Events Archives - Howick Art Group

Solo Room for OCTOBER 2022

September 27, 2022 By Howick2 Leave a Comment

Artist: Susan Wewege

Susan’s interest in painting stated with Donna Dewberry eight years ago. She made it look so easy and that’s why she decided to pick up a paint brush. For her, it’s all about the relaxation, I zone out and she is in her own world. This is purely a hobby and Susan doesn’t paint as often as she would like to. She hopes to have more time to paint in the near future.
Susan’s granddaughter (9 years) is also a little artist and loves to paint. They are spending a lot of time together, “Artie Smarties,” creating not only artwork but special moments and memories.

Susan has a really lovely exhibition and variety of works on display. See those below but you do have to visit the gallery to see so much more.

Call in on a Friday to meet her, or over the weekend to have a chat to one of the artists on duty and to also see the latest exhibition of some of our other Howick Art Group artist’s fine work and talent.

SEPTEMBER 2022 Monthly Meeting

September 27, 2022 By Howick Leave a Comment

NEXT MEETING: WEDNESDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2022
FENCIBLE LOUNGE, UXBRIDGE RD, HOWICK (NEXT TO THE HOWICK LIBRARY).

Demonstrating Artist: Karen Symons

President’s Letter

Hello members,

Our next club night will be held on Wednesday, 28th September with Karen Symons demonstrating her charcoal drawing technique. “It has been said that you can take a woman out of Africa, but you can’t take Africa out of the woman. I don’t set out to produce art about one subject or another, but I often end up painting something that reminds me of the land of my birth – South Africa. I have fond memories of the sights, the sounds, the smells and the vibrant colours.” You can learn more about Karen’s art on her website www.karensymonsart.co.nz.

Members and guests had a great time painting at the Plein Air Paintout at Whitford Village Green earlier this month. Thank you to Merv and Amanda for arranging this.

Dates for the Diary

Sunday, 25th September – Changeover at the Cottage Gallery

Sunday, 9th October – Oil Pastel and Gouache Workshop with John Heywood 10am to 3:30pm Uxbridge Art and Culture Centre, Studio 3
Registration form is at the cottage or please email Jennie Henry at jennieh458@gmail.com to secure your spot. Cost is $60. Please ensure those registering for this pay by Wednesday, 5th October.

Saturday, 12th November – Exhibition for members at Howick Information Centre during village
market. Set up will be the Friday afternoon before.

Wednesday, 23rd November – AGM and End of Year Party

Friday 2nd-Sunday 4th December – Exhibition for members at Bruce McLaren Village.
Friday, 2nd will be an opening cocktail night for artists and residents of the village.
Saturday and Sunday will be open to the public from 10am-3pm.

In other business, I am looking for someone competent in Word or Google Docs to take over formulating the newsletter each month. Maybe this could be something one of our newer members would like to help out with. Please let me know if you’re keen. I’d really appreciate the support.

Stay safe, and happy painting.

Elise De Silva

Our current 2022 committee members are:

President – Elise De Silva
Vice President – Merv Appleton
Secretary – Carina Sim-Smith
Treasurer – Liz Payne
Membership – Amanda Gleason
Art Programme – Jennie Henry
Gallery & Library – Janice Skinner

Off committee member is:
Website & Library – Wendy Oey

2022 WORKSHOPS & Weekly Thursday Workshop

April 11, 2022 By admin 1 Comment

A workshop will be held on Sunday, 8th May at from 10am-3pm at the Uxbridge Art Centre, Uxbridge Road, Howick. Siew Tan will paint/demonstate in Watercolour. Numbers are limited. You will be able to sign up and pay at our next Members Night or at Green Gables Gallery if there are still spaces.

A workshop on ‘Skies & Clouds’ with Jan Hart

A workshop using various techniques with Paul Deacon

A watercolour workshop with Claudia Slater

A watercolour workshop with Claudia Slaney

WEEKLY THURSDAY WORKSHOP @ 10am-1pm

Hello Members,

Just a reminder of our weekly painting sessions every Thursday from 10.00am – 1.00pm at the old Bucklands Beach Yacht Club hall. (This is not to be confused with the BBYC at Half Moon Bay)

For those of you who are unfamiliar with this venue, you will find it on Marine parade at Bucklands Beach, on the beach side of the road, where the road turns, between little Bucklands Beach, and the main beach. There is a car park and you can also park on the road outside.

We also incorporate still life drawing or painting, pastels, and any other medium of your choice.
“En plein air” weather permitting, as we have awesome views of the estuary to Rangitoto its a good reason to have an outdoor painting session, (or paint from the window) And if you are interested in learning about something or have an idea please let us know and we will try to accommodate you.
You are also free to bring along something you are working on, (you don’t have to participate in any group work) and get inspiration and feedback, or just come along for a chat, and meet fellow artists and exchange ideas.
Tea, coffee, and biscuits are provided.

This group will continue to mid-December before it recesses till the new year.

Elise De Silva
President

Other Events, Exhibitions | Competitions

December 11, 2021 By admin Leave a Comment

Howick Art Group Art Exhibition & Sale

Hi Everyone,

We are very lucky to have permission from the Howick Village Association to put up our tents and display our art at the Fencible Green (between the old Hammer Hardware and Wild Wheat) on Saturday, 18th December. This is a great opportunity to get exposure for the club and sell some paintings! It is the last Saturday before Christmas, and with the Howick Market back up and running, we are sure to get lots of people coming through. Please support this event by bringing along your artwork and easels. If you don’t have an easel, I’m sure someone can share with you. Tents will go up at 9am and pack up at 2pm. Please be prompt and it would be lovely to have volunteers to man the event. Barry and Niels will need help with the tents so they will need helpers.

If the weather is inclement, we will cancel.
Everyone must wear masks and follow social distancing etc.
Can’t wait to see you there.

Art events and exhibitions, both local and in the greater Auckland area, are entered at the artists own discretion.
Some are as follows:

Matakana Art Festival

A&P Royal Easter Show
McLeans College Art Sale
Corban Estate Art Exhibition

Original Art Sale
Franklin Art Exhibition
Snells Beach Art Festival

Mid Winter Exhibition 2021

April 18, 2021 By admin Leave a Comment

The Mid Winter Exhibition is held at the Fencible Lounge in July each year for four days from Thursday to Sunday. This is a members only exhibition. Exhibitors are required for 2-3 hourly roster duties during this exhibition.

New Classes for Midwinter
Things will be slightly different for our next Midwinter so we would like to give our members as much notice as possible. In short, we will be moving from medium based categories to genre based
categories.
The classes will be as follows:

Class 1. Landscape.
This includes Cityscapes, which covers our urban environment and architecture, it also covers farm
buildings and equipment, garden scenes, lakes, and rivers.
Class 2. Seascape and Marine.
This includes the ocean, ships, small boats, sail boats, coastal, beaches, harbours, wharves and
boatyards etc.
Class 3. Portraits.
This includes figurative work, and the human form studies.
Class 4. Still life.
This includes objects, floral arrangements, indoors or outdoors, pot plants etc.
Class 5. Abstract.
This covers contemporary, and modern art.
Class 6. Wild Life.
This covers all animal life including pets and bird life.

NB. We have dropped mixed media as this is included in any genre.

Reason for Change
One of the main purposes of the committee is to advance the group. All major exhibitions are moving towards this kind of categorisation, so your committee felt the Howick Art Group should align with the best. It doesn’t matter what medium is used; it is the genre that counts. When judging, you are looking at composition, tonal values, techniques used and what the artist is trying to say. In other words, it is the painting that counts. If we stick to medium, then it is all about how the artist used their particular medium etc. not the painting. We feel it is better and fairer grouping genres together as is the trend overseas.
If you have any questions, or are unsure which class to enter your work, please phone:

President, Elise De Silva 0273288760

1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 1 merit for each category
Overall Best in Show Award
People’s Choice (to be awarded at the end of the exhibition after the count of votes)

Entry forms come out with the June Newsletter

2021 Howick Art Group Mid Winter Exhibition Registration Form (copies are attached to your member’s June Newsletter, are available from Green Gables Art Gallery or also available at our June Club Night.)

2020 Mid Winter Exhibition – Competition Prize Winners
Watercolour
1st Prize David Szeto – Pine Harbour in Auckland, NZ
2nd Prize Neville Rider – Staithes Bec #4
3rd Prize Steve Dymond – Howick Market
1st Merit Mary Maxwell – Yellow Rose
Merit Louis Hsu – Tukutuku Valley

Dry Art
1st Prize Rick Julian – Mysterious
2nd Prize Jan Porritt – Reflections
3rd Prize Steve Dymond – Dog with a Hat
Merit Pamela Julian – Oyster Catcher Trio

Abstract
1st Prize Ken Tanner – Day at the Beach
2nd Prize Pat Neilson – Stop the World I want to get off
3rd Prize Val Lofthouse – A pleasing Palette
Merit Cecilia Liang – Forest

Mixed Media
1st Prize Lesley Keane – Old Season/New Season
2nd Prize John Heywood – Sunset Shelley Park
3rd Prize Mirene Gebbie – NZ Bird
Merit Dell Ruskell – This is Love

Oil
1st Prize Janice Skinner – Peaceful Morning
2nd Prize Carina Sim-Smith – Blush
3rd Prize Masami Ichikawa – First Feeling
Merit Mavis Huff – Edinburgh Castle

Acrylic
1st Prize Joan Hickman – Autumn Colours
2nd Prize Jess Kang – Muriwai
3rd Prize Joan Lu – Prince Charming
1st Merit Pam French – Pretty Little Poser 2nd
Merit Lesley Keene – Dry Old Barrier at Lockdown

Best in Show – David Szeto – Pine Harbour in Auckland, NZ

Exhibitions | Competitions

March 1, 2017 By admin Leave a Comment

HOWICK ART GROUP MID-WINTER EXHIBITION 20-23 July 2018 9am-4pm

Coming up is another excellent and inspirational exhibition by artists from the Howick Art Group. This judged exhibition is looked forward to every year and highlights the wonderful talent and creativity of our local artists of many different ages. The opening night for the Artists, associate members and their families and friends is for the presentation of prizes in six catergories for Oil, Acrylic, Watercolour, Mixed Media, Dry Art, and Abstract. There is also a Best In Show, and an opportunity for the public to choose People’s Choice.

The show is open to the public from Thursday 20 July- Sunday 23 July 9am-4pm. All art is for sale.

WINNERS:

Watercolour – 1st David Percival for ‘Hunuas from Waitawa’, 2nd Siew Tan for ‘Risk Fishing’, 3rd David Szeto for ‘Irises’, Merit Keith Galvin for ‘Chelsey Refinery’, Merit Mary Maxwell for ‘Cottage’.

Dry Art – 1st Gavin Chai for ‘Feeling Blue’, 2nd Wai Leng Ong for ‘Wide Awake’, 3rd Christine Lloyd for Maestro’s Hands’.

Abstract – 1st Rae McKeown for ‘Birds Eye View’, 2nd Ken Tanner for ‘Bamboo’, 3rd Pat Neilson for ‘Wheels within Wheels’.

Mixed Media – 1st Wendy Oey for ‘View from the Top’, 2nd Pam French for ‘Lonely Bellbird’, 3rd Wai Leng Ong for ‘Paua of Water’.

Oil – 1st Gavin Chai for ‘Under the Morning Sun’, 2nd David McArthur for ‘King of the Sky’, 3rd Mabel Heatherwick for ‘Night Sky 17’, Merit Marjorie Werner for ‘Harbour Inaction’, Merit David McArthur for ‘Nude’.

Acrylic – 1st Jan Porritt for ‘Emma’, 2nd Marjorie Werner for ‘Elle’, 3rd Joan Lu for ‘Andre Rieu’, Merit Merv Appleton for ‘Rock Study’, Merit Cecilia Liang for ‘Autumn’, Merit Lesley Keene for ‘Ladies Bay’.

OVERALL WINNER – BEST IN SHOW: Wendy Oey for ‘View From the Top’ Mixed Media

ROYAL EASTER SHOW 2017

Congratulations to all those members who won awards at the Royal Easter Show over Easter weekend. Twenty-four of our members entered work into the competition and eleven of those won awards. A wonderful achievement for our group. Many of those who entered also sold their paintings. Well done to you all.
Prize Winners

2nd Prize Raymond Hickey – Calm after Storm
3rd Prize Raymond Hickey – South Island Splendour
3rd Prize Gavin Chai – Portrait of Zeke
3rd Prize Gavin Chai – Afternoon Light
Merit Merv Appleton – Boat Shed Mt. Tarawera
Merit Merv Appleton – Evening Sail
Merit Sue Collyns – The King of the Forest
Merit Keith Galvin – Fleurs Place, Moeraki
Merit Mirene Gebbie – Kingfisher
Merit David McArthur – I Wish
Merit David McArthur – Nude in Egg Shell
Merit Jill McArthur – Sitting Pretty
Merit Mary Maxwell – Bald Eagle No1
Merit Pat Nielsen – Wheels within Wheels
Merit David Szeto – Gannet Beach Adventure
Merit David Szeto – Cathedral in Spain

BRUCE MCLAREN RETIREMENT VILLAGE ART SHOWCASE
Sat 17th & Sun 18th March 2018 10am-4pm

We are again holding an exhibition at Bruce McLaren Retirement Village starting Friday 16th March with a Cocktail Evening at 6 p.m. Open to public Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th 10am to 4pm. Encouraged by the success of this event last year we are happy that together with Bruce McLaren’s management, we are able to bring this event to fruition again.

A $200 Gift Basket will be provided by Bruce McLaren for a lucky draw with each entry voting for their favourite painting.
Free entry. Entries must be in by Sunday 11 March, limited to four paintings. Please note you must be a financial member to take place in this exhibition.

PAKARANGA PLAZA
Sat 12 November 9am-5.30am
Outside Farmers

This is a great opportunity just before Christmas to display and sell some paintings. One easel with a max of four paintings to be displayed per person. You can share an easel.

HOWICK ART GROUP ART FESTIVAL
Sat 19 & Sun 20 November 10am-3pm and Sat 26 & Sun 27 November 10am-3pm
Hawthornden Reserve, 66 Cook Street, Howick

Our last year’s Art Festival was such a success that we decided to make this an annual event. This year’s Art Festival will be held on the weekends of 19 & 20 November and 26 & 27 November, 10am-3pm.
A tent will be erected on the lawn of Hawthornden Reserve close to the street and one outside the Green Gables Cottage Gallery regardless of the weather.
Be there for a 9.30am set up, bring your own easels and a heavy rice or sand bag to secure them to the ground. You need your own labels, include 20% commission and all artwork must be original. No prints and no copies. It would be great if you can do a duty.

Bruce McLaren Retirement Village Art Showcase
Sat 12 & Sun 13 March 2016 10am-4pm

The Art Showcase at Bruce McLaren as stated below was a great show and thoroughly enjoyed by all who came. It is hopefully the first of many to be held there. In fine surroundings, and with a relaxed atmosphere, both public and residents wandered through the exhibition taking in the many different and varied styles, mediums and subjects of painted works. With a very comfortable nearby lounge available for a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of cake, many came back again for a second look and finally went home with a treasured work of art.

A fabulous exhibition of fine art paintings will be presented for sale at the Bruce McLaren Retirement Village in Chapel Road, East Auckland by the Howick Art Group.

Art representing many well known and up and coming artists from the Howick Art Group will be shown. Many of our artists have won places and merits at various exhibitions throughout the Auckland area, in NZ and overseas. Mediums include: Oil, Acrylic, Watercolour, Dry Art (Pastels, Pen & Ink, Charcoal, Pencil), & Mixed Media in many different styles.

Framed and ready to hang. All are for purchase with eftpos available.

Due to the Bruce McLaren Village parking being limited to residents and visitors please park on Chapel Road.

Click on the PDF below for Art Showcase information.

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