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NEW COURSE Taking enrolments now.
OIL PASTEL TECHNIQUE Course of 6 weekly classes Dates: February 21 & 28, March 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023 Time: Tuesdays 9.00am till 12.30pm Tutor: Wendy Leach Location: Mangawhai Art Workspace, 45 Moir St, Mangawhai This 6 week course focuses on techniques with oil pastels, an expressive and painterly artist material. Oil pastels are not dusty like chalk pastels. They are creamy and oily, and luscious to use. In this course I will share my process and my secrets for creating vibrant oil pastel paintings. More information here |
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
'Finding Joy’ exhibition (Friday 25 February - 9 March, 2022) See photos from the opening here
The paintings can be seen here
‘Full Circle’ exhibition (Friday 29 January - 10 February, 2021). See photos from the opening here
The paintings and exhibition catalogue can be seen here
'Finding Joy’ exhibition (Friday 25 February - 9 March, 2022) See photos from the opening here
The paintings can be seen here
‘Full Circle’ exhibition (Friday 29 January - 10 February, 2021). See photos from the opening here
The paintings and exhibition catalogue can be seen here
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'Early Evening Light' 2022, Oil on canvas, 1000 x 1000 mm $5,500
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'Round the Rocks' 2021, Oil paint on board, 1000 x 1000 mm. $4,500
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'Stormy Light' 2020, Oil paint on canvas, 750 x 1000 mm. $3,850 SOLD
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'Standing Proud' 900 X 1200mm, oil paint on canvas, $4,500 SOLD
Limited edition print available, 450 x 600mm $495 |
'Under Stormy Skies' 1000 X 750mm, oil paint on stretched canvas, $3,850 SOLD
Limited edition print available, 600 x 450mm $495 |
'Mangawhai Pohutukawa' 760 X 570mm, oil paint on gessoed Fabriano, white frame, $2,850
Limited edition print available, 600 x 450mm $495 |
'Monochrome 1' 1000 X 750mm, oil paint on stretched canvas, $3,850 SOLD
Limited edition print available, 600 x 450mm $495 |
Limited edition prints are sent by CourierPost free anywhere within New Zealand
PROGRESS OF A PAINTING
5 photos below show the stages of my painting, a 2 metre x 75cm oil painting on canvas (scroll up from the bottom).
'The standing place of Tū' (Paepae-o-Tū, the headland known as Bream Tail) SOLD
5 photos below show the stages of my painting, a 2 metre x 75cm oil painting on canvas (scroll up from the bottom).
'The standing place of Tū' (Paepae-o-Tū, the headland known as Bream Tail) SOLD
An email from Israel
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22 January 2021
Hi Wendy! my name is Michal, and i'm writing to you from Israel. Im 24 yo and studying architecture and design. As part of my first year final project, i've been asked to make an interview with an artist that i choose. after i traveld New Zealand two years ago it became one of my favorite places in the whole world and i knew i wanted to make the interview with a kiwi artist. so i found your website and in a second it brought me back to that time when i traveled and was so amazed by everything I saw. I wanted to ask you if i could show your art work in front my class and my lecturer, and that i ask you a few questions about you and your art. If you're okay with doing the interview i would love to hear from you! ...thank you! michal 7 March 2021
Hi Wendy... Besides the questions I asked you, I've been asked to write my opinion about your art, what I learned from it and why I chose you as the artist I interviewed. I wrote that in my opinion, your art is characterized with flow, colorfulness and movements. The way you use the paintbrush makes the nature in your landscapes look alive and like it's in constant movement, and that in your abstract paintings I loved that I could actually see the texture of the paint, and some of the layers above others, it gave them another dimension and depth in my eyes. I wrote that I think your paintings are balanced, even though they contain contrasts, and are dynamic in terms of composition. And that it shows that the inspiration comes from nature. I wrote that your paintings brought me back to my trip in NZ and all the good and beautiful memories I had came back to me. I learned how great it is to have the ability to make people feel emotions by looking at your art. Thank you for helping me with this project and honestly reminding me with your art how magical is the nature in New Zealand, I missed it so much! ☺ Michal . |
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Photo August 2020
ABOUT MEI am a painter and multi-disciplinary artist.
My current paintings are large, energetic and visually powerful. I am a graduate of both Elam School of Fine Arts (DipFA) and Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design (MFA 1st class Hons). I am also a qualified high school teacher (DipTchg). I live in Mangawhai Heads, Northland Aotearoa New Zealand |
Photo November 2017
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