Waitakere Trust Art Awards

2010

24th Annual Art Exhibition

November 5th - 14th
Presented by WCCAC & The Trusts

Opening Night and award ceremony of the Waitakere Trust Art Awards presented many magnificent pieces entered by exceptional artists locally and across the nation.

I was honoured to accept the award for 'Merit Landscape' as the quality of work in the exhibition was impressive making it truly a competition.

My work "Looking into Whites"

120cm x 100cm

Acrylic and oil on canvas

Judges comments: Looking into Whites

"If Dali had been born on the west coast of NZ his early work could have looked like this. It has a surreal dramaticism, yet with a true naturalists' eye for the writhing Ti-tree and wind bent Kanuka. There is the primal unknown/mystery of the bush echoed forebodingly in the menacing storm horizon."

For those of you that missed my successful opening for "WESTSCAPES" do not worry... Exhibition runs for two more weeks, finishing on September 2nd. All are welcome to stop by the gallery anytime to view the exhibition. Depot Art Space, 28 clarence street Devonport. Gallery open Mon 12-5, Tues-Sat 10-5, and Sun 10-4

West Scapes

By Carrie Ade

August 21st – September 2nd Alterspace Gallery

Through her work Carrie Ade strives to inspire appreciation for the beautiful intricacies of the landscape. Her depictions present the dramatic viewpoints of the ever changing colours and contours of the rugged and impressive Waitakere ranges and west coast beaches. Carrie has a strong passion for conservation and the preservation of the native forest and bush land and her works demonstrate the natural beauty of the region in all of its unmanicured and undisrupted grandeur.

The past three months have been busy busy..
Success at Auckland's Original Art Sale, the largest annual art show in New Zealand.
Followed by the Emerging Art Sale at Alaxandra Park and the New Zealand Art Show in Wellington. And several gallery group exhibition.. I am very happy to report that I have sold work at all!!

And now this Saturday, August 21st the opening for

"West Scapes"

my solo exhibition at the Depot Art Space in Devonport.

Cheese and wine opening 3 - 4:30pm 28 Clarence st Devonport

Months and months of work, finally materialising before the public eye!

A sneak preview of the works hung :

WestScapes
Art by
Carrie Ade

Through these works I aim to inspire the viewer to connect with their natural surrounds and appreciate the beautiful intricacies of the landscape . My depictions of the native landscape seek to captivate and infuse the onlooker to engage with nature by presenting dramatic viewpoints of our ever changing coastlines and forests, emphasizing the native foliage, contours, shadows and colours .
The colours I have used and images depicted are extracted from the impressions I have retained from my daily wanderings in and around the west coast beaches of Auckland and primarily my home in Piha. Through a spectrum of deep blues , greys and greens, I endevour to demonstrate the power of the weather, the beauty of the regenerating native bush and the impressiveness of the landscape.

I work in the style of exaggerated realism using a combination of acrylic and oil paints to represent the volcanic hills and mountians and headlands which are continuously being shaped by the constant exposure to raw elements.
These pieces depict only the native flora to New Zealand. I am deeply passionate about preserving the native forest and bushland and strive to demonstrate the natural beauty of the region in all of its unmanicured and undisrupted grandeur.

Time is moving quickly toward this month's exhibition: The Original Art Sale in Auckland. This is an anual event and Auckland's largest art sale for which I am honoured to have had my work selected.

I was very impressed with the amount and scale of work which was packed to the rafters of the exhibition receiving room when delivering my pieces for the sale. This will be an incredible event, displaying the work of over 400 selected and very talanted artists. Worth taking a look for certain! checkout details for the

Original Art Sale

June 25-27

Telstra Pacific Events Centre

http://www.theoriginalartsale.co.nz/details.htm

I am also still very busy preparing for my up coming solo exhibition at Depot Art Space

and The New Zealand Art Show in Wellington.

To make a career out of my Art is what I truly aim for, but is a fine balance indeed to have something you love to do and remain loving it when you have to do it everyday!

keeping the love

Carrie Ade

exhibiting works at the

Original Art Sale

upcoming next weekend

June 25 - 27 2010

Auckland's largest art sale!

check out the details on

http://www.theoriginalartsale.co.nz/

The Original Art Sale, Auckland's largest art market, and is now back for a fourth year at TelstraClear Pacific, Maukau City. Over 1,400 artworks by more than 400 New Zealand artists will be available for sale at the massive 3 day event.

'Rare Day - Piha'

Commissioned Piece

' Karekare - Through the Gap'

completed and ready to go

Looking ahead to group exhibitions:

'The NZ Art Show' in Wellington and 'The Original Art Show' in Auckland

Solo Exhibition

at

Depot Art Space in Devonport, Auckland

Opening August 21st 2010

With a few group and solo exhibitions coming up quickly with the southern hemisphere winter, aswell as a large commission piece, I am doing my best to discipline myself to work into the night.

You can also now find me working at Depot Art Space in Devonport on fridays.

"Whites Beach"
Sold this weekend from West Coast Gallery

Living in New Zealand has brought new inspiration to my love of landscape. I live surrounded by the magnificence of the wild west coast of the north island with its black sand beaches and volcanic mountain ranges gemmed with its waterfalls and last remaining ancient trees.

My recent work strives to accentuate the natural elements of the coastline, expressing the moods of the ever changing weather and highlighting the flora in all its naive grandure.

It is my aim to inspire the onlooker into a greater appreciation for the natural wonders that exist around our everyday lives yet so easily are neglected of acknowledgement or taken for granted. It is important for people to stay connected to nature and remove the devides that are created by our busy lives, and the immersion into the stresses, oblgations, and demands of the urban environment.

It is rejuvinating and theraputic to the human spirit to engage in our natural surroundings, and enjoy the beauty that the world has to share with us.

About

my

Art

The world impresses me. The weather, the sea, flowing water, the mountains and forests and jungles which ornament the earth are from what I derive inspiration. I am captivated by shadows and light and the vibrant colours that surround our daily lives, and this infuses my work.

I do not work from photographs, but purely from my experiences observing and existing in my surroundings. The earth and its elements are always moving and growing and developing and in understanding this, I allow my canvas to be alive. I shape the colours and contours with moods and emotions evoked throughout the course of a work. I let my pieces metamorphosis, with a single painting free to move through storm and calm, across sea and land, night and day.

My work reflects my personal perspective of the world and the way that I look at things and experience life. I aim to express my gratitude and appreciation of the beauty and magnificence that life offers to everyone and to instil those feelings in others.



I work in a mixed medium of oil and acrylic predominately on larger scale canvas.
Working on a large scale allows me the presence to draw the eyes in, to enrapture the onlooker and imbue the emotions of grandeur and allurement that I experience when I view the world.