

New Zealand has no shortage of inspirational sites for artists. Papamoa Beach in the North Island is quite beautiful. Close to the beach, this grove of trees caught my attention and resulted in the impressions of "Papamoa" series in acrylic on canvas.

Papamoa

Papamoa Evening

Papamoa #2

Papamoa #3

   

Papamoa #4

Papamoa #6

Papamoa #5

     

Papamoa Dunes

                

     

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About Van Gogh

And you though you knew all about Van Gogh!

FAMILY TREE OF VINCENT VAN GOGH  

His dizzy aunt ------------------------------------------------ Verti Gogh

The brother who ate prunes--------------------------------- Gotta Gogh

The brother who worked at a convenience store ------Stop N Gogh 

The grandfather from Yugoslavia ----------------------------- U Gogh 

His magician uncle --------------------------------  Where-diddy Gogh 

His Mexican cousin ----------------------------------------  A Mee Gogh 

The Mexican cousin's American half-brother ------------ Gring Gogh 

The nephew who drove a stage coach ----------------- Wells-far Gogh 

The constipated uncle ---------------------------------------- Can't Gogh 

The ballroom dancing aunt ---------------------------------- Tang Gogh 

The bird lover uncle ---------------------------------------- Flamin g Gogh 

An aunt who taught positive thinking ------------------ Way-to-Gogh 

The little bouncy nephew ------------------------------------- Poe Gogh 

A sister who loved disco --------------------------------------- Go Gogh 

And his niece who travels the country in an RV --- Winnie Bay Gogh 

I saw you smiling . . . . there ya Gogh

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Group Art Exhibition

Spectrum: A Group Art Exhibition from May 21-27th

North York Arts and North York Visual Artists are pleased to present SPECTRUM: A Group Art Exhibition The North York Visual Artists is comprised of a diverse group of members who work in a variety of media (acrylic, oil, watercolour, pencil, glass and textiles).  Coming from many different cultures and backgrounds, we bring interesting perspectives and sensibilities to our artwork. May 21-27, 2015 Opening Reception: May 21, 7pm Toronto Centre for the Arts, Lower Gallery 5040 Yonge St.  Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Thursday: 11am-4pm For details visit:www.northyorkarts.org/index.php/programming/spectrum-exhibition

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I finished the "Swimmer" series

In an older post I talked about a series of narrative paintings in acrylic that I had started. The first of the series was a redo of an old watercolour painting. It's subject had always haunted me. From there I continued to add to the theme, very much influenced by the colours ,mystery and ambiguity of Peter Doig's paintings. After discarding one painting, the tale has now ended at number five.

Steps

The Swimmer

The Plunge

The Boat

Aboard

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