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Welcome to the NZ Art Guild blog - here you will find the news updates, links to members art, information about art exhibitions and events, art challenge winners etc.

For full information about the NZ Art Guild, its services and to become a member go to NZ Art Guild

Wednesday 30 September 2009

Feature Artist of the Week

Anni Morris


"I've drawn, painted and made things all of my life in one way or another. Detail, colour, texture, shapes, light and shadow…all things visual have always been very important to me. As a child I enjoyed creating something out of nothing…a dolls house from cardboard shoe boxes, a puppet from odds and ends, even wooden stilts from an old broken piano.

I have never wished it to be a restrictive technical exercise but more an explorative process, where I feel freedom to discover things ‘en route’. This way, it retains its sense of fun and playfulness.

I consider myself an experimental painter and a perennial beginner who has no fixed style. Art for me is about limitless possibilities more than anything else. Creating art is a form of magic and it never ceases to surprise or interest me.

I adore cats (seeking to capture their “catness”in an expressionist manner), trees/plants, buildings, skies, faces and ethnic motifs. The common denominator in my work is colour. I prefer a warm palette.



My mother, a commercial artist, was my first teacher. I have studied Design at Otago University and majored in Art at the Dunedin College of Education. Mostly though I am self-taught and self-representing. I live in Dunedin, in the "Deep South" of New Zealand. My art has been collected in New Zealand and abroad" - Anni Morris

Anni in the News

Innocent Partner


Earlier in September Anni entered 6 paintings in the MS Society (Multiple Scelerosis Society) Wobbly Arts Exhibition. It opened with a charity art auction and 5 out of the 6 sold on the opening night, one to Peter Chin (the Dunedin Mayor) who also officially opened the auction.

Anni also recently entered two paintings in the Dunedin International Airport Art Awards/Otago Arts Society Spring Exhibition. The painting ‘Innocent Partner’ won 2nd place and sold along with her other painting ‘Sweet Surrender’. Both of these artworks were created for NZ Art Guild Challenges! The exhibition is on at the Dunedin Railway Station at the moment.


Sweet Surrender


Congratulations Anni!

To view more of Anni's art go to www.angelfire.com/art2/annimorris/

Tuesday 29 September 2009

NZ Art Guild Challenge #10

Every fortnight a challenge is issued to our guild members and also to members of our facebook group.These challenges are completely voluntary. Submissions must be original and be completed during the 2 week time-frame. Participants may choose to interpret the theme in any way they wish.
This last fortnight, the theme was GRAFITTI


Winner - People's Choice

Chavah Kinloch - Queen C


Winner - Most Creative Use of Theme

Rifraf - Mezuzah


Other entries

Rifraf - Bang!

Rifraf - Whoops

Cath Sheard - Cath was Here, 2009


Facebook Entry
Eva Makowkova - Tree Grafitti

Thursday 24 September 2009

NZ Art Guild A Finalist In The David Awards 2009: Heroes In Small Business



The NZ Art Guild is excited about being named as a finalist in The David Awards 2009: Heroes In Small Business. The David Awards recognise the unsung heroes in home and small businesses throughout New Zealand, whose tenacity, courage and ingenuity place them firmly at the forefront of entrepreneurship in this country.

The NZ Art Guild is one of three finalists in the "Most Community Minded Business" category which recognises a business which gives back to its community, e.g. local, regional or industry sector, in ways, shapes or forms which benefit the community significantly.
Guild Manager, Sophia Elise says "We couldn't think of a better category to be a finalist in. We are proud to support not only visual artists but the wider NZ community and charities like Mental Health Foundation and the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation."

The organizer of the Awards, Heather Douglas, says, “The judges felt there was a strong and varied field of entrants this year. These finalists are inspiring, courageous business people with a passion for what they do and the determination to make it work. Some have overcome considerable adversity in order to reach the success they now enjoy.”

Category winners and a Supreme Award will be announced during a live webcast on The David Awards web site from 10.30 a.m. on the 7th of October. A podcast of the event will be available for download for an extended period after the actual ceremony.

For more information see http://www.thedavidawards.co.nz/

Tuesday 15 September 2009

NZ Art Guild Challenge #9

Every fortnight a challenge is issued to our guild members and also to members of our facebook group.These challenges are completely voluntary. Submissions must be original and be completed during the 2 week time-frame. Participants may choose to interpret the theme in any way they wish.
This fortnight's challenge was to create an artwork using the following reference image:

Winner - People's Choice
Anni Morris - Grandma's Cottage
Other Entries

Cath Sheard - Our House


Cath Sheard - Our House 2

Facebook Entries

Beckie Saar Leone - Beach House

Eva Makowkova - Forest Dance

Eva Makowkova - Close up of the actual house

Nicky Hart - Nature's Corregation

Glenda Paul - Pencil Drawing

Monday 14 September 2009

Featured artist of the week - Ronda Turk


RONDA TURK
Ronda lives in Horowhenua. Working from her home based studio, she paints contemporary works in many subjects. Oil is her favorite painting medium.

She returned to school as an adult student, completing a bursary in painting and undertaking commissioned sketching while raising a family. Her drawings are detailed, with a strong sense of light.


Around the same time she became involved with theater set design and painting, finding that the large, loose shapes required on a set created a balance between the two extreme styles. Ronda continued her education with The Learning Connexion, where she completed a diploma majoring in painting and drawing. Her painting has developed an intuitive style with a strong sense of space and tone.

Friday 11 September 2009

Art Swap 2009 - Entries

Artist: Amy Mackiewicz
Title: Shades of Green
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 500 x 600mm



Artist: Amy Mackiewicz
Title: Winter Wonderland
Medium: Mixed Media
Size:380 x 380mm


Artist: Angela Laby
Title: Ecclectic
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 910 x 610mm


Artist: Bobby Shen
Title: Erosi
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 480 x 580mm


Artist: Bobby Shen
Title: Shards
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 170 x 510mm (total size, triptych)


Artist: Chavah Kinloch
Title: Believe
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 250 x 250mm


Artist: Chavah Kinloch
Title: Dream
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 250 x 250mm


Artist: Cheryl Irwin
Title: Quiet Moment
Medium: Composite Stone on timber
Size: 420 x 420mm


Artist: Cheryl Irwin
Title: Welcome Home
Medium: Composite Stone on timber
Size: 420 x 420mm


Artist: Chris Cruickshank
Title: Gannet Above Wave
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 600 x 300mm


Title: Enjoying Summer
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 500 x 500mm



Artist: Joanne Redshaw
Title: Morning in Surf City
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 505 x 400mm


Artist: Jos Coufreur
Title: In the stream
Medium: Oil
Size: 500 x 600mm


Artist: Jos Coufreur
Title: Red Bucket
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 450 x 450mm


Artist: Melissa Muirhead
Title: A Long way Home
Medium: Oil
Size: 400 x 600mm


Artist: Melissa Muirhead
Title: Illusion of Aloneness
Medium: Oil
Size: 605 x 915mm



Artist: Pam Buffery
Title: Looking at you - pukeko
Medium: Oil
Size: 300 x 300mm



Artist: Rochelle van der Werff
Title: Quill
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 305 x 610mm



Artist: Sharlene Schmidt
Title: Innocently wild
Medium: Oil
Size: 250 x 250mm



Artist: Sharlene Schmidt
Title: Tulip
Medium: Oil
Size: 250 x 250mm



Artist: Sheryl Eustace
Title: Poppy Digital Print
Medium: Digital Print (Framed)
Size: 230 x 280mm



Artist: Sheryl Eustace
Title: Poppy Woodcut
Medium: Woodcut Print (framed)
Size: 230 x 285mm



Artist: Silver Dunlop
Title: Shadow
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 200 x 400mm



Artist: Sophia Elise
Title: Fractured
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 300 x 300mm



Artist: Sophia Elise
Title: Many Faces
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 460 x 600mm



Artist: Tanya Dann
Title: The Perception of Innocence
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 400 x 200mm




Artist: Tanya Dann
Title: Tie Bag
Medium: Mixed Media (Textiles)
Size: 150 x 230mm (not including handle)