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The Mess of the Painter

6/7/2015

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Just finished the last of work for Auckland, and all the work leaves Wednesday.

Working to a deadline means lots of mess, no time to be clean and tidy, just do it. Every session necessitates a shower. I get paint on my shoulders from swinging a rag over them. I get paint on my face, glasses, hands, the floor, over everything I touch and then that last photo is after the big clean up of tools from a session. It gets through the house, and I hate that, all over the sinks and the washing machine.

What a relief to have met the finish deadline with just enough time to wrap the work. 170kgs of work, leaving home and making its way in the world. Thanks goodness I am able to clear space. Storing paintings under the stairs is only one place, and I have another on the porch. I keep several types of paintings; my own collection for around the house, ones available for sale, ones that I want to keep because I want to keep working on them, and new boards ready for my next show.
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Once I have caught up with all this general painterly stuff, I will be blogging about my work as the ideas develop, and I'm really looking forward to that. 
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Zoe
6/30/2015 06:08:31 pm

I wish photographers got as messy! I can see the 'aftermath' becoming another series of art. The shot of your shoulder against the finished work is very strong - must be my love for self-portraiture coming through, adds another relating and personal element to your beautiful work. - Zoe

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  • Home Page Slide Show
  • Available Paintings
    • Mobile Art - Auckland
    • Art Associates - Auckland
    • Paintings in homes and workplaces
    • Commissions & Themes
  • A Painting History
    • 2023 'Wayfarer', Rice Pudding Gallery
    • 2018 - 2022 various small works
    • 2017 'Transference' Pataka Art + Museum
    • 2016 'Ardour ' Milford Gallery
    • 2015 'Retrospektiv', Pataka, 'Wanderlust', Orexart
    • 2014 Parkin and NCAW award
    • 2013 'Vanitas', Milford Gallery
    • 2012 'Flora' works
    • 2011 'Deluge' Milford Gallery
    • 2010 'Zwischen', Mark Hutchins Gallery
    • 2009 'Zeigen', Milford Gallery
    • 2008 'Himmel' Mark Hutchins Gallery
    • 2007 'Conversations' Dowse Art Museum
    • 2005 & 2006 'Airborne', Milford Gallery
  • Bio & CV
    • Dowse Catalogue Essay by Jacquie Clarke
    • Art NZ Essay by Becky Hemus
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