Er Well the previous exhibition didn't happen
because there was a dirty great big earthquake.
So whats a girl to do but paint!
The Huia painting 'Released Rairity '
was my way of riding aftershocks.
If you look closely you might be able to read the little poem I made up inscribed within the the gold ribbon.
This painting is currently hanging up at the Little River Gallery.

Released Rarity

‘There was a great cracking and shuddering and all of a sudden she came, out of the swirling mists of time released by the terrible rumbling, the colour of the very mist itself but for the fire glow upon cheeks and deep within her sharp eyes’.

This painting is of a prized albino Huia. The female Huia has a curved beak. I’ve imagined this Huia released by the Canterbury earthquake that occurred during the creation of this painting and inspired its development (after I’d tidied up the mess in my studio, created by the quake)

K.Perano September 2010

Next exhibition 'Inspired Links' to be in Christchurch

It's still all go here in my wee studio with another exhibition on the horizon,
hot on the heels of the current exhibition.
"whew"
Hey but it's all good stuff, hope to see you there.

'Show & Tell' exhibition

The current art works in the 'Show & Tell' exhibition at the Little River Gallery,

have been created to illustrate the treasures of our New Zealand wildlife & history.

They are also a commentary on the drastic loss of both, which are fading into obscurity, like an old portrait.

It has been said that “We ignore our past at our peril”

. And same goes for ignoring the fate of our wildlife.

I believe that if New Zealander's knew, that approx 80% of our wildlife (bird, fish, insect, sea mammal and so on) are either, Rare, Vulnerable or Endangered, they would be as shocked as I have been.

They would ask " how the hey, did that happen?"

So instead of getting all emotional about this, I'm trying to address this issue by using visual education, similar to what we've seen with the kiwi (who has some great publicists).

I want to help people to “get to know the 'natives”, (along with their various degrees of fragility.)

I confess that I'm also enjoying creating these personality portraits of creatures with a yarn to tell.

As a child I wanted to be a zoologist and I have a fascination for anything old especially with a story attached.

So I suppose it's natural that this mix has created the kind of work that's coming out of me now.

Much of our wildlife is in desperate need of publicity.

I can see that I will have many more characters to learn about, research & create and paint and print.

As I live on the Banks Peninsula I will continue to have good use for my grandfather’s binoculars.

Just a wee taste of what's to come

I thought I'd show you a wee snippit example of recent work
that'll be in the exhibition
at the awesome Little River Gallery
14th of August 2010.
Yeah I know it's a few months away yet, but hey I thought I'd 'blog' while the iron was hot.
Closer to the time I twil surely have turned into a very busy creature indeed.

"Good grief has it been that long!?"

I thought I'd introduce you to a portrait of two characters
that i throughtly enjoyed painting.