The Edge of Spring Exhibition
this exhibition has finished. We'll be updating this page with coming events soon.
Ken Hunt
(Kapiti Coast)
Oil on Canvas 5,900 view here
We have eight fantastic Artists contributing to this exhibition. New life and new beginnings are always so important, and this artistic celebration is an exciting way of showing of the originality, freshness and excitment of "Spring"
Wellesley Binding
(Hawkes Bay)
Diana Chetwin
(Wellington)
Nick Eggleston
(Hawkes Bay)
Renee Hunt
(Kapiti Coast)
Bettie Huibers
(Hawkes Bay)
Nicola McCafferty
(Wellington)
Richard Ponder
(Wellington)
Ponder Brother's Exhibition
"Night, Tauranga, one of Richard's paintings still on show at his Harrison's Exhibition in Tauranga, fnishing 4th August
Splatter Exhibition Over
We had a great exhibition. Richard's Splatter paintings looked a million dollars up on the walls of the gallery. And for those of you who are interested the prices are going to be going up over the next few weeks. Richard has been very shy about overpricing his abstracts because of the popularity of his other genre work, but this latest exhibition shows without a doubt that his focus on technique, colour and personal flair have made his art more than just outstanding. Brilliant.
Saturday, June 12 at 11 am kicks off our celebrations with:
Richard Ponder’s Splatter Exhibition – Launch and Bubbles.
A change in one’s attitude to and appreciation of painting can happen slowly or with a breathtaking suddenness.
Blown away!
My love of Jackson Pollock’s dribble paintings took time – like the maturing of a fine cheese. Living in Australia in the ‘70s Joanna and I were fortunate enough to witness, at first hand, the controversy over the Australian Government’s purchase of his ‘Blue Poles’. For almost a decade I was not convinced that Pollock’s dribble paintings were special until the day when I saw one in the flesh. Seriously, it blew me away and, in response, I started my style of splatter paintings.
At first they were tentative statements. Often beautiful but, tentative – experimental, if you like.
Beautiful and delicate works.
My early splatter paintings were mainly of flowers, of bouquets of flowers, of landscapes, there were some of action such as skiing and, of course, landscapes. The early landscapes were crafted with strong to hair splatter with only occasional blobs. They were/are beautifully delicate works.
A second major change came in the 1980s when I ‘met’ the work of Made Sumadiyasa. It was big and slashed with expressionist strokes. I was greatly impressed. So much so that some of my best work from the 1990s and into this century are large guttural expressionist pieces that had hints and traces of splatter in them such as ‘Maelstrom of Rough Waters’.
Wellington at Night.
It was at this time that I produced my revolutionary Wellington at Night scenes which have been my most successful series of paintings and the most copied and the most plagiarized.
Last year, another new idea! Mega Splatter which I refined to Splatter. For me, these are truly exciting paintings ranging from great blobs to delicate brush and hair strokes. It’s a whole new world – a new way of looking at life, of living and, in a sense, of being.
The excitement and challenge.
Yes! For me, the beauty of Splatter is the excitement and the challenge? Yet there is also a feeling of comfort and, in a sense, that comfort complements my other painting work that gives me so much joy. But also there is the opportunity to share concepts and ideas and to share beauty and thus painting becomes so very deeply satisfying and fulfilling.
Ten year celebration.
To celebrate our Rona Gallery’s Tenth Birthday on Saturday, June 12 my wife Joanna and
I look forward to welcoming you to my all new ‘Splatter Exhibition Launch and Bubbles’
at 11 am. Do please join us – you will be most welcome.
Richard Ponder, Rona Gallery, 151 Muritai Road, Eastbourne.
Telephone: (04) 562 8062 Email: Ronagallery@paradise.net.nz
