Artists

Monday, 24 June 2013
Josie Ann Park can paint you even better!

Today, I want to write about another talented artist, Josie Ann Park. She is a lovely English rose who has been living in New Zealand for almost 40 years.  I've known her for almost three years now.

Josie has been painting for a number of years and has emerged as a life art painter, with particular interest in portraiture. “Faces fascinate me. Whatever I do, I always come back to the faces”, and she does her job brilliant I can say.

Her natural talent and enjoyment of painting the life form, along with encouragement from her artist husband, bird painter Gary Roberts, has taken her painting from strength to strength. 

You know, when someone teaches you how to do some art things, you have to have a basic talent first, otherwise you will end up in a hole! So, she's definitely got an amazing talent in painting faces.

The most adorable thing about Josie, she will always listen to your idea; What do you have in  your mind, how do you want your face painted, what flowers do you want on your canvas, etc. Something that all artists should do when they take a commission to do;  listen to what their customers want, without limiting your creativity. Just my opinion :-)

So, here are some of her arts:

"Setting Free" oil on canvas unframed 770 x 380mm

"Dance to the Calla" oil on canvas unframed 770 x 380mm

Josie’s preferred medium is oil. She takes a commission too! So, if you think to have yourself or family painted on a canvas, you better ask her to do it.  For more photos of her paintings, you can click her Facebook fanpage


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Monday, 17 June 2013
Gary Roberts, the most talented artist in NZ

Gary Roberts is the most talented realism artist I've ever known. I met him in personal in the late 2010, and been his big fan since then. 

According to wikipedia, realism in the arts may be generally defined as the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality, and avoiding artistic conventions, implausible, exotic and supernatural elements. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(arts))

With over 30 year’s experience. He has concentrated on still-life, native and other birds, and other subjects from the area on which he lives, on black canvases, overlooking the Manukau Harbour in Auckland.

Here are some of his brilliant paintings:

The Rigging 

amongst the branches

Driftwood by Moonlight

Branching Out

Pot of Gold

On the wire

Can you see all the amazing details he did? It's incredible, isn't it? In 2012, he won Clifton Art Prize, Auckland NZ, and he was one of top 10 Artist around the world finalist. Well done Gary! 

Clifton Art Prize 2012

Yes, he is indeed a very talented artist like I said. He had achieved all these awards: 

1994 Telecom  finalist in the phone book awards
2004 Quantas awards  reach the top 2 finalists
2010 Walker & Hall finalist
2010 Walker & Hall  peoples Choice award
2010 ICC Cricket art prize - finalist
2012 Cliftons art awards - finalist  - WON Auckland region

For more artworks, you can click on this link: http://www.garywroberts.vc.net.nz/