Looking Back On July
 Work by Agate Rubene Art in the Park and Creative Jam What a fantastic month we’ve had. Both Auckland’s “Art in the Park” and Print Art’s “Creative Jam” were huge successes. Both events, one big and one small, were first time events and are sure to continue well into the future. Well done to all the artists at Art in the Park. So much was sold and you must still be smiling. Art in the Park review  Art in the Park was held last weekend. It’s a uniquely curated Art Show developed by Sofija Matich and Cary Cochrane to offer a new platform for New Zealand Artists annually at Eden Park. Cary, as the owner of the Flagstaff Gallery, has a passion for art and people and has organised multiple large-scale charity events throughout the world. Sofija has orchestrated hundreds of events for some of the world’s largest arts institutions, including the National Gallery and the Wallace Collection in London.With this combination, it was bound to be a success. The weekend art exhibition was very well attended…. in fact tickets were sold out for both days. It was held in the hospitality section of the main grandstand at Eden Park, converted into an art exhibition. There were red dots everywhere… the public were on a buying spree for art! Print Art’s Clients at Art in the Park Work by Matt Griffin Print Art is proud to have printed for our clients who took part in Art in the Park. It was a magnificent exhibition and these are our clients who exhibited there. Have a look at their websites to see their work: Alison Gilmour – captures the endless beauty of her environment with delicate brushwork – creating images which have a photo-realistic quality and hues which reflect the clarity, light and richness of the South Pacific. www.alisongilmour.co.nz Anna Leyland – is a contemporary New Zealand artist. Utilising pattern making and symbolism, her works invoke conversations relating to the celebration of diversity and multiculturalism within Aotearoa. www.annaleyland.co.nz Anna Victoria – Emerging artist Anna Victoria has a love for heritage architecture and closely studies each building before rebuilding them in her own way; simplifying lines, enhancing symmetry and choosing soft, complementary tones. www.annavictoriaart.com Joshua Davison – Joshua is a 24 year old self-taught contemporary painter and sculptor with a diverse body of work themed around portraiture and botanics. www.joshuadavison.store/ Matt Griffin – A self-taught realism artist pursues a full-time career as an Artist. He has specialist drawing skills with charcoal and has recently converted his time into oil painting, painting realism portraiture of all things living. www.mattgriffinsartwork.com Pete Cernis – My pieces are simply the crystallisation of moments travelled – reflecting learning and my sense of nature’s beauty and human sensitivity. www.petecernis.com Agate Rubene – With a background in fashion Agate first started with exploration of fashion illustration which has had a huge influence on her style. Agate’s work focuses on people and their actions capturing emotions and drawing life’s pleasures with a light-hearted nature. www.agaterubene.me Sarah Barton-Hills – Sarah paints to capture the essence of her subject with work full of joy, texture, colour & light, whether it be a still life, portrait or a landscape. www.sarahbartonhills.com/ Sean Beldon – My style is mostly painterly with a modernist feel. I have been photographing and painting landscapes from the far north to the deep south. I only paint scenes of places I have been to and take time in shooting photos that tell a story of the land. www.beldon.co.nz/ Tanya Blong – Blong is a painter exploring colour and narrative, her work investigates belonging to a time and place, and ideas around inclusion and exclusion. www.tanyablong.com/ July’s Creative Jam  If you followed our posts on IG and FB you would have seen the final creative piece by sixteen of Print Art’s supporting artists, as well as the time-lapse showing how it was created (click the link below to watch the time-lapse). It was a quiet start to the evening getting to know each other, but ended as a fun night with many connections made and swapping of contact details between artists. Hopefully we will see a few collaborative works appearing? The painting fun started where everybody had 1 minute to paint on our blank canvas. This is what it looked like from beginning to the end of the first round:   By the time the 2nd round was completed, we had an amazing piece of art that looked nothing like the starting piece. Well done to all those who took part… We just loved having you around to share the fun.  Watch the time-lapse John took a whole lot of photos from the Creative Jam session. Have a look at the link below to see the photos and a quick slideshow. Creative Jam photos Lissy & Rudi’s Masks  Lissy and Rudy are an amazing couple who create these super colourful masks. Rudy carves the mask shapes and he and Lissy then add the crochet designs over the top. They brought the masks in to Print Art to digitise in order to maximise the selling of their art work by including prints. Quite something for us to digitise 3D artwork, as well as to get these amazing colours in print. Click here to have a look at their facebook link… and website link below: Lissy Cole Designs Do you follow Print Art?  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“Shanti in Flight” – photographic collaboration by Gail Stent and Judy StokesCollaborations lead to exceptional art projects. While art is usually an extremely personal process, some amazing works are created when two or more creative talents came together to contribute their skills and create something unprecedented.
This week’s Creative Jam is going to be a bit different! We have a lump of clay and some tools and will be creating a 3D piece of artwork. If you haven’t worked with clay before, come along and have some fun. Remember, we will be auctioning the work off for charity!
Same Time, Same Place, but New Date!! 
It’s that time of the year again when photographers and artists get out to capture the colours of autumn and face the cold weather to capture the starkness of winter. Here are a few ideas of what to photograph during these favourite seasons…
Many photographers have headed to South Island to capture the glory of autumn colours, but no matter where you are it’s not too late to capture autumn and have a bit of fun with the following: Focus on falling leaves – for something a little different set your aperture to f/1.8. Focus on the leaves rather than your model/subject as they throw leaves in the air. Take photos in the morning for the golden light effect – use direct light to take classic portraits, backlight to create a golden haze, and side light for atmospheric portraits. Shooting from a low angle will let you capture both your subjects and their surroundings. Photograph in fog and overcast days – lakes, forests, rivers and streams are good subjects for photography during overcast or foggy days. Don’t forget the cities too. Use a circular polariser to enhance contrast and colours, blue sky, and removes unwanted glare from rain and wet days. On top of this it slows the shutter speed slightly – great for moving water. Look for contrasting colours – golden leaves on a blue sky – a red leaf on a lush green grass… Slightly underexpose your shots – you’ll find that it gives your colours a slightly deeper saturation. Apply a warm white balance when editing to bring out more of that warm autumn colour. Starkness of Winter 
Ok, so you’re not into going out in the rain and cold. So stay home and set up an indoor studio in the house – in the kitchen, in the garage, in the spare room…. Lots to photograph: Learn some new lighting techniques Create a composite photo by cloning yourself multiple times in the image. Play with lights to create bokeh backgrounds – have a big distance between a model and the lights and use the barrel compression with a longer focal length. Get into smoke photography – your house will smell wonderful with all the incense you burn! What about some indoor splash photography – make sure you do this in an area that can cope with the water splashes. Indoor light painting with still life is a great way to add a wow to your still life photos. Water drop photography needs lots of time and is quite addictive. Macro food photography – use objects from your kitchen (for example, chopping boards, silverware, fruit or vegetables) to make your food picture look more interesting. Improve on your editing skills and learn more photoshop techniques. 
Vivienne Rowell’s image “White Faced Heron”, the winner of the Salon Trophy 2020 Entries Open: 1 June
3rd – 20th June 2021
Image: ‘Secret Stairs’ by Nik Brinkman Gala Evening: Thurs 3 June
9th-17th October 2021
