Otago Access Radio Fundraising Art Auction 6PM 23 March:
Invitation:
Otago Access Radio Fundraising Art Auction 6PM 23 March:
In support of 'Youth Zone' on 105.4FM & 1575AM Wednesday 23 March at 6pmat the Community Gallery, 20 Princes St, Dunedin
Invitation to You to The Community Gallery:
Otago Access Radio and the Otago Community Broadcasters Society warmly invite you to a fundraising art auction in support of 'Youth Zone' - free training and airtime opportunities for young people aged 7-22 years.Notable Artists Work on Offer:
Included are more than 70 works by the likes of Jeffrey Harris, Ewan McDougall, Heather Dunckley, James Robinson, Anne Baldock, Janet de Wagt, Manu Berry, David Corbalis, Robert Scott, Jan Ingram, Emma Milburn and many other established and emerging local artists.This is a great opportunity to buy quality artworks at an attractive price, and to support a worthy cause.
Works on Display from Saturday 19 March:
All works will be on display at the Community Gallery, 20 Princes St from Saturday 19 March (gallery hours 10am-5pm). Book bids will be accepted.Hoping to see you there!
See Images on the following link:
http://www.esplinart.com/news/64/Otago-Access-Radio-Fundraising-Art-Auction-6PM-23-March
Ron Esplin releases a new Book "A Portrait of Europe"
Ron Esplin's new book "A Portrait of Europe":
Subtitled an artist's view of the European Continent, Ron has travelled extensively having visited 65 countries around the World to date. Ron has focussed this book on Europe in particular, representing 14 countries with 62 watercolour paintings over 20 pages.Countries represented are Scotland, Ireland, and England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Greece, Turkey, Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina.
Order "A Portrait of Europe" from the website and get FREE Postage and Packing:
The book measures 200mm x 200mm, is a talking point on the coffee table, and hopefully stirs memories of your own European experiences or inspires you to extend them.If you order the book from the website I will send it to you for the introductory price of $28 and include FREE Postage and Packing throughout New Zealand.
Follow the Link to see images of the book cover, and some of the content of "A Portrait of Europe":
http://www.esplinart.com/news/63/Ron-Esplin-releases-a-new-Book-A-Portrait-of-Europe
OAR Art Auction Invitation for Thursday 5 March at 6PM
OAR FM ‘Youth Zone’ Art Auction Thursday 5 March 2015:
Put this event into your diaries if you are in Dunedin on that date, it is our second Art Auction having held a successful Art Auction in 2013 and it is to be held at the Community Gallery in Princes Street on Thursday 5 March 2015 at 6pm with auctioneer Warwick Grimmer at the podium.In support of Youth Zone Programming on Otago Access Radio:
The auction is in support of Youth Zone Programming on Otago Access Radio and proceeds from the auction will support the continuation of OAR FM’s Youth Zone (weekdays 4pm-5pm) - where volunteers aged 8-22 years are provided free-of-charge with the broadcasting skills training, mentoring and airtime to make radio shows, by, for and about the young people of Dunedin and Otago.The event also supports local artists:
The event also supports local artists as 70% of sales is returned to artists who contribute, and we are delighted with the quality and caliber of the artists who are contributing.We have works by David Corballis, Alf Berland, Jenny Longstaff, Nic Dempster, Robert Scott, Heather Dunckley, Jacky Pearson, Janet de Wagt, Gillian Pope, and Pauline Bellamy to name a few of them.
I look forward to seeing you there for another great event.
Ron
Click on this link to see invitation image OAR FM �Youth Zone� Art Auction Thursday 5 March 2015:
MERRY XMAS and A THANK YOU OFFER
MERRY XMAS and ATHANK YOU OFFER:
Exclusive to Ron Esplin VIP Newsletter readers, as a thank you for your loyalty, purchase copies of "A Portrait of Otago" at the special price of $25 postage free in NZ, and receive a bonus 2015 Calendar plus an A4 signed print of the painting "Middlemarch" that features on the 2015 Calendar.Twenty pages in a soft cover in full colour:
"A Portrait of Otago", subtitled "A Personal View of the Region", is a soft cover book, ideal for postage, and measures 20cm x 20cm, (8 inches by 8 inches if you prefer).There are twenty pages in full colour and there is a biography on the back cover. I have refined the publication from my first editions, and this is the 2014 edition. It is now available directly from me through esplin.art@xtra.co.nz, or through the website at www.esplinart.com.
Offer closes January 31 2015.
View the full colour illustrated version of this letter by clicking on the following link.MERRY XMAS and A THANK YOU OFFER
Ron Esplin Painting Auctioned at Attitude Awards Benefits Canteen by $1100
Ron Esplin Painting Auctioned at Attitude Awards Benefits Canteen by $1100:
The 2014 Attitude Awards were held on the first of December at The Viaduct Events Centre.It was a glittering red carpet event attended by a crowd of 600 and presided over by Simon Dallow.
It was an evening filled with excitement and emotion when we celebrated the achievements of nominated Kiwis who live with disability.
Gala Dinner also marked World Disability Day:
The Gala dinner was punctuated by the awards ceremony, and world class singers and acts and it was no co-incidence that December the third was also World Disability Day.The evening was televised for broadcast on TV3 and among the nominees was my wife Julie who was one of three nominees for The Attitude Spirit of Attitude Award.
Julie was pipped at the post, but that did not detract from flying up to Auckland for a couple of days, staying in the swanky Sofitel Viaduct Harbour Hotel, and seeing my daughter Melanie and grandchildren.
Braille Art Work "OK" now owned by the Mad Butcher:
During the course of the evening, they auctoned my braille art painting "OK" for $1100 which I had donated, and the money went towards Canteen. The painting now graces the home of The Mad Butcher, whose wife Janice made the winning bid.Click on the link for images.
Ron Esplin Painting Auctioned ... rds Benefits Canteen by $1100
Ron Esplin Judges Geraldine Arts and Plants Art Exhibition
Ron Esplin judges the Geraldine Arts and Plants Art Exhibition:
The Annual Geraldine Arts & Plants Festival was held on 14th - 16th November 2014. It was a three day event including an Art and Photography Exhibition, a Boulevard Market on Friday and a Market Day on Saturday. The Geraldine Arts & Plants Festival was first set up in 1988 and has been going for over 25 years.A small group of volunteers work extremely hard from year to year to bring this huge event to Geraldine. An excellent gathering of superb craft and plant stalls on Friday and Saturday bring big crowds eager for bargains.
The winner of the Arts & Culture award 2006:
In 2006, it was the winner of the Arts & Culture award and in 2009 were given a Commendation of Arts & Culture at the Trustpower Community Awards.I am grateful to Feren Macintosh who co-ordinated the event, and invited me to be the judge of the art work.
It was a privelege and a pleasure to meet this hard working community and to be judge of the Art which embraced both paintings, multi-media and sculpture.
Very high quality work:
The quality of the work was very high, and the overall winner was "The Sherlock Holmes" by Richard Bolton, an outstanding watercolour of people outside an English Pub. The winner of the Sculpture section was a remarkable piece named "Felice" constructed from metal and wire by Annie Lambourne. Annie breathed life into this inanimate collection of bits and pieces to form a very life like cat.Images can be viewed by clicking on this link.
Ron Esplin Judges Geraldine Ar ... Arts and Plants Art Exhibition
A Palette of Poetry 2014
A Palette of Poetry By Ruth Arnison at the Community Gallery, Princes St. Dunedin
A Palette of Poetry is the 2014 Poems in the Waiting Room (NZ) “PoArtry” exhibition.31 artists have created 55 artworks in response to 44 poems written by Ruth Arnison (editor of Poems in the Waiting Room) over the last ten years.
Poems in the Waiting Room will take a small commission on all sales which will go towards the printing costs for future poetry cards.
Artists taking part are: Allan McMorran, Anne Bannock, Annie Lambourne, Brian Stewart, Cameron Monteath, Christine Spain, Ella Knapton, James Dignan, Janet de Wagt, Janie Porter, Jenny Longstaff, Jenny Mehrtens, Jo Keppel, Joanne Webber, John Holmes, Kate Williamson, Katy Buess, Kevin Dunkley, Lucy Mhoma, Lynn Taylor, Malene Reynolds Laugesen, Marilyn Andrews, Maxine Burney, Mike Bowden, Pauline Bellamy, Rob Piggott, Ron Esplin, Sharon Murcott, Sheryl McCammon, Sue Alderman, and Viviane Vagt.
The exhibition opened October 5 at 2pm, open daily from 10am - 5pm until its closure on October 19th at 3pm.October 19th 1.00pm - 2.15pm
Questions and Artists - Aaron Hawkins talks to some of the local artists about their exhibition work.
Contact Details: See apaletteofpoetry.wordpress.com for further information or email waitingroompoems@gmail.com
Click the link below for images:
A Palette of Poetry 2014
A Palette of Poetry 2014
Invitation to "A Portrait of Southland"
You are invited to the opening of "A Portrait of Southland":
A Portrait of Southland is a personal view of the Region in watercolour by Ron Esplin.The exhibition opens with an afternoon tea at 3PM on Saturday 12 July 2014 at the Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Road Green Island.
Why Southland?:
Southland is the most sparsely populated Southern region of New Zealand. It is famed for native bird sanctuaries and an untouched natural environment. A quarter of Southland's land area is protected as part of the Fiordland and Rakiura national parks, and conservation and sustainability projects are key activities.The largest city of Invercargill is a laid back town with a Scottish heritage but like the rest of Southland it takes a little while to learn to love. Other centres tend to be smaller such as Gore and Mataura, and many towns are quite rural and quaint such as Mataura, Riverton, Winton, and Tuatapere. But the region is at once charming and majestic. Charming as in the little fishing village of Cosy Nook for example, and majestic as in the towering Southern Alps to the West sheltering lakes such as Manapouri and Hauroko, the deepest lake in New Zealand.
"A Portrait of Southland" is also a book:
I have put together a twenty page book featuring 34 paintings and editorial about Southland and the subjects featured. Many of the original paintings are included in the exhibition, and the book will be available for sale at the Gallery.A Little Puzzle for you:
I compiled the book over some time, and when I came to the point of holding the exhibition with the assistance of Green Island Gallery Director Genny Hanning, I discovered that a number of paintings had been sold. What to do? Well for the first time in my life I decided to reproduce some of the paintings, a fascinating exercise and of course an impossible one. The puzzle is for you to see if you can pick out the paintings that I have reproduced. They are different, and original paintings in their own right and not too difficult to identify, but a fun exercise.Click on the link below to view the website invitation.
Invitation to "A Portrait of Southland"