Brian mccracken artist new zealand

He studied in frankfurt, germany, and now resides in berlin. Original new zealand art from new zealand realist artist brian mccracken featuring many artworks depicting central otago and canterbury. He is inspired by naturally occurring scenery and phenomena, as he paints enhanced and often abstracted views of some of the most spectacular aspects of nature. Diminish and ascend is a welded aluminum sculpture by new zealand artist david mccracken. His art deals with digital media, science and popular culture, technology and communication. Central art gallery is one of new zealands oldest privately. During the years 1968 and 69 he was a pupil of dame louise henderson, studying figure, portrait and landscape. Peter hackett, richard wilson, brian mccracken new paintings. The gallery is filled with diverse and incredibly brilliant works or art and craft by local and nationally renowned artists of new zealand. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Unveiled in 20 at the sculpture by the sea exhibition in sydney, the staircaselike. Simon denny is a new zealand artist born in 1982 and he is his countrys latest artist for the venice biennale, in which he will be participating with a project titled secret power. Aug 17, 2015 the group of handpicked artists from around the country include brian mccracken, adele souster, don mcara, janie porter, john gillies, bill moore, myself sofia minson, simon williams and adrienne pavelka. Strong studied at the university of canterbury gaining a diploma of fine arts with honours.

Brian dahlberg first studied at nelson college and wanganui college, before going on to have personal tuition under the world war ii artist, the late ted lewis. Landscape art exhibition opening at bryce gallery in christchurch. Brian s works are all highly finished oil paintings, depicting the new zealand landscape in a unique, stylised manner with. Artists exhibited with concise dictionary of new zealand artists. Mccracken is a selftaught artist who creates works of art in many different mediums. He has exhibited throughout new zealand since 1965, is featured in private collections throughout the world and receives many commissions.

Ralph hotere, clark esplin, tom esplin, kelvin mcmillan, brian mccracken. David mccracken new zealands innovative visual artist. Beautiful new paintings by new zealand artists peter hackett, richard wilson and brian mccracken. Original new zealand art from new zealand realist artist brian mccracken featuring. Mccrackens rest and lookout, te waewae, new zealand beautiful. In order to create the monochrome finish of his works, mccracken used fiberglass and resin to coat wooden planks which he polished to create intensely smooth surfaces before applying thin stains of paint. Some of the information in this publication is now known to be incorrect. It is an anglicisation of mac reachtain an ulster gaelic variant of the patronymic surname mac neachtain commonly anglicised as mcnaughton. My work is in constant demand and is held in many private collections both here in new. Baxter, over the last forty years, has firmly established himself as one of new zealands most sought after artists specialising in landscape, still life and flower paintings. Mccracken is a hereditary surname derived from ulster and nearby galloway, scotland.

Join facebook to connect with kate renton and others you may know. Fabulous new paintings by some of new zealands best known artists. Central art gallery is one of new zealand s oldest privately owned galleries. This artist is listed in the following standard biographical references. Situated at 71 beach street queenstown opposite the earnslaw wharf. Taylorjensen fine arts takes pleasure in showing brian baxter. Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.

James mccracken american, 18751967 john mccracken american, 19342011 kurt mccracken. Nz original artwork mobile art gallery art for sale art. Brian campbell is an artist living in gisborne, new zealand. These works are available from the garage gallery at kimbell on the fairlie tekapo road, just out of fairlie. These include major holdings of new zealand historic, modern and contemporary art, and outstanding works by maori and pacific island artists, as well as european painting, sculpture and print collections ranging in date from 76 to the present day. Aug 20, 2017 brian mccracken artist acrylic on canvas, lindis pass, new zealand. Mar 30, 2017 beautiful new paintings by new zealand artist s peter hackett, richard wilson and brian mccracken. His first solo exhibition was held in 2000 at the mcpherson gallery in auckland, new zealand, and since then mccracken has experienced a meteoric career as a visual artist. Born in december 1952, brian mccracken is an entirely selftaught artist. About uscentral art gallery is one of new zealands oldest privately. Featuring works by well known nz artists dale gallagher, richard wilson, peter beadle, peter hackett, ross jones,tim wilson, graham brinsley,tania verrent, mark thomas, ben ho, philip beadle, simon payton, brian mccracken to name but a few.

Situated in the heart of queenstown opposite the earnslaw wharf central art displays over paintings by leading and emerging nz artists. Our database has art auction market prices for australian and new zealand artists covering the last 40 years sales. John mccracken was an american minimalist best known for his planks, plinthlike reflective sculptures painted in various hues. Mens journal, tiny houses new zealand, david tesch, nzhistory, new zealand. Mobile art gallery is new zealands largest online art gallery. Diminish and ascend christchurch, new zealand atlas obscura. Brian mccracken new zealand landscape artist new zealand. This book is widely available in new zealand libraries.

Diminish and ascend christchurch, new zealand atlas. Central art gallery, 71 beach st, queenstown, new zealand phone 64. Pages public figure artist brian mccracken artist videos these works are available from the garage. New zealand landscape artist brian mccracken specialising in original paintings 03 310 7807. Richard williams, nancy tschetner, barbara smith, brian mccracken, lindsay muirhead, lynn henry, mark thomas, sue currie, lorna allan, lyn hewitson. Since a very early age, brian has drawn anything and everything. His work reflects an innate feel for complementary colors, natural shapes, and fantastic. Situated in the heart of queenstown opposite the earnslaw wharf central art displays over 250 paintings by leading and emerging nz artists.

All these artists appear in the book concise dictionary of new zealand artists painters, printmakers, sculptors by kate mcgahey, published by gilt edge in 2000. Reimagining mundane objects and transfiguring their forms into enchanting largescale sculptures, new zealand artist david mccracken transforms the everyday. We carry art by over 100 established, new zealand artists and have a huge range of unique, contemporary and affordable artworks to select from. Brian mccracken artist acrylic on canvas, lindis pass, new zealand. John mccrady american, 19111968 flora thomas mccraig american. I will personally have two new large landscape works in the show, both measuring 2 metres x 1 metre. Auckland art gallery toi o tamaki is the largest art institution in new zealand, with a collection numbering over 15,000 works. Billy apple 20th and 21stcentury pop and conceptual artist. From mount maunganui solo loop artist now based out of auckland new zealand.