New Exhibition: Bringing the Outside In

New Exhibition: Bringing the Outside In

The first open exhibition for the Academy's 2009 year featuring new works by guest artists Erik Omundsen and botanical artist Sue Wickison.

Sue’s style of painting is very slow and meticulous, working in the traditional watercolour discipline, capturing the details and nuances of colour in various plants.

Following a degree in Scientific Illustration, Sue spent nine years as a Botanical Illustrator with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of the foremost botanical institutions in the world.

Sue was especially commissioned by the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network to do a painting to be used as an annual award recognising outstanding conservation work by individuals. Sue was also awarded a gold medal in London recently for a body of work painted in the traditional botanical illustration style on the fascinating plant group Arisaema.

She is now turning her attention to some more contemporary pieces of work.

Erik Omundson studied art and architecture at Montana State University USA. He has spent over 15 years with clay and now lives and works at Driving Creek Railway & Potteries.

Erik digs all his own clays and fires with wood, and his process of nurturing the clay into large forms is quite spectacular.

Artworks from many other established and emerging New Zealand artists will also be on display.

The Academy Galleries are open from 10am until 5pm seven days of the week during all public exhibitions and entry is free.

For more information on the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, membership, gallery and function hire please visit www.nzafa.com.

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