An invite for you

Some choice links worth looking at

http://www.instructables.com/
http://www.selvedge.org/
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488124/2216580
http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/KevinMcCloudSlummingIt.aspx

Just a thought or two

If you were to leave a house on the west coast for 10 or so years, you would come back to discover it engulfed by the bush and probably hard to find, To us this would seem chaotic, but to the birds and lizards etc, this is back to a comfortable order .Having had this in mind, I have painted from the viewpoint of my banks peninsula environment and ecology ,thinking whimsically 'what would happen if one was to leave a window open here for a length of time?'We are surrounded by a great treasure, our unique wildlife and like our history it too is vulnerable as a china tea set in Canterbury .

Exhibition at the Little River Gallery 2011

Just a heads up for the upcoming shared exhibition at the fab Little River gallery,
starting 10/Sept/2011 and running for two weeks.
I'll be selling a variety of my prints, new paintings, even some neat tee towels.
The painting here is nearly finished and is a wee example of some of the work to be exhibited.

Thought I'd share an images

He still puts a smile on my dial,
check out mr bellybutton and
mr raspberry miice.
Wouldn't it be choice if cats
came in blue too.
If you're interested,
this chap has been turned into
a greeting card and is selling
at 'felt.co.nz' site, along with
a new selection of greeting cards.

Just a wee showcase of my work on the 'felt' site

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Rare as hens teeth

Actually this little chapie is perhaps even rarer than hens teeth!
The Scottish Pine marten, I discovered was rare back in the 40's
when I read 'Taka the Otter one popped up in the book briefly.
I just absolutely fell in love with the little chap
and he was soo calling out to be painted.
He sold pretty fast to someone obviously with my sentiments,
from the ATA gallery in Akaroa.

Er Well the previous exhibition didn't happen
because there was a dirty great big earthquake.
So whats a girl to do but paint!
The Huia painting 'Released Rairity '
was my way of riding aftershocks.
If you look closely you might be able to read the little poem I made up inscribed within the the gold ribbon.
This painting is currently hanging up at the Little River Gallery.

Released Rarity

‘There was a great cracking and shuddering and all of a sudden she came, out of the swirling mists of time released by the terrible rumbling, the colour of the very mist itself but for the fire glow upon cheeks and deep within her sharp eyes’.

This painting is of a prized albino Huia. The female Huia has a curved beak. I’ve imagined this Huia released by the Canterbury earthquake that occurred during the creation of this painting and inspired its development (after I’d tidied up the mess in my studio, created by the quake)

K.Perano September 2010

Next exhibition 'Inspired Links' to be in Christchurch

It's still all go here in my wee studio with another exhibition on the horizon,
hot on the heels of the current exhibition.
"whew"
Hey but it's all good stuff, hope to see you there.

'Show & Tell' exhibition

The current art works in the 'Show & Tell' exhibition at the Little River Gallery,

have been created to illustrate the treasures of our New Zealand wildlife & history.

They are also a commentary on the drastic loss of both, which are fading into obscurity, like an old portrait.

It has been said that “We ignore our past at our peril”

. And same goes for ignoring the fate of our wildlife.

I believe that if New Zealander's knew, that approx 80% of our wildlife (bird, fish, insect, sea mammal and so on) are either, Rare, Vulnerable or Endangered, they would be as shocked as I have been.

They would ask " how the hey, did that happen?"

So instead of getting all emotional about this, I'm trying to address this issue by using visual education, similar to what we've seen with the kiwi (who has some great publicists).

I want to help people to “get to know the 'natives”, (along with their various degrees of fragility.)

I confess that I'm also enjoying creating these personality portraits of creatures with a yarn to tell.

As a child I wanted to be a zoologist and I have a fascination for anything old especially with a story attached.

So I suppose it's natural that this mix has created the kind of work that's coming out of me now.

Much of our wildlife is in desperate need of publicity.

I can see that I will have many more characters to learn about, research & create and paint and print.

As I live on the Banks Peninsula I will continue to have good use for my grandfather’s binoculars.