So Much, in fact, Everything, to Lose!
My “Climate Art” exhibition at the SO Auckland hotel was postponed due to the Covid – 19 lockdown. Now we are getting back to normal, it has been rescheduled for 13 August- this time at Sustainable Coastlines’ cool venue “The Flagship”. I hope all of you who were coming to the March exhibition can make […]
The Purpose of Art
The Chilean Nobel Prize in Literature winner Pablo Neruda, praised for his insightful humanistic poetry and literature, has been described as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. He understood the critical importance of human interconnectedness. That is, both with people we know and love and those we will never meet. He wrote […]
No Real Comfort!
As we sit out the Covid -19 lockdown in New Zealand, its tough to see what’s happening thousands of miles away in one of the world’s greatest cities, New York. With the death toll in New York State now over 3,500 and rising, and in the US over 9,000, this is no Democrat hoax, How […]
So Much to Lose – Climate Art Exhibition
Write up in the NZ Law Society publication Law Talk: Clive Elliott QC and the climate change exhibition 03 April 2020 LAWTALK 938 Auckland QC Clive Elliott is a passionate advocate for action to address climate change. He is also an artist and says he has used his art to express his concern. During March […]
Lock-down
Lock-down
Virginia Woolf – On Being an Artist
Virginia Woolf explains beautifully what it took for her to become a writer and artist: “Behind the cotton wool is hidden a pattern… the whole world is a work of art… there is no Shakespeare… no Beethoven… no God; we are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself.” (Brain Pickings Newsletter)
“So Much to Lose”
“Stop” global warming
Sustainable Coastlines Charity Ball – “Tofino Mist”
Tofino Mist (1.5m x 1m) Tofino Mist represents a seemingly idyllic but illusory scene. Buildings are suspended, float on calm, untroubled water. However, they depend on the water for support and sustenance. Their existence is temporary and the apparent calm masks a sense of tension and unease. The buildings and people inhabiting them assume the […]
Great quote by Gandhi
Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny. Mahatma Gandhi, Hope in the Age of Anxiety, 1st ed, by Anthony Scioli and Henry Biller
Exhibition at Pullman Hotel
Really pleased to be exhibiting some of my recent paintings at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland. They are supporting and promoting the local art scene and its great to be involved. Drop-in and have a look. I have 10 paintings hanging in the main foyer. Here is a pic of one of the works – […]
