Thursday, April 14, 2011

My Artist



                                                *Margaret Scott and one of her art work.






                                                    *Stanley Palmer and one of his work.






Colin McCahon and one of his work

This are my 3 artist model

*Margaret Scott is a New Zealand Artist , she was born in Opunake, Taranaki in 1947 and has lived all her life on the Taranaki coast. Margaret describes her work as personal symbolism, as it is based on personally acquired and assimilated experiences of her life and the environment where she lives. This environment, between the mountain, Mt Egmont/Taranaki, and the Taranaki coastline she reflects in symbols of the area.
Some of Margaret techniques are in acrylics, also does water colours, mixed media and textural work.

*Stanley Palmer Stanley Palmer is another New Zealand Artist . He was born near Thames in the Coromandel. Stanley is a Painter and a Print Maker. Stanley shows a variety of techniques and processes from screen prints in linen, to his pioneering bamboo etchings and from lithographs to paintings in his exhibition ‘New Prints and Paintings’.

*Colin McCahon is a New Zealand Artist too, He was born in Timaru on 1 August 1919 and known as foremost painter,He showed an early interest in art which was stimulated by the work of his maternal grandfather, photographer and painter William Ferrier, as well as regular visits to exhibitions.  .His work encompassed many themes, subjects and styles, from landscape to figuration to abstraction and an innovative use of painted text.

Banksy








This are some work by Banksy
Banksy is famous but his an anonymous artist. His a graffiti artist , political activism, film director and a painter.His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine irreverent dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique. Such artistic works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world. His known for his contempt for the government in labelling graffiti as vandalism, Banksy displays his art on public surfaces such as walls and even going as far as to build physical prop pieces. Banksy does not sell photos of street graffiti directly himself.

Darcy Nicholas





This are some paintings by Darcy Nicholas


Darcy Nicholas is an a New Zealand Artist and a member of the Taranaki mountain and the Tauranga Moana tribes. He is a leading Maori painter, sculptor, writer, curator, event manager and commentator on Maori art. He says "My paintings are about identity, the ancestral lines that connect me with the universe. I want to paint the spiritual richness that speaks of the timeless culture that I know. I hope we never lose the multiplicity of our heritage." Darcy loves travelling and exhibiting in many countries and he enjoys the close interaction and relationships with leading artists, collectors, gallery and museum professionals and art administrators from many countries.