Painting with Ōtepoti Dunedin
This work explores local gardens, flora and walkways near the Dunedin School of Art and Ōtepoti Dunedin. Mornings and evenings have their own glow, the vibrancy of light, the subtleties of line and movement. Each day of painting was marked with a morning walk, drawing, painting, writing, then back to the studio to paint some more and explore what I had experienced that day. The paintings are ruminations of these times, most of them made outside in situ, and embody bodily movements through the garden and fleeting sights.
Residency
2 August - 24 September 2021
Fred Staub Artist in Residence, Dunedin School of Art, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Article
Amanda Watson
“Painting with Ötepoti Dunedin: Artist in Residence at the Dunedin School of Art 2021”
Published in Scopes Art & Design Journal, Art & Design, Issue 23, 2022
“Light flickering through foliage and walking in the gardens, Ōtepoti Dunedin 2”, ink on canvas, 930x800mm
“Trees and lines“, ink on gesso on canvas, 500x400mm
“At the Art House and walking in the gardens after the rain III”, ink on canvas, 610x480mm [pictured left]
“Early mornings in the gardens, Ōtepoti Dunedin 1”, 500x440mm [pictured right]
“At the Art House and walking in the gardens, Otepoti Dunedin”, 910x830mm, ink on canvas [Private Collection]
[Detail] “At the Art House and walking in the gardens, Otepoti Dunedin”, 910x830mm, ink on canvas