An article in the New Zealand Herald by T.J. McNamara comments on ‘New Work’ – Matthew Carter and Ramon Robertson:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/arts/news/article.cfm?c_id=544&objectid=11468818

“A very different Auckland is the subject of work by Matthew Carter at Nkb Gallery in Mt Eden. His Auckland is concrete and angular. Everything is on an unsettling tilt. He adds semi-abstract paintings of the electronic gear as part of city life.

More radically than Baloghy, he searches for tension. A painting of a besuited skateboarder zipping down a highway that zooms into The Cloud is full of movement. In Step he shows a city where it is perilous to step off the pavement. He also suggests another presence, both historic and spiritual, by incorporating carved figures at odds with the urban environment.”

‘New Work’ opened on Thursday 11th June. Some great photos taken by Sait Akkirman were taken and are on his Artsdiary website

Photo courtesy of artsdiary.co.nz

Thanks to all those who came to the opening on Thursday night and thanks to Ngaire and James Brown for planning what was an enjoyable and successful evening.

After things had quietened down my son took a few shots.  More and better photos will appear later on Sait Akkirmans Artsdiary

A group show is on at NKB gallery in Mount Eden right now. – ‘Fat of the Land’

http://www.nkbgallery.co.nz/Exhibition/4606/

Aborescent – Acrylic on canvas by Hamish Allen

Rebecca Wilson has curated a collection of work inspired by Edward Hopper for Saatchi Online. Rebecca is the Chief Curator and a Director of Saatchi Art. Three of my paintings have been included in the collection, ‘untitled (backpackers)’, ‘Crossing’ and ‘Urban Park 2’.

http://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Photography-Assemblage-Collage/Inspired-by-Edward-Hopper/153961/21394/view

The annual Wallace Arts Trust Awards are approaching and the deadline for submissions is coming up within a week, so I’m working quickly on a new painting for that. There is going to be within it an unusual figure quite large in the foreground of a type which is something pretty new for me, at least in my painting.

http://www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz/wallace-art-awards/

Two recent paintings, ‘City Skater’ and ‘Overbridge’ are currently on show and for sale at the exhibition ‘Oscillate’ at NKB gallery in Mount Eden. http://nkbgallery.co.nz.

A group exhibition titled ‘Oscillate’ is now on at NKB gallery in Mount Eden. It runs from 1st May to 26th May including artists

NKB gallery in Mount Eden, Auckland is now showing two of the Car Park series paintings, Level (CP8) which is a large scale work and ‘Untitled (CP1)’ which was one of the Wallace Award finalists. The group show titled ‘Iconostasis’ is now open until 22nd October at NKB on Thursday.