5 – 31 August 2023
The Divided Line 2023 acrylic oil linen 960 x 1820mm
Encompassing images from around Whangarei and the Kaipara as well as Westland in the South Island artist and mathematician Peter James Smith is always inventive, always discovering, and here presents us with some of the largest single piece canvases he has ever completed. And it is all to capture the glory of the land or seascape and to give us a sense of wonder at the poetry of mathematics and place on a grand scale.
Rainfall 2023 acrylic oil linen 500 x 1020mm
The Voice of the Hidden Waterfall 2023 acrylic oil linen 680 x 1450mm
Objects too, have always held a place of fascination in Peter James Smith’s work; collected rather than ‘found’, the repurposing and reimagining of them has given new life to items as varied as rulers, trays, biscuit tins, scales, and pieces of Wedgewood. Entire shows have been devoted to them both in New Zealand and Australia and here he presents us with a selection of new items that we can only marvel at.
Blue the Vault of Heaven 2011 oil enamel on found Jasperware Wedgwood Vase 150 x 130 x 130mm
Paradise Lost 2022 oil enamel on found tins 9 components, 800 x 1000mm overall
Crossing the Bar 2023 acrylic oil linen 800 x 1620mm
The Kaipara Pilot 2023 acrylic oil linen 1000 x 2300mm
Death of a Kakapo 2023 acrylic oil linen 500 x 1020mm
As the Buller Turns 2023 acrylic oil linen 2200 x 1230mm