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Enlivening winter with colourful art
Top: Tree mother, Monique Endt, Acrylic Below: Untitled, Helen Stevens, Watercolour (detail)
Titirangi Painters will be out to lighten the Covid-19 blues when hundreds of their colourful works adorn a pop-up art gallery in the Titirangi War Memorial Hall this month. More than 40 painters will show works in the club’s annual two-day Winter Exhibition, now in its 28th year. Paintings range from traditional and contemporary takes on landscape, still life, portrait and figure studies, to floral, bird and animal subjects and paintings of everyday life. Members work in a variety of styles from representational and hyper-realist to abstract. Artists will vie for the club’s major award, Reflections of the West, featuring paintings with a West Auckland theme. Entries for the award will be displayed on the hall’s stage. A special feature this year is a memorial display of paintings by the late Barbara Leikis who passed away earlier this year. They will take pride of place near the hall’s front doors. “Barbara was a hard-working, respected and valued club member who held executive positions over the years and played a pivotal part in the success of the annual exhibition,” says Titirangi Painters’ president Mike Stock. “It’s important that we honour Barbara’s contribution to West Auckland art and the club with this display of her skilful oil colour paintings.” During the show several artists will create paintings, giving visitors an insight into the creative process, and they can also vote for the People’s Choice award honouring the most popular work. The hall is at 500 South Titirangi Road and the show is open to the public from 10am to 4.30pm on Saturday, August 22 and Sunday, August 23. Admission is free.
Titirangi PAINTERS
Guitar, Lou Walters, Acrylic
“BEST ART SHOW in the WEST”
Over 40 Artists showing paintings in watercolour, acrylic, pastel and oils. Artists available to talk about paintings. Paintings priced for sale.
Oils by Barbara Leikis
Sponsors
(FRAMES) by Daniel Watercolour by Sharon Mann
Special display of paintings in rememberance of Life Member Barbara Leikis
FLORAL EVENTS By Design
28th Annual Art Show Sat 22- Sun 23 August ‘20 Titirangi War Memorial Hall FREE ADMISSION Next to Library Artist Demonstrations please support our advertisers – they support us
10am 4.30pm daily
The Fringe AUGUST 2020
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