John Parker Exhibitions

The Earl Street Journal

17 Dec 2011 - 7 Mar 2012

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Exhibition Works

Fissure
Graham Bennett Fissure (2008)
Honourable Socks
Nigel Brown Honourable Socks (2010)
cipher
Megan Huffadine cipher (2011)
Cremorus Part III
Andy Leleisi'uao Cremorus Part III (2011)
Valley
Callum Arnold Valley (2010)
Mandrill Monkey
Hannah Kidd Mandrill Monkey (2011)
Ochre Tiki
Dick Frizzell Ochre Tiki (1998)
Scallop Bowl
Ann Robinson Scallop Bowl (2010)
Tendril (Orange) (2011)
Christine Cathie Tendril (Orange) (2011)
Old Flames II
Simon Edwards Old Flames II (2002/11)
Banded Stone [JE33]
John Edgar Banded Stone [JE33] (2011)
Lilburn
Garry Currin Lilburn
Piripiri
Karl Maughan Piripiri (2007)
Glass Crucible [14336]
Paul Mason Glass Crucible [14336] (2010)
I Love Wine
Dick Frizzell I Love Wine (2010)
Jug No. 2 - Hotel Aotearoa
Christine Thacker Jug No. 2 - Hotel Aotearoa (2010)
DECK - Ten of Spades
Neil Dawson DECK - Ten of Spades (2010)
Doctor #1
Darryn George Doctor #1 (2011)
Make Time
Graham Bennett Make Time (2010)
PATIKITIKI PIXELLED^2
Peata Larkin PATIKITIKI PIXELLED^2 (2011)
Lake Wakatipu
Michael Hight Lake Wakatipu (2010)
Te Turituri (the Threat) #2
Evelyn Dunstan Te Turituri (the Threat) #2 (2011)
Non Vocal Dawn Chorus Vol. IV
Paul Martinson Non Vocal Dawn Chorus Vol. IV (2011)
Glass Crucible [14339]
Paul Mason Glass Crucible [14339] (2010)
Murrine Patu [12376]
Luke Jacomb Murrine Patu [12376] (2007)
Beneath Bowen Falls To Mitre Peak, Fiordland 2000
Wayne Barrar Beneath Bowen Falls To Mitre Peak, Fiordland 2000 (printed 200)
Pretty Horses
Rebecca Harris Pretty Horses (2010)
Princess Juliana
Philip Kilmore Princess Juliana (2011)
Ginger Beer
Reuben Paterson Ginger Beer (2011)
Landscape Bowl
Ann Robinson Landscape Bowl (2009/12)
Blue Blazer
Simon Edwards Blue Blazer (2011)
Plain Song: Strawfield
J S Parker Plain Song: Strawfield (2007)
Banded Stone [JE34]
John Edgar Banded Stone [JE34] (2011)
Rapture I
Elizabeth Rees Rapture I (2008)
Too Much is Never Enough [14783]
Sue Hawker Too Much is Never Enough [14783] (2011)
Papa Spoon
Penny Stotter Papa Spoon (2006)
Old Boots
Dick Frizzell Old Boots (2011)
Glass Crucible [14790]
Paul Mason Glass Crucible [14790] (2011)
Apiti South
Karl Maughan Apiti South (2011)
Waiaro - Colville
Stanley Palmer Waiaro - Colville (2010)
Backlands
Bruce Hunt Backlands (2010)
Life Cycle Meeting Your Other
Nigel Brown Life Cycle Meeting Your Other (2004)
Cross
Martin Selman Cross (2010)
Curved Vase #3
Ann Robinson Curved Vase #3 (2009)
Flourish
Sue Hawker Flourish (2011)
Pohi #15
Darryn George Pohi #15 (2008)
Web
Penny Stotter Web (2008)
Bed In
Richard Orjis Bed In (2010)
Which Ever Way the Wind Blows
Reuben Paterson Which Ever Way the Wind Blows (2007/08)
Still Life for Keith and Ernie #8 [11-1-13]
John Parker Still Life for Keith and Ernie #8 [11-1-13] (2009-11)
Resonance
Peter James Smith Resonance (2006)
Intersection
Neal Palmer Intersection (2011)
Banded Stone [JE32]
John Edgar Banded Stone [JE32] (2011)
Night Store
Grahame Sydney Night Store (2002)
Glass Crucible [14785]
Paul Mason Glass Crucible [14785] (2011)
Field Study 193
Mike Petre Field Study 193 (2011)
Untitled (undated)
Robin White Untitled (undated)

Exhibition Text

In its second year, The Earl Street Journal brings together artworks that span a range of media and genres, highlighting the vision and skill of our artists.

New to milford galleries queenstown, Justin Boroughs paints beautifully refined landscapes that are a captured moment; evoking nostalgia for a half-remembered time and place. Philip Kilmore’s Princess Juliana also suggests a place outside time, his delicate floral subjects will remain unfading and the hillside villas glimpsed in the background hint at golden days gone by.

Unlike the singular moments of Boroughs and Kilmore, Callum Arnold’s paintings are a series of glimpses that coalesce into a landscape nuanced with possibilities. The divergent roads and layered hills of Valley contain a multiplicity of memories and suggest the passing of time rather than one fixed point.

The transitory nature of time is also a concern of sculptor Graham Bennett. Make Time, with its calibrated face and exacting construction, appears to measure out minutes with precision. This accuracy is belied however, by the work’s inexact counterbalance and imprecise weighting. Bennett wants us to think about how we spend our time, both as individuals and as a community – are we running out of time? If so, is there a solution?

Time has indeed run out for the sleeping huia in Paul Martinson’s Non Vocal Dawn Chorus Vol IV and the artist makes pointed comment about the ongoing extinction of our native birdlife in this work. Exquisitely rendered, his birds dream in a tranquil ‘trance-space’. Martinson is intrigued by ideas of the irrational subconscious and invites us to examine the relationships between what is ‘real’ and what is not.

Tranquil is not a descriptor that could be applied to Reuben Paterson’s exuberant Ginger Beer. His warped, glittering, floral pattern moves across the canvas with a barely contained energy, enhanced by a sharply-defined palette of brightest yellow, black and white. Likewise, Sue Hawker’s pate de verre Too Much is Never Enough takes the ‘more is more’ approach; this flowered vessel resonates with a ‘joie de vivre’ that can’t help but lift the spirits.

Fans of glass can enjoy works by, amongst others, Ann Robinson, Evelyn Dunstan and Emily Siddell while collectors of works on paper can take their pick from Stanley Palmer, Nigel Brown, Penny Stotter and Dick Frizzell. Be challenged by Richard Orjis’ attention-grabbing Bed In or let your eyes linger on the lush oils of Simon Edwards.

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