Paintings by Elise Ure & Linda Dixon
Opens Thursday 21st January 6-8pm until Sunday 14th February 2010
2009 and 2008 TCAC Emerging Artist Award winners Linda Dixon and Elise Ure showcase the outcome of a growing sense of artistic momentum.
Touchable human figures meet nature's generosity in this two person exhibition at Titirangi's Upstairs Gallery.
About Elise - 2008 TCAC Emerging Artist Award Winner
Elise Ure is a New Zealand portrait and figurative artist conscious of the collective of creative people working purposefully across the globe. Exploring humanity and self-representation as well as the secret joys of living, Elise aims to dawdle in life's moments; patenting them to canvas in order to further their effects.
Elise currently resides in Oratia. She likes image hoarding, cups of tea, collecting chairs, quotes, Nedroid Comics, architecture, sunshine and concrete.
Click here to view Elise's work in the 2008 Emerging Artist Awards
About Linda - 2009 TCAC Emerging Artist Award Winner
Look closely at what is in your back yard and you will gain a sense of the power of evolution and the beauty of nature.
As an artist I am interested and inspired by the beauty and colour of our environment around my home. We have beome blind to extraordinary loveliness and exquisite beauty of ordinary things like colour, movement and play of light upon the leaves of a tree or the petals of a flower.
I frequently find myself in awe of the many birds that live and play in the trees that surround my home and the way they interact. Nature tells you that there is beauty in harmony and that is where I receive my inspiration in all its variations. In our busy and overwhelming world, I would like my work to be looked upon as peaceful, meditative experiences of natures generosity.
Click here to view Linda's work in the 2008 Emerging Artist Awards
