South Africa Inspiration

South Africa speaks to my soul. Inundated with endless inspiration that I am busy tapping into by immersing myself in its vibrant elements! The surf, the beaches, the mountains, the fynbos in its tremendous variety, wild life.. the capricious wind and weather of Cape Town with its daily metamorphosis and spectacular and intense displays of nature.. Well I cannot get enough and am finding it necessary to pull myself from the surf, hang my mountain bike up, and force myself into the studio in order to turn some of those inspiring absortions and extractions into something visual!

Dias.. putting inspiration into view





Over 9,000 different species of Fynbos florish in the Western Cape..

I've got my work cut out for me!

My garden studio looks onto the surrounding mountains where believe it or not I watch baboons play on the hill sides all throughout the day.

Along with my South Africa emergance, I am being kept very busy with commissions and creating new work for galleries in New Zealand and upcoming exhibitions and competitions. The "New Zealand Art Show" and the "Emerging Artist Awards" approaching quickly with July.

"Tiro Whites"

Piha is Paradise

Well things are getting very busy! As I am travelling and painting in South Africa currently, and the committments and opportunities increase around the world.

May approaches with the Original Art Sale in Auckland, and Featured Artist at the West Coast Gallery. The Emerging art Awards and the New Zealand Art Show not far behind, as well as preparing for a Solo exhibition in Cape Town and accepting international commissions. Presently there are not enough hours in the day!

But the mobile studio is coming together and my brain is flooded with inspiration, so no shortage of material for the demand.

My new website is under construction and will be available for viewing soon!

In the meantime my work can be found at West Coast Gallery, The depot Art Space, and more recently the Abundance Gallery. Also dates and venue details coming soon for all my upcoming events.

Abundance Gallery

Works at Arataki

December 2010 - Feb 2011

A selection of works from my continuing West Coast series

All works for sale

Nestled in the heart of the Waitakere Ranges is the Arataki visitor centre. A stopping point for anyone passing through, attracting up to 1000 visitors per day. Estabished to educate and inspire those who come to spectate and enjoy the incredible natural beauty of the area.

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!

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