Sunday 26 August 2012
From the Tide Pool to the Stars: Oil paintings
From the Tide Pool to the Stars: Series 4
My most recent project has been a series of oil paintings bringing together ideas from the earlier series.
They look also at concepts such as our place in the universe - that ‘we straddle the cosmos and the micro world’ – that we are intermediate in size between atoms and the sun and that our planet and everything in it, including us, are galactic fossils made from the debris of stars that exploded in the early universe. The ‘Six Numbers’ make their appearance in most of these works as well. There are eight works in this series.
My most recent project has been a series of oil paintings bringing together ideas from the earlier series.
They look also at concepts such as our place in the universe - that ‘we straddle the cosmos and the micro world’ – that we are intermediate in size between atoms and the sun and that our planet and everything in it, including us, are galactic fossils made from the debris of stars that exploded in the early universe. The ‘Six Numbers’ make their appearance in most of these works as well. There are eight works in this series.
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| From the Tide Pool to the Stars 2012, 700 x 600 mm Oil and rust on sand and gesso on canvas |
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| We are Related to all Reality 2012, 700 x 600 mm, Oil and rust on sand and gesso on canvas |
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| A Universe with the Right Combination 2012, 500 x 500 mmOil and rust on canvas |
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| An Expanding Universe 2012, 800 x 200 mm Oil with rusted iron and gold leaf on linen canvas |
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| The Right Combination 2012, 800 x 200 mm Oil with rust and gold leaf on linen canvas |
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| A Goldilocks Universe 2012, 800 x 200 mm Oli wuth rust and verdigris on sand with gesso on linen SOLD |
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| We are Midway Between 2012, 300 x 500 mm Oil paint with rust and sand on canvas |
Friday 17 August 2012
Tide Pools and Phases of the Moon: Oil paintings, Encaustic works, Photography
From the Tide Pool to the Stars: New work by Raemon Rolfe
Series 1. Tidal Forces These 12 Photographic works are each 250 x 200mm
They combine digital and darkroom techniques and were hand printed on
Ilford Multigrade Warm tone RC darkroom paper then toned with blue and/or brown chemical
toners then painted with layers of oil glazes.
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Top row: Full Moon, Rising Tide and Last Quarter Moon, Dark Rocks
Bottom row: Waning Gibbous Moon, Flowing Tide and Full Moon above Rocks
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| Top row: First Quarter Moon over Sea and Full Moon, Spring Tide Bottom row: Waxing Gibbous Moon above Wave and Waxing Gibbous Moon, Rising Tide |
Series 2: Waxing and Waning; Rising and Falling, looks at the relationship between the phases of the moon and the tides that bring life to the rock pools.
Waxing and Waning - 2011-12 Each work is 200 x 200 mm, oil on acrylic emulsion and sand on canvas -
Risning and Falling - 2011-12 Each work is 200 x 200 mm, oil paint and rust (some with verdigris) on acrylic emulsion on canvas
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Rock with Barnacles
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Tide Line
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Neptune's Necklace
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Pool with Seaweed
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| Deep Pool with Bubbles (Spring Tide) |
All works will be available from 7 September 2012 at
33 George Street, Palmerston North Ph. 06 35524278
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