Art Appreciation at the Auckland City Art Gallery

I finally had a chance to visit the newly renovated and enlarged Auckland City Art Gallery a couple of weeks ago when I went to the Imagenation Photographic conference.
 It is now  a light filled and modern place with beautiful views.
The galleries are large and accommodating for the works.

 I have always loved Fine Art Photographer, Fiona Pardington's work, most of which I  have only ever  seen in books.
It was great to be able to view this particular creation in real life.

Following are other artworks I really liked as well.
I was amazed that they let people take photos, well done, excellent PR and a rare  thing for a public art gallery to do.

                                        Bill Hammond

     Richard Killeen

     Rosalie Gasgoine

 

    Rosalie Gasgoine

 

I didnt take down

the names

 

of these

 

other

 

artists

 

which was

 

naughty

 

so if any are

 

living and they

 

see this post, I apologise.

If you build up an image diary of the type of art work you like;  you can see where your own work fits in.
You will  perhaps notice re-ocurring motifs and concepts, probably even colour tones and layouts.


Inspiration for work can be found everywhere, it's a matter of taking the time to see.

Creativity Quotes
Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. (H. Jackson Brown, Jr.)

This was one of those special occasions when I could actually feel the inner appreciation of the beauty of the moment passing like an electric current through the brush in my hand. (Prince Charles)

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Wingspan Birds of Prey Trust, Paradise Valley, Rotorua New Zealand

 Portfolio entry  of 10 related photographs  for Southern Institute Advanced  Digital Photographay paper.

Meet Fran at Wingspan . You can get up really close and personal

to some magestic raptors

 and talk to the trainers, (introducing Noel) who really care about these

 endangered birds.

                                     Falcons flying are difficult to capture

but shots of them gulping pieces of rabbit  meat

and sitting on fences scouting for prey

 or perching on shoulders are available for the taking.

                  Whisper  the Morepork is a gentle presence in the aviary and an excellent little surrogate  mother. 

         

So if you haven't been to Wingspan yet, you should go. 

Take your camera, get photographed with a raptor on your head or shoulders. 

Have a fun day out in the fresh country air. 

Go home and get creative. 

 Quote of the day

“The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.” Sun Tzu quotes