Artist Floor Talk and Printmaking Demonstration

Please join Artists Donna-Marie Patterson and Danielle Creenaune for a panel discussion and floor talk as part of the opening event for their exhibitions.

Danielle Creenaune: The Sound of Leaving

‘Danielle Creenaune’s work occupies a liminal zone between abstraction and representation, where the experience of a place, rather than a literal rendition of landscape feeds her creative practice. Wind-swept and gestural, the artist distills the essence of her subject through reductive marks made confidently on lithographic plates, which through the alchemy of printmaking are released onto paper.’ – Marguerite Brown MA ArtCur, General Manager Print Council of Australia Inc.

Donna-Marie Patterson: Oil and Water

As a 5th generation New Zealander Patterson’s relationship with the landscape and environment is a deeply personal one. Her family’s 100-acre Kaimata property, providing inspiration (and source material) for her art practice and a reminder of the environmental, agricultural and economic concerns relating to water. Located beside a hydro-power station, and previously gold mined and farmed, the glacial-formed land is now naturally regenerating into lush rainforest, providing a sanctuary for wildlife and symbolically conveying ‘water is the essence of all ecology’.