NZ Art Guild Challenge #6

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.

The theme for Challenge 6 was MEMORY and the challenge component was to use a limited colour palette of 2 colours plus black and white.

WINNER - PEOPLE'S CHOICE:

Marlene Faithfull - Islington Bay Rangitoto

WINNER - MOST CREATIVE:

Jane Bold - Hearts always Wins

Other Challenge Entries:

Cath Sheard - Purple and Yellow Pears

Melissa Muirhead - Watching and Remembering

Jane Bold - Lion Rock Sunset

Sophia Elise - Dance of Life

Sophia Elise - Forever

Sophia Elise - Passion

Sophia Elise - Lifes Crescendo

Sophia Elise - Stranger Things

Facebook Entries:

Beckie Saar Leone - Memory of a Rose

Cassandra Gordon-Harris - Memory of Flight

The seventh challenge is available now via our Facebook Page - check it out for yourself and give it a go!(you must be logged into facebook to view this page, if you are not currently a member of our group or facebook please feel free to join).

Featured artist of the week - Ambury Hall

AMBURY HALL


Ambury Hall is a New Zealand artist who has recently moved from Auckland from Taranaki.

Ambury has recently prepared an exhibition to raise money for the Dyslexia Foundation. The Dyslexia Foundation is a charity deal to Ambury's heart when he found out that his son has the condition.

When Ambury's son, William, was at school he found it hard to read, but it was not until he went to university that he found out he had dyslexia. William has now completed his degree and helps people with the same condition. When Ambury found out about his son's dyslexia he felt that he had failed him. As a retired teacher, Ambury had devoted his life to teaching people with learning difficulties.

Ambury's exhibition will feature a painting named Confusion which represents his view of dyslexia. For more information about dyslexia email info@dyslexia.org.nz.

Shore Thing - 3/08/2009 to 29/08/2009
Where: Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna Beach, Auckland
The Phoenix String Quartet will entertain on Monday 3rd August 6:30pm Open Invitation Drinks & nibbles @ bar.
Contact: ambury@aol.c0.nz

Feature Artist of the Week - RifRaf

RIFRAF

RifRaf born 1965 in Hamilton, New Zealand is an figurative artist and painter based in New Zealand. Known for monumental images of large women.

Life

During the early 1990s RifRaf reached a crisis point in life with a long period of obesity followed by a cycle of anorexia.Breaking free from this self destructive behaviour RifRaf produces art which glorifies the large woman.

Art

RifRaf's work celebrates the beauty and strength that is Woman Proof that she doesn't have to be a perfect size 6 to feel and be strong, self-confident, and desirable.Happy in her voluptuousness and not afraid to flaunt it."This is ALL me and I love it !”

Career

A self-taught artist. RifRaf cites primary influences as prehistoric venus figurines, and central American folk art.RifRaf has drawn regularly since childhood. And still always carries a sketch book, drawing, for example, customers in cafés.

During the late 1990s RifRaf teamed with several musical groups, joining them on stage to paint as they played.

In mid-2007 RifRaf suffered a violent home-invasion during which many works in progress and stored completed works were destroyed.

2008 Featured on Air NZ in-flight entertainment 'highlights of New Zealand'.

RifRaf has been a contributing artist in all of the NZ Art Guilds collaborative art projects

RifRaf also contributed works to "Sukkot 5769" exhibition held in Jerusalem, Israel.

Contact RifRaf

blog@rifraf.co.nz

http://rifraf.co.nz/

Melodious Art Exhibition

Melodious Art Exhibition

This exciting exhibition brings together music and art. Local Musicians Katharine and Peter Watts have hand picked four pieces of inspiring music for artist to visually illustrate.

Where: Uxbridge Gallery,
Howick's Creative Centre
35 Uxbridge Road, Howick

When: 31 July - 13 August
Opening night: 30 July at 6.30 pm with live music

This exhibition is by invitation only and 4 of our NZ Art Guild members are featured Kirsty Black, Sally Blyth, Sophia Elise, and Helen McNamara

NZ Art Guild Member makes Yellow Art Award Final

"Reflections" by Teresa Rodger

Teresa Rodger is one of 3 finalists in the Waikato, King Country & Thames Valley Section of the Yellow Art Awards with her work "Reflections". This competition helps determine what will be on the front cover of the White Pages.

We would like to congratulate Teresa on her achievement and ask everyone to take a moment to support her by going to http://www.ypgartawards.co.nz/vote.php and voting for her piece! Voting will be open until the 27th of July.