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"Concerning Elephants and Rooms"

Another image from leading New Zealand printmaker, Barry Cleavin.

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"Anatomy of a Horse"

Another work in the ongoing series by one of New Zealand's leading printmakers, Barry Cleavin of Christchurch

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"Avian Chimney Dweller"

Another work from leading New Zealand printmaker, Barry Cleavin.

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"Arms Race According to Rorsarch"

Another work in the ongoing series, by one of New Zealand's leading printmakers, Barry Cleavin

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"A Glimpse into the Pigeon Hole"

One more from renowned New Zealand printmaker, Barry Cleavin.

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"A FLAG: Brisbane Construction Site With Crows."

Another work in the ongoing series from Christchurch-based printmaker, Barry Cleavin. Click on tabs below to see others in the series

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"A Few People Dropping in For Lunch"

Another in the series of works from one of New Zealand's leading printmakers. See others by clicking on tabs below.

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"A Magpie Called Icarus"

Another work from Christchurch-based printmaker, Barry Cleavin.

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"All The King's Horses"

Here's another in the ongoing series of images from Barry Cleavin, one of New Zealand's top printmakers. Click on tabs below to see others in this now-extensive series.

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"Lear and Foss"

Another in the ongoing series from leading New Zealand printmaker, Barry Cleavin. To see his many other offerings, click on Cleavin in the label line below

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"Let Loose the Dogs of War"

Another offering from leading New Zealand printmaker, Barry Cleavin. For many more diverse observations in this ongoing series, click on Cleavin in the label line below.

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"A Rough Day For the Dogs"

At home or out in the wider world, leading New Zealand printmaker, Barry Cleavin is never short of a wry observation. For more in this ongoing series, click on Cleavin in the label line below.

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"TRAGEDY"

Welcome back Barry Cleavin - One of New Zealand's leading printmakers who is never afraid to share his often 'biting' observations. For more in this ongoing series, click on Cleavin in the label line below.

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"Some Things Matter, Some Things Don't."

Leading New Zealand printmaker, Barry Cleavin casts his creative eye over the state of the country. For more in this continuing series, click on Cleavin in the label line below.

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"Fat Cats Rule"

More from one of New Zealand's leading printmakers, Barry Cleavin - always willing to share his wry observations of the world we live in. For more in this series, click on Cleavin in the label line below.

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"A Man-Eating Crow"

After a considerable interlude, we return to the lively submissions from one of New Zealand's top printmakers. Stayed tuned for more - or, click on Cleavin in the label line below to see the many earlier offerings.

Dogs on a Window - An Artist's View

The Christchurch earthquakes have affected the city's residents in multiple ways. I've talked to many people about an inability to focus on work and a dearth of inspiration. Others have been swamped with creative ideas, others have changed course completely. All that of course, is particularly apt within the artist community. Artists I've spoken with in the last sixteen months have all found different ways of coping with the unreliable earth and its impacts on their normal creative routines.

This featured set of drawings is courtesy of one of New Zealand's best known and most highly regarded printmakers, Barry Cleavin, who, for a spell, changed tack completely - away from his plates and his usual cocktauil of etching acids in face of a shaking world, to the safety of his sketchbook and the whimsy of a family dog called Milo.

Recently, Cleavin was invited to make his mark on the windows of Ng Gallery, as part of their celebratory event to announce that they were once again 'a going concern' after the strengthening of their building and re-opened access to the rear of their premises. The drawings were fashioned in felt marker pens. If the viewer moved about the images, the dog ( Mr Milo G, a Manchester Terrier, of Dunedin), occupies different parts of the earthquake damaged vista on the Red Zone side of the boutique gallery.

"So. Milo climbs down the building, jumps buildings and he and his shadow use the broken parts of the city as a playground."

It's a delightful collection and already, parts of the damaged city shown beyond the windows - the Grand Chancellor Hotel for instance - have been (or are being) consigned to history. And when Milo finally comes up from Dunedin to visit, much of what he could see from his window vantage point, will be completely gone.

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"Monument and Pedastal."

The latest in our ongoing series of prints from one of New Zealand's leading printmakers, Barry Cleavin.

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"Track Pack."

This week's addition to the ongoing series of prints from one of New Zealand's leading printmakers, Barry Cleavin. To see others in the series, click on Cleavin in the index line below.

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"Mondrian."

We've had a bit of a break from our Barry Cleavin print series, but today we're kicking off again. For others in this now long, ongoing series, click on Cleavin in the index line below this post.