Hi everyone,

Just another fleeting post, this time to remind you that Oriel Gallery will exhibiting Kim Gabara’s sculptures and paintings from 7 to 29 March Wire In The Sand, there’s a preview tomorrow night, Fiday 6 March at 6pm, so pop in and support Picton Art, indulge in some scrumptious nibbles and a glass of Seresin wines.

Daniel Campion’s strong and beautiful new pieces are on exhibition as well, The anatomical and somewhat psychological exploration of an angel(left) and Binary Kingdom of the Divine Digit.

Oriel’s always an exciting place to browse through with frequently changing exhibitions, so do make time in your week – it’s an uplifting experience. Enrich your life and see some art!

Hope to see you there,

Tika

Hi Guys,

What are your plans for Easter? Catching up with family, getting into the garden, seeing some art?
Well Marlborough has a fine selection of art on offer. Barbara Speedy, the director of The Diversion Gallery and MVH Gallery sent me through the following:

"We have some excellent Easter viewing at The Diversion Gallery at Grove Mill Winery 

Including a stunning new oil painting by JS Parker – All Blues – which is just about impossible to capture accurately by photograph as the contrasting blues play tricks on the camera – or maybe they play tricks on the eye in the way the Blues play tricks on the ear!

There are warm accents and echoes above, the intense field of blues which is like looking into stained glass or deep water, icy echoes below and a fantastic rhythm and balance in this painting. It’s a substantial work at 1.5m x 1.2m, oil on canvas, and just draws you in.

This work has only just come into the show, as the large Smither painting has been released early from the group exhibition, giving us space and opportunity to exhibit a Parker that needs to be seen! We also have a change in some of the exhibited works by Richard Adams, alongside a selection of fine paintings by Don Peebles and Don Binney, and a sublime Taranaki screenprint from Michael Smither , plus Graham Bennett’s superb stainless steel sculpture in the vineyard.

The gallery will be open today, Saturday, Sunday and Easter Monday from 11am to 5pm; closed Good Friday. Come and enjoy the art with some fine Grove Mill vintages ( the new Pinot Noir is sublime with chocolate but my current favourite is the elegant Gewurztraminer dessert wine ). Just a couple of km down SH63 from Renwick, we’re on the left."

Marlborough Art Society’s Autumn Exhibition, showcasing new work from Art Society members, is also on until 30th March, if you are through in Blenheim en route to Diversion and of course, if you prefer to come through to Picton , Oriel Gallery’s light and airy gallery is well worth a visit for Val Griffith-Jones Exhibition Are You Sitting Comfortably?"

(see my last post)

So have a wonderful Easter, all be it totally out of whack with the season, Easter being symbolic of resurrection and spring, and here in the southern hemisphere autumn’s heavy morning dews, darker mornings and earlier nights are already here, but take some time out and enjoy whatever you choose to do.

For now, I’m off to have my morning muesli, before getting stuck into work,

Tika

P.S I haven’t forgotten, I promised to tell you about our wonderful Blue Water Lodge trip.