Kathy E Watson
Waikato Landscapes
From ancient forests to lush farmland, extinct volcanic cones, fast flowing rivers, wild West Coast beaches and beautiful gardens, the Waikato area has so much to offer an artist.
There's a wonderful sense of open skies and fresh air when I set off with my sketch book to capture an iconic view or cloud formation that is the catalyst for a painting. Using a palette knife in a very expressionist style, it's the absorbed atmosphere that I endeavor to work into my paintings.
When concentrating on painting the landscape, an idea conceptualises itself in my head and I reach for my sketch pad. This is maybe generated by a fleeting image as I drive through the diverse Waikato countryside, by shadows on a paddock, the pattern of foliage in the bush or an iconic shed.
I then start the process of paint on canvas into imagery, using a palette knife - my preferred tool for creating painterly work
There's a wonderful sense of open skies and fresh air when I set off with my sketch book to capture an iconic view or cloud formation that is the catalyst for a painting. Using a palette knife in a very expressionist style, it's the absorbed atmosphere that I endeavor to work into my paintings.
When concentrating on painting the landscape, an idea conceptualises itself in my head and I reach for my sketch pad. This is maybe generated by a fleeting image as I drive through the diverse Waikato countryside, by shadows on a paddock, the pattern of foliage in the bush or an iconic shed.
I then start the process of paint on canvas into imagery, using a palette knife - my preferred tool for creating painterly work
'The Relentless Surge of the Waikato River near Taupari Mountain'. Acrylic on Stretched Canvas with Oil Glazes, 760mm x 760mm. Available
'Near Kawhia, West Waikato, NZ' Acrylic on Stretched Canvas with Oil Glazes', 1520mm x 1220mm. Available
'Forgotten Valley Near Kawhia, West Waikato, NZ' Acrylic on Stretched Canvas, With Oil Glazes, 1520mm x 1010mm. SOLD
"Waikato Dawn", Acrylic and Oil Glazes on Stretched Canvas, With Oil Glazes, 760mm x 760mm. Available
"Winter in the Waikato" - Mixed Media on Stretched Canvas, 760mm x 760mm. Available
'Two Oaks and a Shed in Waikato, NZ'
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas, With Oil Glazes, 1225mm x 920mm. Available
'Pirongia Bush' 710mm x 900mm, Acrylic on Canvas, With Oil Glazes $950. (Showing the stages of the painting as it evolved creating treasured memories).
The Pirongia Mountain has various forest walks with a great variety of ancient native trees and clear, babbling mountain streams. Artist's Collection
(See blog post)
and ..... experimenting with a Fauvist approach
