The words of my mentor live on to remember him by...

I participate in this exhibition to honour Joe La Grouw (screenshot below) who passed away recently and who personally encouraged and empowered me to carry on with my work on environmental sustainability - just as he had persevered in building the Lockwood success! 

The Learning Connexion May 2010 Newsletter article

     

My art school likes my work... 

I am a distance student and study from home. My tutor Marcel Baaijens is the greatest art tutor on the planet! See the online newsletter here.

Easter break from TLC - space and time to paint

During The Learning Connection April break, I painted some more... Special thanks to Marcel Baaijens for his support! Above is a replica of K. White's "Expressive brushwork".

What I learned from my mentors...

I met David Llyod when he purchased one of my water colours. He talked about painting from the heart and the head together - paying attention to my emotions while thinking about the painting. I listened carefully to what he liked about my work and his encouragements. David is a well known artist and respected art collector - so I am keen to learn from him. He told me he was once a primary school teacher - lucky kids!

He also showed me the new studio being built where he can do art. Click here to see the video clip of the visit. I will remember these moments forever!

Kind words by Leafa Wilson, Waikato Museum Curator

I met Leafa Wilson, curator of the Waikato Museum. She loved the paintings below and others from me. In her blog she posted:

"The work at the top of this post is the work from the finalists' exhibition of the TWNContemporary Art Award 2008 - 'Autumn Reflections' The 'Planets' work is a finalist in the Wallace Art Award for 2008.

Yaniv is a finalist this year in both the Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award and the Wallace Art Award. It has been exceptionally exciting for me as the mother of an Aspergic child myself, to meet Yaniv and his mother Annick.

Yaniv is a gifted colourist and without training appears to have what I consider to have a gift for composition. His ability to canterlever the colours/ tones/ density of media perfectly in his works are wonderful. Yaniv is Aspergic as is my son Nehemiah. Their abilty to see what others can't makes their vision both true and untainted by the influence of others.

Leafa Wilson

2008"

Thank you for your support, Leafa!!! I am thrilled you enjoy my paintings.

In my SuDoKu period I asked myself what would happen if numbers were replaced by colours......... and then again, if squares were corrupted???

Note from Sept 2008: these two paintings were bought by a Paris art collector who intends to donate them to the Waikato Museum! Merci beaucoup!!!