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Staying true to my word...Here is the lastest. Still battling with a name but lets say "Blooming Pohutukawa" for now (a small play on words!). Truly i'm not obsessed with Pohutukawas, well not consciously but I do really love painting them. This piece actually started off as a completely different painting. Proof that sometimes when you have a failure you just need to step back take a moment and tackle it from a different angle, ie. paint over it and start again! Let me know what you think. Blooming Pohutukawa Acrylic on Canvass 1680mm x 1530mm For Sale. 
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the view on our semi regular evening walk. I started working on this at the start of the year and have had a wee battle over the last month as it started to take shape. That moment where you really like it, but just need to do a little adjustment, only to go to far which results in a little frustration that you then react to by painting over that particular section and starting again....I'm sure many artists are very familiar with this repetitive process...(aren't they?) . Anyway the result is multiple layers that seep through and give a really nice dept to the piece, well that's my technical justification to my "going into war like" approach on this piece. It is a common process for me when I paint an actual image that I have photographed or am very familiar with as I need to get the exact feel and look of the scene to feel happy with the final result. Happy with it now, so brushes down and stepping back! ...oh it's available for sale. x "Evening Walk" Acrylic on canvas 122cm x 137cm  I think when you start a blog you are suppose to post a little more regularly than I have been. But I guess I did warn you in the begining I am appauling at keeping a journal so this is a wee challenge I have set myself. Anyway here's a bit about the Arts Trail I'm in this year. Hope you are having a great March! xx 
Linda is Part of the Taranaki Arts Trail this year. Do visit the facebook page and find out more about the other artists in Taranaki taking part this year. https://www.facebook.com/taranakiarts.trail?fref=photo
Here's the wee blurb (well, bloody long blurb actually!) on her... Linda McFetridge West Trail I returned back home to coastal Taranaki 2 yrs ago, and am excited to have joined the Taranaki Arts trail for 2015. In the past I spent many years in Auckland as a full time working mum, taking over my family's small living space and back deck to paint in the evenings after work and on weekends. Juggling 2 young boys, who were often under foot, by getting them to paint with me as a way to keep them entertained. My kids I guess have always shared my creative world. Moving back to Oakura has meant more time and most importantly space to paint. I have converted our garage into a much need studio and can finally take full advantage of having a space solely dedicated to painting. My boys now a little older still join me in the studio to create their own works on occasion. I have also recently combined forces with my brother and sister in law, to open The Container in Okato, a gallery for our artworks www.thecontainer.co.nz. (that's us!!) As an Artist I enjoy working with scale perception point and light. I also enjoy finding the beauty or interesting elements in things that are often over looked. My fascination with pohutukawa leaves came from hours of walking along footpaths with my son collecting pohutukawa leaves scattered on the ground and discussing the different markings and patterns of the black dots. I guess my background as a dancer and choreographer contributed to my Spring Breeze series of pohutukawa leaves dancing along on the wind. I also have a unusual love of power lines, especially knowing they are slowly disappearing from the roadside and being put underground. I find it strange how our perception of such and intrusive and dominant objects in our environment can be manipulated in our minds to appear almost invisible. We can look out at a view and not seemly notice these great lines running through the scenery. I decided to create works that plays with this concept and also shows the Power lines as I see them. It’s always hard to write a blurb about yourself and your artworks. I prefer hearing from others what they see in my artworks. Each individual has a very different take on every piece I paint and it is often a very difference perception from my own on the work. Each of us sees the world through very different eyes dependent on our own experiences and backgrounds. I like taking the time to see and hear how those differences play out when combined with my art. I find getting around to organising or going back through the many photos you've taken on a trip, unless done straight away, ends up being stuck on the "to do shelf" and slowly pushed to the back, only to be lost until discovered like some hidden treasure chest years later. I have been good this time tho, if only to motivate me to create another post in my blog. But I am pleasantly surprised at the photos I managed to capture on the old trusty iphone. I have spared you of the many selfies but instead opted for a few of the more Paris standouts from my rolls of images. I think I might investigate iphone photography a little more in the new year. So I can say I have landed. Back home and back into the rhythm of life in NZ. What an incredible experience Paris was. Being part of such a creative community for 3 weeks, not only with the other NZ artists I travelled with but the creative space we were exhibiting in and the 33 artist that reside in the attached studios have certainly left me with a new found motivation and inspiration for my art. A collective of 12 Artists from Taranaki travelled to Paris on the 2nd of November carrying 250 Art works from 33 Taranaki Artist to exhibit for 2 weeks in Gallery 59 Rivoli in Paris. It wasn't until we got there that I truly appreciated how much of a "place to be" the gallery and attached art studios are. I highly recommend anyone visiting Paris to pop in there to get an insight in to the crazy creative world of the creative. The stairwell in itself is an experience. Nice to come home tho and get back into work. Thinking I might start playing around a little with charcoal and pastels to see where that takes me. Its kinda working with the residue grime from the city in a contextual sense (oh how arty!) http://www.59rivoli.org/main.html |
Linda McFetridgeHi there and welcome to my page. I'm an artist living in Oakura, Taranaki, NZ. Archives
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