"Making a Meal of It."New Zealand printmaker Barry Cleavin returns with a witty 'meal' that some may not be able to swallow.
For Others in this series, click on Cleavin in the label line below this post.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
It's a Sign!
Two SignsOne Stunning Jewellery Studio
LURE
One of My Favourite Dunedin Places
A Treasure Trove of Exquisite Contemporary New Zealand Jewellery.
May 2010. Ajr
Monday, June 7, 2010
Rust.
I know nothing about this building but it caught my attention when I was out walking around Civic Square in Wellington on Friday. It's located in behind the City Gallery - perhaps it's actually part of the gallery? I love the way its 'rusted' construction is reflected in the undulating glass of the Wellington Library next door and the striking contrast of rust against bright blue sky. This image does look much better full size and in detail - but I guess you had to be there. Shadows & Reflections
On a recent tour of Otago Museum in Dunedin, I was stopped in my tracks by this wonderful - almost Zen-like - interplay of shadow and reflection.A lovely upstairs space in an excellent museum.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Unexpected Bedfellows
I love it when words 'collide' in a city scape - unexpected partnerings that would never occur anywhere other than in massed city signage. I photographed this little collection on the side of a building in Wellington's Woodward Street yesterday.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Phil Price - Another View
A Different Perspective on Phil Price's sculpture featured in the post below.If you'd like to see more of Price's work click on Phil Price in the label line below.
Capital Sculpture
With yellow gingko leaves fluttering along Lambton Quay yesterday, I couldn't resist a stop to photograph this sculpture - Protoplasm - by Christchurch sculptor, Phil Price, July 2002, dwarfed by the splendid old MLC Building. I do love the way the Wellington Sculpture Trust and Wellington City Council have collaborated so conscientously to install sculptures all around the city. It makes for some delightful surprises as you wander the streets. www.wellingtonnz.com From the Food Files
Lunch at BacchusDunedin
A great spot to sit upstairs, overlooking the Octagon.
Excellent menu
Great Tastes
Lively Environment.
May 2010. Ajr
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Wellington Waterfront by Night
I'm currently in Wellington - and loving it - as always.It's my favourite New Zealand city.
And last night, I went for a wander, just on dusk/nightfall, around the waterfront behind the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
The two shots above are details of Te Papa's architecture.
And Speaking of Wildlife ........
New Zealand Sea LionsPhotographed at Porpoise Bay (top) in the Catlins
and Sandfly Bay on Otago Peninsula
May 2010. Ajr
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Rear Lights
Once a display window for a department store in Dunedin's Octagon, this structure behind Dunedin Public Art Gallery was converted into additional exhibition space in 1996, when the old DIC store was transformed into the city's new art gallery. It's now a showcase for objects and images created by contemporary New Zealand artists. It's handily located right next to one of my favourite little Dunedin cafes, Mazagram, in Moray Place, who have set up some of their tables in front of the window. This work, which took my fancy in a big way on a grey Dunedin day, is "Jacob's Ladder," by Karyn Taylor - fluorescent lights, lighting gels and electronics, 2010. www.dunedin.art.museum Barry's Provocative Unpublished Minutes - 94
"At and Industry 2"
Once more for Barry Cleavin, one of New Zealand's leading printmakers.
Monday, May 31, 2010
More from Otago Peninsula
Three more views on Otago Peninsula on an idyllic May day.The skies were blue, the waters still, the reflections perfect.
May 2010. Ajr
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Beach Highlights - The Catlins
The last two days in the South Island have seen major flooding, sleet, hail, rain, snow, yet just a few days ago, this is what I was experiencing in the far southeast of the South Island in that blissfully remote and rugged region called The Catlins. The weather was perfect - all the better to show off the many beautiful beaches that most of New Zealand seems to be unaware of. The beach/estuary above is at Papatowai, just down from the tiny community that boasts one of only two stores in the whole of the Catlins - a stretch of land close to 180km long. Understandably, the population swells every summer as holidaymakers descend upon this beautiful spot.
And then there is Tautuku Bay (above). I stopped (like hundreds of people a year), at Florence Hill Lookout to look dpown on this stunning crescent of golden sand. There's no road into the beach - just a walking track through bush - and the owners of the cluster of little cribs on the far green headland (not visible in this shot), access their dwellings with tractors and 4WDs across the Tautoko River at low tide. Back in the old days, there was a whaling station and quite a community on the headland.
Curio Bay in the south of the Catlins is a different kettle of fish - not so much a spectacular beach as a rugged, swirling kelp forest that surges over the rocky tidal platforms with every wave. This is where you'll find a fossilised forest, clearly visible in the rock platform at low tide. Thought to be 160 million years old, it's one of the iconic attractions of the Catlins.
I loved this sign on the headland that separates Curio Bay from the calm sweep of Porpoise Bay (below). Such an understatement, given that the land drops away into the unwelcoming ocean below.
And Porpoise Bay may have been my favourite. This is the view I woke up to from my motel room - just a few metres from the sand, in the company of sea lions. The bay is 'home' to a large pod of rare Hector's dolphins in summer, known to come very close to swimmers. Perhaps the best thing of all about the Catlins beaches is the absence of people. Even in summer when the so-called 'crowds' come in, you can still have entire bays and long beaches entirely to yourself. This was my first trip down the Catlins for ten years and so much has changed in that time. For a start, most of the roads were gravel last time I drove down; now the entire main road is sealed, and even many of the off-shoots are sealed. I guess that's a good thing from a motorist's point of view, but me? I prefer the gravel and the sense of discovery that comes with venturing down remote, narrow, twisting, steep roads to pretty bays that feel as though they have been forgotten by all but the abundant wildlife.Thursday, May 27, 2010
The Collectors - 13
A Growing CollectionOf Early Crown Lynn Vases
Populating Shelf Space
May 2010. Ajr.
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