Wellington-based artist Anna Stichbury works across a range of media, specialising in contemporary mixed media paintings featuring vibrant, intense hues, rich textures, and gestural brushwork.
Walk. Play. Eat. Stay.
Sculpture On The Gulf
Majestic headlands, secluded bays, intimate nooks and grand vistas – Waiheke Island, home to Sculpture On The Gulf, is the unique whenua (land) and coastal canvas upon which 31 contemporary New Zealand artists have created site-responsive sculptures for this year’s event.
The Aotearoa Art Fair is scheduled to be back from 2-6 March. With nearly a year of planning underway, almost half of the participating galleries are from out of town – including Bergman Gallery from Rarotonga and several Australian galleries.
“Colour is one of the most fascinating subjects I can think of,” artist and educator Anna Evans tells Verve. “The science of how we see colour is, frankly, mind-blowing. Colour theory to me is like a form of visual maths. There’s a rhythm to colour, it has reason, and its own beat.”
Ever since I was a child, I have enjoyed visiting museums and art galleries, and have found it fascinating to observe how much and how vastly curatorial practices have changed in that time, with a seismic shift away from dusty dioramas to intelligent and creative displays.
