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Legendary Nairobi Trio Live Music at Le Cafe Picton / Seresin Wine and Olive Oil tasting

Monday, July 12th, 2010

K – check it out! The legendary Nairobi Trio in a live high-energy jazz performance! …
Where: Le Cafe, London Quay, Picton
When: This Saturday 17 July starts 6pm
What:  Seresin Wine and Olive Oil tasting – Three course dinner- live jazz with the Nairobi Trio
(just before they head to Europe) All the above for just $75pp…
This will book fast guys so give the awsome front of  house guys a ring
Le Cafe, 03 573 5588 or $25 just for the music.
Richard Adams’ recent paintings will be on display – Richard is the lead singer/jazz violinist from the Nairobi Trio and an accomplished abstract painter as well.

Picton is definitely the place to be this weekend. Food,  Wine & Music – good company, all of the best. :) tika

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Friday, May 7th, 2010

Hi guys,
I was just browsing through some of my art notebooks and came across a note about Claire Beynon’s artwork
” Plumb Bob and Haiku Islands“, oil, liquin & pastel on paper. Claire Beynon’s artworks particularly charcoal pieces such as Katabatikos Series are some of my favourite works, abstract yet evocative of her love of Antarctica. I enjoy her musings on her blog and find myself adrift happily on her tangents, often when in fact I should be working… Check out her Boat Meditation as an example of my latest wanderings.

Whilst meandering and thinking of the  expansive landscapes of mind and ice, I just wanted to draw your attention to White Silence: Grahame Sydney’s Antarctica. This outstanding collection of photographs from one of New Zealand’s most pre-eminent artists pays homage to the Antarctic landscape.

Check out Grahame Sydney’s celebration of the rare flashes of beauty found in the bleakest, most inhospitable region of Earth.

Okay I’d best get back to work,

Tika

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The Portage Resort Hotel Marlborough Sounds Accommodation

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Good morning one and all,

Just a quick one today to prompt you to check out our newly launched site for The Portage Resort Hotel, a great venue for your wedding or conference, and a wonderful place to stay either whilst experiencing the Queen Charlotte Track or just to relax whilst on holiday.

The Portage also has three different dining venues, the Te Weka Restaurant, the more casual Snapper Bar and Cafe and The Retro Bar, making it an ideal destination for a romantic evening or weekend break.

The Marlborough Sounds area offers so many activity options, kayaking, mountain biking and walking. Check out Discover Portage and The Portage Adventure Centre for a host of options.

As you probably already know if you read my posts regularly I love art, so I’ll also mention that The Portage Resort  displays the work of senior New Zealand fine artists, offering workshops in painting, printmaking and writing, and offering its exhibiting artists a restorative retreat from the world. The Portage Hotel  lounge library has some wonderful New Zealand art books to peruse either sitting with a glass of wine on the deck in the summer, or snuggling by the fire in the winter.

If you are persuaded do book your Marlborough Sounds Accommodation at The Portage Hotel now.

As for me, I’d best go and feed my hens…..before I get stuck in to some work,

Enjoy your day,

Tika

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Gifts for Christmas: Ecobooks (I do have cool friends lol!)

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

LisaBookYes a blatant plug again – just in case you are in doubt… but Lisa, one of my talented friends  has just published the first of many ecobooks, which I highly recommend  A Washing Line Spider.
(Yes my copies are en route – excellent gifts!)
Check out www.zaozoo.co.nz and order your copies now.
16 pages, full colour, illustrated. Retail: NZ$19.90

If you wish to order books, please contact: lisa@nobledesign.co.nz
03 573 5359 / 021 204 8712

ZaoZoo books are printed digitally by Astra Print in Wellington, using papers and inks with the best environmental profile available. Book owners are also asked to pass on their book to others, to increase its lifespan… and also because it’s just a nice thing to do.

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JS Parker: Marlborough Art : The Nature of Colour

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Plain Song for the Colour Gold: J.S. ParkerHi all art lovers, your attention if you please!

Just wanted to let you know that there is an Opening tonight Wednesday December 2nd of an exhibition of one of New Zealand’s most celebrated artists, Marlborough’s own JS Parker at The Diversion Gallery Grove Mill Winery, Renwick (cnr SH63 and Waihopai Valley Road) tonight at 6pm. The Nature of Colour is a wonderful exhibition, well worth attending.

Here are a few words from Director Barbara Speedy to tempt you along:

“ New paintings by Marlborough’s JS Parker, exploring breathtaking fields of colour, layered with rhythm and full of light. These are an exciting new compositional direction, the large single field of colour offering both the challenge and the freedom to explore wonderful rhythms and layers on a substantial scale— this is where John’s skill with colour and texture really sings.

The Nature of Colour also includes two beautiful Rarangi ‘poem paintings’, where John inscribes his own poems in pastel over abstracts of rich colour which capture the light where the Wairau River meets the sea. The major work of this show is a subtly textured abstract reminiscent of the Chordal paintings of the 1980s. Plus we have some delicious small paintings, studies for the ‘colour field’ series. Grove Mill is providing superb new wines for the occasion… and some great specials.

Please join us with the artist, (and visitors from around New Zealand and overseas) for a very uplifting exhibition and our special gallery celebration…”

There will be copies of the new book JS Parker Plain Song by art historian Damian Skinner at the Exhibition, so buy your copy now.

The exhibition will run until January 22 but will be closed Christmas Day – check on other statutory holidays for hours,
tel 03 572 8200.

Enjoy!!

tika :)

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