Peer Review

What is the Chief End of Man?
May 2007
Mixed media on canvas
305x305x35mm
POA

Elizabeth's painting is a stunning combination of fields and dark gestural elements, balanced and with excellent color intrigue.
Casey Klahn - The Colorist

This painting has been noted in Katherine Tyrrell's bog - Making a Mark.

Buyers of Art

My Soul Knoweth (V)
Dec 2007
Mixed media on canvas
305x305x35mm

This piece sold at the recent Precious Little exhibition at the South Canterbury Club. I was able to speak with the buyer which does not always happen. These are times when I can pass on the thoughts behind the work & also hear how the piece has connected with another.

My Soul Knoweth

My Soul Knoweth (IV)
Dec 2007
Mixed media on canvas
305x305x35mm

Psalm 139
King James Bible

Project on the House - Timaru

Legacy
November 2007
Mixed media on canvas
1020x1020x35mm

Details


Project on the House has just finished in Timaru. It involved a partial house make-over by a group of Timaru businesses as a way of recognising the community-orientated work of an individual/family who have given selflessly to others. Nominations were called for.

The project was managed by my artist friend Polly Rowe who accepted my offer to paint a commissioned piece for the winner.

I met with the winner Bev Bennett & the result of speaking with her is the above work titled "Legacy". Once Bev settles back into her new-look home I will speak with her again to explain the symbolism in the work, gleaned from our meeting. (As with any commissioned piece, she has the option to return it to me after living with it for a while.)

(An item from TV One's "Close Up" is available to view - Friday 16 November: Makeover)


The Weaver

My life is just a weaving
Between my Lord and me.
I cannot choose the colors
He weaves so skillfully.

Sometimes He weaveth sorrow
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper
And I the underside.

Not ‘til the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Will God unroll the canvas
And explain the reasons why-

The dark threads are as needful,
In The Weaver’s skillful hands
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.

B.M. Franklin

Judge's Comments

detail:
Kakanui (III): When Jesus Called to Peter at Kakanui
October 2007
Mixed media on canvas
610x910x35mm
$950

Last night I accepted a merit award for Kakanui (III) at the South Canterbury Arts Society 55th Annual Exhibition. The exhibition is being held at the Aigantighe Gallery, Timaru, Saturday 13 - Sunday 28 October 2007.

Successful aesthetic use of layering text & image to discuss artists ideas/concepts.
Leads the viewers eye about the composition which is balanced & harmonious.
Kathryn Mitchell
Curator
Ashburton Public Art Gallery

The piece was an experimental one...I was a little apprehensive about exhibiting it (& still am). That's probably a good thing.

Timaru Herald article: Rookie sculptors work captures second prize

Go in Peace

LOVE Letters (II): Go in Peace
October 2007
Mixed media on canvas
1020x1020x35mm
SOLD

Go in Peace detail

Go in Peace detail

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Kakanui

Kakanui (III): When Jesus Called to Peter at Kakanui
October 2007
Mixed media on canvas
610x910x35mm
$950

When Jesus Called to Peter at Kakanui (detail)

100th Post

Place of Shelter (II): Layered Memories
Nov 2006
Mixed media on canvas
510x510x35mm

The Quilting (XXIV): Crossing the River of Dreams
Nov 2006
Mixed media on canvas
510x510x35mm

Many thanks to all who journey with me as an artist...I appreciate your support of my work more than you will ever know.

As Simple & As Difficult

LOVE Hearts (T&C)
May 2006
Mixed media on canvas
100x100x35mm

Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.
Michael Leunig

In the Twinkling of an Eye

LOVE Letters (II)
Work in progress...
Mixed media on canvas
1020x1020x35mm

LOVE Letters (II) with addition of computer-generated graphics...reminds me of free-style machine embroidery.

Life Verse

The Quilting (XXI): Dry & Thirsty Land
Jan 2006
Mixed media on canvas
305x305x35mm

Dry & Thirsty Land detail

A series of events lead to this commissioned work for an Australian visitor to New Zealand. The title "Dry & Thirsty Land" references
Psalm 63:1...
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

This scripture was her "Life Verse". I did not find this out until later, when she was back in Sydney with the piece.

The only brief for the commission was that I prayerfully considered the work.

In My Studio

LOVE Letters (II) details
Work in progress
Mixed media on canvas
1020x1020x35mm

Happy Fathers Day

Paper Dolls (II): Family
Sep 2006
Mixed media on canvas
150x150x35mm

Be Still & Remember

Extending Silence (IV): Be Still & Remember
Dec 2005
Mixed media on canvas
200x200x35mm

Extending Silence (I -VIII)

Extending Silence (I -VIII)
Precious Little Exhibition 2005
South Canterbury Club
Timaru

Deep As the Deepest Blue Sea

Soul Hymns (III): Deep As the Deepest Blue Sea
Jan 2006
Mixed media on canvas
Five pieces each 150x150x35mm, placed in an upright cross

Deep As the Deepest Blue Sea detail

UNICEF NZ Corporate Christmas Cards 2007

My painting above has been included in this year's selection of UNICEF NZ Corporate Christmas Cards.
The work has been cropped to a rectangular shape & the card titled "Stained Glass".
I am happy to be able to support the goals of UNICEF in this way.

UNICEF - the United Nations Children's Fund - is the world's leading agency for children. Our mission is to reach the world’s children in need and give them a chance to survive and flourish. In the face of natural disaster, in the face of disease and poverty, in the face of hunger and exclusion, in the face of war and upheaval - our goal is to give all children a childhood.

Your support of our Christmas Card campaign helps our work in the world's poorest communities. You can choose from a wide selection of card designs by New Zealand and international artists. All cards come with envelopes, and a personalised greeting and/or logo can be overprinted inside your card/s.

Painting Machine

Elizabeth Love works
Precious Little Exhibition 2006
South Canterbury Club
Timaru

To ensure I do not become a painting machine (a term mentioned by Wellington painter Seraphine Pick on Artsville, Sunday 5 August), I have recently returned to administration work.

Respect

Homage to Wildsmith
July 2007
Mixed media on canvas
305x305x35mm
$350
Homage to Wildsmith detail

Homage to Wildsmith detail

Philip Edson is taking a break...I keep checking back to see if it may be over...
I will miss reading his thoughts & the comments from his readers.
All the best as you continue your journey, Philip.

Super Size Me

DUMPR
Soft is the Heart of a Child (I) detail

Soft is the Heart of a Child (I)
Mar 2007
Mixed media on canvas
510x510x35mm

The more I look at these 'larger' pieces...the better they seem.

Framing Job

DUMPR
Thanks for the link Casey.

Working on a larger scale...looks like it may be worth a try!

Selection Process

Mother's Legacy (VII)
July 2007
Mixed media on canvas
1020x1020x35mm
$1500

The Edinburgh Realty Premier Art Awards 2007
Exhibition 4-19 August
Art Station Gallery
Dunedin Railway Station

Mother's Legacy (VII) detail

At last this piece is finished... It's taken a while but I am happy how it has turned out.
Artists will be notified of acceptance or rejection by 18th July 2007(!)

(Mother's Legacy (VII) was accepted for exhibition & sold on Opening Night.)

Great & Small

Mother's Legacy (XIX)
Mar 2007
Mixed media on canvas
100x100x35mm
$60
Icehouse Gallery, Methven
SOLD

Icehouse Gallery, Methven


Christchurch Art Gallery
Te Puna o Waiwhetu

Performance Piece

LOVE Hearts (48)
July 2007
Mixed media on canvas
150x150x35mm
POA

I went to the Timaru Girls & Timaru Boys High Schools production of Disco Inferno last week. My work above reminded me of the way a stage glows out of the darkness.

LOVE Letters

LOVE Letters (I)
July 2007
Mixed media on canvas
100x100x35mm
$60
Icehouse Gallery, Methven
SOLD

A Beautiful Time

Mother's Legacy (XVIII): Mia
March 2007/Reworked April 2007
Mixed media on canvas
610x910x35mm

This work recently sold to a mother to hang in her daughter's bedroom. I wrote to her & said...

I am so pleased that you will have the painting. I imagined it would hang in a child’s room as a type of blessing…so it has worked out perfectly. If you look closely you will see a piece of dressmaking tissue. It is a piece for the back of a garment. This references the way I liked to sleep as a baby & later as a child – on my front. The covering of the quilt with all sorts of colours, moons & stars is symbolic of the way in which a mother covers her child for sleep, tucking the child in with a story from colourful imaginary lands, & songs. Just a beautiful time that passes so quickly...

Deep are the Thoughts of a Child - Wyndham Glenconner

Soft is the Heart of a Child (III)
June 2007
Mixed media on canvas
305x305x35mm
$250
SOLD

Soft is the Heart of a Child (III) detail

Soft is the Heart of a Child (III) detail

Bitter are the tears of a child:
Sweeten them.
Deep are the thoughts of a child:
Quiet them.
Sharp is the grief of a child:
Take it from him.
Soft is the heart of a child:
Do nothing to harden it.

Lady Pamela Wyndham Glenconner

Tree of Life

Tree of Life (I)
June 2007
Acrylic on canvas
760x380x35mm
$450
SOLD

Tree of Life (I) detail

Tree of Life (I) detail