EXHIBITIONS
RODNEY HAMEL-Featured Artist for February
Rodney resided in the Waikato for several years painting the Waikato landscape.After returning to Dunedin to live ,he continues to revisit and find inspiration in the Waikato landscape.
Rodney's series of 'Maungakawa Hill' images take on an aerial viewpoint where the viewer looks down on the scenery
His rich oils are bold in colour, and the palate is used to convey and heighten.the different moods and lights of the day.
His works have an inviting warmth to them and encourage prolonged viewing and contemplation.Rodney values the surface of the canvas and places as much importance on this as his subject.He often uses textural hessian giving an extra dimension to his art.
Rodney's paintings hang in the University of Waikato,the Waikato Art Musum, and in private collections throughout New Zealand.
Heritage Gallery is proud to carry Rodney's artwork.
JOHN RUTH- March Exhibition
John is primarily a landscape painter, self taught, who paints in acrylics.he enjoys the versatility that this medium offers, from delicate water colour-like washes to overlays of stronger pigments.
His subject matter includes landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, domestic interiors and figure studies. Although he paints in a realistic style, his paintings often imbue a sense of intensity and magic into the everyday experience.
John works from his home studio in Hawkes Bay and exhibits mainly there and in Wellington.
Sandra(Heritage Gallery owner) has been waiting sometime for this exhibiton to come to fruition!