Technique
Acrylic on Canvas.
Measurements
600 x 910mm.
Exhibition - Past Meets Present
"My past. My present. Both involve the Coromandel.. I guess its in my blood.
Ever since Lance and I moved down to our land I have been thinking, or rather contemplating the lives of those before us, those that carved out a living from the lands and waters of the Coromandel.... many of whom still have family here now.
My personal history only goes back one generation... I was bathed in a bucket over xmas in 1963 and have been smitten ever since.
I’m thinking I want to traverse back in time with my imagery.... not copying old black and whites, but maybe like an unwritten recipe, I can combine ingredients... the ghosts of the past with local history and adding a large dollop of imagination to give it a refreshing modern twist." - Souzie Speerstra.
About the artwork
"Yes... I did a painting of a Pohutukawa tree in full bloom.
An idyllic scene of boats , breeze ,and the sound of cicada's ringing in your ears. But if you were ever as lucky as I was... You will have swum as a child in the lagoonlike Wigmore Stream (when the sandbank has been dugout so the sea can flow in and out) on just such a day. And in later years taking your own children there... Bliss." -artist Souzie Speerstra
Shipping
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