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23 Aug

Debbie's Dahlias - 2024

This work started with inspirational garden flowers in art class, early this year. I love the variety of shapes, shades, and colours of this arrangement and hoped to capture the essence of form, mood, and joy of the late summer flowers.

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23 Aug

True self - 2024

I have chosen to do this art because of how many emotions resides inside a person, many cannot express their own feelings properly to which I can also relate. The word ‘identity’ instantly gave me the idea of using my feelings being kept inside and also made me thought of using shadows to express that […]

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23 Aug

Kakapo Caress - 2024

The Kakapo is a NZ native bird easily identified by the vivid colours of their vibrant green feathers.

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23 Aug

Identify - 2024

A carved dry gourd – enhanced!

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23 Aug

Chill pill - 2024

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22 Aug

Village Life - 2024

Ceramic wall hanging with hand embroidery

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22 Aug

Collaboration - 2024

Cutting glass is not my favourite thing to do – especially with a piece like this. The small stripes are called”stringers”, layed out on a sheet of glass, fired then cut into 2mm strips. The larger piece in the middle has been cut into squares then triangles and placed, some up, some down, within the […]

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22 Aug

Comfort in Darkness - 2024

Acrylic painting on canvas. The feeling of knowing who you are yet losing yourself and getting distracted by darkness

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22 Aug

Feelings - 2024

This person caught my eye as they sat in an Auckland cafe. The colours in the background, window reflections and “FEELINGS” on fingers added up to what I thought was a really interesting photograph. I got a big smile and a nod from my subject when I held up my camera for approval to take […]

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22 Aug

Walking in Autumn Rains - 2024

A canvas print of a triple exposure of a fellow club member walking in drizzly rain on a country road surrounded by beautiful Autumn colour

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