ART News

Firstly, my painting ‘Dear Emily I Am Home’ has been shipped to Wellington for the Academy Prize for Visual Arts, which is a stand-in for the Parkin Drawing Prize. There's a public vote, and combined with the judges' decisions, finalists will be announced. I’d really appreciate your support—you can vote for my work here with Voting ID number 345, page 1. My sister-in-law Sal Spicer also has a fantastic piece in the lineup, ‘Florescent’ (ID 22, page 6).

Secondly, I’m thrilled to be the featured artist at No1 Parnell Gallery in Rawene this October/November. Work is well underway, and I’m excited about this wonderful opportunity.

I’ll also be participating in this year’s Printapalooza with Te Kowhai Print Trust at Hihiaua Cultural Center in Whangarei on Saturday the 25th. That involves designing and carving a 2.4m x 1m woodcut, which will be printed by driving a road roller over it—last time was epic, I can’t wait to do it again!

No printing this Sunday, but I did spend Monday afternoon printing and on Friday, my art friends Charlotte and Sian braved the weather to hang out, and we all tried tetra pak printing, which was super fun. We learned that water-based ink allows for multiple good prints from a single engraving.

Seems like a lot of information and not a lot of reflection.