I Sing The Body Electric, space gallery, whanganui

on show now:





An exhibition by Michael Haggie and Catherine Macdonald celebrating the classical 
art of life drawing

What is life drawing? Life drawing is the activity of drawing live, 
typically nude, models.Life drawing is a very private but not prurient 
activity.  It takes place in a quiet studio room.  The nude body is 
there to be discovered by drawing unashamedly.  The body is acknowledged 
and celebrated.  It takes place where artists are recorders and 
appreciators with each pursuing their own perspective.

Life drawing used to be an essential part of an art school’s programme 
but nowadaysit is more or less obsolete.  There is now a diverse range 
of activities in art schools from video to installation art, that has 
replaced the idea of studying the model. In life drawing the body of 
the model does not have to conform to celebrity standards of beauty.  
A big older model can be just as beautiful as any slimmer person.  
This aspect of drawing is demonstrated in our work.

In our afternoons of life drawing, we choose to do studied poses of 
the model, with each lasting about half an hour.  In the time the model 
adopts a silence that can be quite powerful and creative.  the model 
takes a short break them resumes a new pose.  It is quite hard work 
staying still for the model.

This is the first show devoted primarily to life drawing for Space 
Gallery.

Viewing until Saturday 16th March

Space Studio & Gallery- Galleries 1 + 2

Catherine Macdonald: I Sing the Body Electric (Gallery 1):

more information available here:

https://spacestudiogallery.co.nz/now-showing/sing-the-body-electric/

here's a couple of the works (drypoints and pencil drawings):

space out, space studio and gallery, whanganui

I have a chair taking part in this show

further information available here:

https://spacestudiogallery.co.nz




here's a shot of the work:
garden furniture
2018
plywood rims and pencil paint and varnish

plate oh! rayner brother’s gallery, whanganui

if you are in whanganui over the next weeks check this out:

visit their facbook page for further info:

https://www.facebook.com/raynerbrothers/

 

here’s my contributions front:

and here’s its back:

poetics – arts on parade, napier

Poetics has been on show in Napier
Last day to view:

I have the following work in it:

2016

poetics – community arts centre, whanganui

The above show opens this friday.

I have the following work in it:

2016

print council of australia, 2014 print commission

check out the australilan print councils facebook page for more info on the
commission and what else is going on:



https://www.facebook.com/pages/Print-Council-of-Australia/264721736849


further details on the commission can be found on the print council website:

http://www.printcouncil.org.au/commissioned-prints

print council of australia, 2014 print commission

further details can be found on the print council website:

http://www.printcouncil.org.au/commissioned-prints

below is some further information taken from a recient print council newsletter:

 

the above gallery link wont work so try clicking on this:

https://www.gcsgallery.com.au/news/postitem/36


and here is a shot of the edition all printed and ready to go:

 

Word on the Street – Whanganui

 

just another walk in the park

2013 – window installation wicksteed street whanganui

pencil drawings with stencil writing – photocopied

blog address for this show is:

wordonthestreetwhanganui.wordpress.com

and here are some close ups of the window panes . . . . . . . . . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

word on the street – whanganui – nz book month

for further information on this event:

http://wordonthestreetwhanganui.wordpress.com/

for other nz book month events visit:

http://www.nzbookmonth.co.nz/

a time and place – solander gallery – wellington

Up coming exhibition: