Laura's paintings at Gallery On Blueskin
"Harlequin" by Laura Gregory. This framed acrylic painting is just over 4 feet high (1.2 m) high.
The gallery overlooks Blueskin Bay (from which it derives its unusual name), and is located in the old Waitati post office building. In addition to the main building that forms the principal gallery space, there is a small separate building in a courtyard area that once housed the telephone exchange. This exchange building is ideal for solo shows and other special events.
"A love Token" by Laura Gregory,this framed acrylic painting is just over 4 feet high (1.2 m).
"Harlequin Mask" by Laura
"Sun" by Laura
"Winter Tree" by Laura
Jonathon Yeldon, a young artist at his first solo show held in the old telephone exchange room.
In the main building, there is other work on display!
Teapots by Marion Mewburn.
One of the nice features of the gallery is that there are good areas outside to display sculpture.
Copper sculpture by John Mayne.
Kiwi by Chris Meder, a local Dunedin sculptor who uses recycled scrap metals to make animal forms.
An owl (NZ Morepork) by Chris MederI love that Morepork! I have put most of these photos on the blog at fairly high resolution, so you should be able to click on them and see a bit more detail.
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Nice to hear from you. Thanks for the info about the website, I had in fact just discovered it a night or two before, it is amazing isn't it! Astonishing what some people do with these glazes. Just soooooo much to learn! I have joined the crystal glaze forum that William Melstrom administers. http://s3.excoboard.com/crystal Fantastic group of people and interesting work.
It turns out that there is a conference and exhibition of international crystal glazed work in Dunedin Florida next year, late March - May. I am really tempted to try to get over for it. (from Dunedin to Dunedin... isn't that amazing!) It would be the sort of exhibition that would never get to this part of the world, and would be great to meet up with other people working in this field.
I will be firing some more crystal glazed pots tomorrow.
Hello Angie,
Laura wore the Harlequin Rainbow Mask at a wearable art show earlier in the year. It is really beautiful. I love Chris Meder's work, it is exciting to see what can be done with recycled metal.
The metal work is great -- but I love those teapots too!
Thanks for all the wonderful inspirational photos!
Hi Linda, it is amazing how often some of us seem to be doing similar things at different sides of the world! Now I discover that you live close to Dunedin too! Our Dunedin is about half an hour South of us. I think that the crystal glaze thing at Dunedin Florida will be the same time as the NCECA. It would be a real joy to be able to visit you if I do come over :)
I remember the show, when laura wore her Arlequin mask. I love her paintings "si originales et colorées".
I love the NZ owl, I am probably still in the feeling of Bernard Leach, and so........the tea-pots........humm. I love your pots.
Je suis très contente pour vous deux, que vous exposiez dans cette galerie, super exposition. Bonne réussite et bonnes ventes.
Blue skin sounds so nice, here it is the name of a shark : "peau bleu".
Bye bye see you
European settlers called the bay at Waitati, "Blueskin Bay", because the Maori people there had a lot of traditional Maori tattooing (Ta moko) on their bodies.
Bye for now, P, L, G, & NS
Love the paintings and your pots for the exhibition!
I like the quietness of the bottle- then again I have a thing for bottles- quiet grandness!
We looked at a lot of crystalline pottery in a shop in Maine but it was very commercial- no soul to the work at all.
Left me felling cold.
Not like your pots which I find full of life!