"Passages" - a joint show

 Celia Walker and I are presenting a small show of a 

selection of works in the Tindall Hallway
at the Lake House Arts Centre, Takapuna.

Many thanks to Lake House Arts for providing members of 

Studio Printmakers Collective the generous use of the hallway gallery space

for a permanent, revolving monthly exhibition.

Celia's works include print and collage landscape-based works 

while my works, all also landscape-based, use a variety of techniques 

including monoprint, stenciling, collograph, embossing and linocut.

 "Coastal Cruising I - VI"

Monoprint, collograph, stencilling, embossing.

This work is part of a series inspired by my time spent cruising the 

Northland Coast of NZ, following in the trails of my grandfather, 

AH Pickmere, who mapped this coastline.

Using "The Pickmere's Atlas" as our guide

 it is impossible not to be inspired by the ever-changing patterns of the sea, the big sky, 

(I can never have too much big sky), and  the infinite off-shore islands 

and isolated rocks peppering the coastline.

These works were created using many, many layers of pattern and texture 

applied with stencils, collagraph plates, monoprinting techniques and finished off 

with an element of blind embossing.

 

All works are framed in a 12" x 16" white frame 

with a Spanish White mat.

Coastal Cruising Series by Toni Hartill

 Also included will be these 2 mini prints created as part of a series of works 

about the decimation of the Kahikatea forests of the Hauraki Plains.

"Faded Glory"
Monoprint, linocut by Toni Hartill

"Faded Roots"
Monoprint, linocut by Toni Hartill

 Meanwhile...

 

showing in the main gallery  at Lake House Arts Centre 

will be an exhibition by members of 

Studio Printmakers Collective:

"Four Seasons in One Gallery"

 Opening Event: 

Monday 27th August

at 6pm.

Please join us to celebrate 

the work of our members.

 I am very pleased to also have 

two mini prints in this exhibition.

Huge thanks to Viv, Gillian and Carolyn 

for all their work in making this show happen!