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Old 04-18-2007, 08:23 PM   #1
Alexandra Tyng Alexandra Tyng is offline
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Welcome to the Forum, Jayden! I'm very intrigued by your stark and spare compositions. Your graphic design background shows to your advantage in that you know how to pare your compositions down to the esentials and arrange them effectively. Your contributions will be an asset here. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work.
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Old 04-18-2007, 11:04 PM   #2
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Thanks everyone for your kind welcome.

Hi Allan thanks for your coments. "is there a local tradition for painting naturalism?" Throughout my schooling i have always been taught techniques leaning more towards expressionism but i keep being drawn back to naturalism. I couldn't say that there is a strong tradition for painting naturalism in New Zealand but some of the past NZ artists i admire definitely sway towards it eg. Charles Frederick Goldie.
"How is the situation for portraiture in New Zealand"
There seems to be plenty of call for corporate portraiture although stylized contemporary figurative work is definitely more popular in local gallereis.

Sorry Marina i should have listed mediums (begginers haste).

The first image is my wife and daughter minutes after she was born. Titled: First Day. Size: 400 x 560mm Medium: Cont
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Old 04-18-2007, 11:57 PM   #3
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Welcome, I'm looking forward to seeing what else you will come up with. These are very strong, powerful paintings. I like your very direct style.

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Old 04-19-2007, 12:28 AM   #4
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Thanks Jean I really liked what you did with "the boy with the red hair" Im also looking foward to posting some of my more current works and getting some criticism.... merits or faults.
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Old 04-19-2007, 02:29 PM   #5
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Welcome to the forum, Jayden. Interesting work. Thanks for posting.
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Old 04-21-2007, 12:56 AM   #6
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Hi Jayden, welcome to the Forum! I really enjoy your work and I'm looking forward to seeing lots more of it here. (And remember that everyone is encouraged to post on anybody else's work; feel free to comment anywhere.)
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Old 06-12-2007, 06:34 PM   #7
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Kia Ora Jayden, I love your work... makes me homesick... look forward to seeing more...
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Old 08-19-2007, 10:32 PM   #8
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Welcome Jayden, I especially like the painting of your wife.
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