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Wild West Coast - Paintings by Joelle Bunt
June the 20th until July the 1st
Opening Friday the 23rd of June. 5-7p.m
June the 20th until July the 1st
Opening Friday the 23rd of June. 5-7p.m
Joelle Margaret Bunt
I come from a long line of creative women and was raised free-range out at Te Henga. Spending my childhood roaming and exploring, the landscape became ingrained in me. I have always loved painting, for as long as I can remember, and despite loving figure and exploring with text, it was a natural progression when I began to paint the west coast landscape. Many parts of our beautiful country have inspired me, I’m an avid traveller and I love the outdoors but its Auckland’s west coast that’s most often evoked in my paintings. I paint landscapes and beachscapes from memory, trying to recall how they felt as much as how they looked. Lately I have begun to experiment with light and shadow more as a way to visually communicate this. I have exhibited and sold paintings infrequently since about 1996. I am inspired by New Zealand artists such as Colin McCahon, Shane Cotton, Don Binney and Ralph Hotere. Many of their paintings suggest to me our environment, in a way that you only understand when you have lived amongst it.
I have a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and have spent the last 12 years teaching design. Over the last few years I have dedicated more time to my art and have been exhibiting regularly in various shows. In 2016 I won First Prize in the Trusts Annual Art Awards. This will be my first solo show and it is only fitting that I title it after the recent works I have been doing of our ‘Wild West Coast’.
I come from a long line of creative women and was raised free-range out at Te Henga. Spending my childhood roaming and exploring, the landscape became ingrained in me. I have always loved painting, for as long as I can remember, and despite loving figure and exploring with text, it was a natural progression when I began to paint the west coast landscape. Many parts of our beautiful country have inspired me, I’m an avid traveller and I love the outdoors but its Auckland’s west coast that’s most often evoked in my paintings. I paint landscapes and beachscapes from memory, trying to recall how they felt as much as how they looked. Lately I have begun to experiment with light and shadow more as a way to visually communicate this. I have exhibited and sold paintings infrequently since about 1996. I am inspired by New Zealand artists such as Colin McCahon, Shane Cotton, Don Binney and Ralph Hotere. Many of their paintings suggest to me our environment, in a way that you only understand when you have lived amongst it.
I have a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and have spent the last 12 years teaching design. Over the last few years I have dedicated more time to my art and have been exhibiting regularly in various shows. In 2016 I won First Prize in the Trusts Annual Art Awards. This will be my first solo show and it is only fitting that I title it after the recent works I have been doing of our ‘Wild West Coast’.
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