Up & Coming Exhibitions

This new body of work includes images of the different forms of transport that allow us to return to our place of origin. The images leave the viewer with a sense of familiarty, of recognition and understanding. All of the various forms of transport represented in the paintings have been taken from New Zealand's past.

From the bus ride home after school, to the taxi ride home after a night out partying. From the long haul flight back to New Zealand to a ferry ride across the Cook Strait.  The journey home can be the drive from work to your place of residence at the end of a long day. You arrive home, sit down and relax for a while.  It's the place where you lay your head down and shut your eyes in the knowledge that you are safe and secure.  For some people the journey home is returning to their tribal district and experiencing that feeling of 'turangawaewae' (the sense of belonging).  For others it's the journey that we all must make when life comes to a close.

For me it every one of these things and much, much more!

All of the above ideas encompass the journey home.  The journey home is travel with the knowledge that your destination is a place that you know well, a place that is so familiar that a mere smell can bring you feelings of contentment . Its arriving back in the place that you belong, this place of solace whether that be a house, a town, a city or a country.

These new works represent a ride back through time via the visual roller coaster that is poster art.

"for over two hundred years, posters have been displayed in public places all over the world. Visually striking, they have been designed to attract the attention of passers-by, making us aware of a political viewpoint, enticing us to attend specific events, or encouraging us to purchase a particular product or service."  French historian Max Gallo.

Posters have ranged in styles from Art Nouveau, Symbolism, Cubism, and Art Deco to the more formal Bauhaus. Today we are still surrounded by them. 'In little more than a hundred years, it has come to be recognized as a vital art form, attracting artists at every level, from painters like Toulouse-Lautrec and Mucha to theatrical and commercial designers." (poster expert) John Barnicoat.

"I am endlessly inspired by the posters of our past. The messages passed on through the combination of image and text. Some of the world's most famous artists have delved into this medium and created imagery that has stirred nations." Sandy Rodgers