Gerda Leenards: Dusky Blue

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Where: Woollaston Estates, 243 Old Coach Road, Mahana, Upper Moutere Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

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Admission: Free

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www.rh-art.co.nz

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Gerda Leenards' atmospheric depictions of mist-enveloped headlands and soft, ghostly, cloud-wrapped landscapes has earned her a reputation for depicting the New Zealand landscape in a new light - one in which spectacular wilderness areas such as Deep Cove and the Dusky Sounds are uncovered and brought into closer proximity.

Leenard's painting conveys the inner qualities of the land, of the impact of what has occurred there over time rather than its physical characteristics. There is also a strong emphasis on capturing the impact and immediacy of changing climate conditions. She uses photographs to record changing weather patterns so that she can evoke these in her paintings. At times she has painted works in sections, to give the effect of a series of snapshots, or of fractured images.

Leenards replaces the traditional representation of the land with her unique perception and interpretations so that the unpredictable and the rawness of nature is juxtaposed with the recognisable and familiar.