Double Exposure Exhibition Opening

Thursday nights on the Kāpiti Coast just got a whole lot more exciting! You are invited to the exhibition launch of 'Double Exposure' in a brand new exhibition space, the Robert Harris Cafe, as part of the Creative Kāpitii Art for Everyone programme.

Double Exposure introduces David Owen and Hamish Macaulay, two Kāpiti based artists exhibiting together for the first time - however, this is not the first time these two artists have shared a space together. They both studied graphic design at Wellington Design School in the mid-late 80’s.

After design school, David worked as a graphic designer and illustrator at Wellington Newspapers for 14 years. He then spent 11 years at Weta Digital Studios working on King Kong, Avatar, Hobbit, Tintin, District 9 , Planet of the Apes and many more movies as a rotoscope artist, then texture artist. He now splits his time between painting and illustrative commissions. "I have spent my working life interpreting other people’s ideas and visions. Now I spend more time exploring my own ideas, Double Exposure is another step in that direction” says David.

Hamish spent over 25 years working for a number of top design and advertising agencies in both NZ and London. He has recently returned home to NZ after 14 years living in London where he spent the last 2 years as a full-time artist. Hamish will be exhibiting mixed media pieces on found corrugated cardboard 7” works (2021 remixes), released this July as part of the Art for Everyone initiative of Creative Kapiti. "The size combines my love of collecting and djing music on the 7” vinyl format, and my feelings for our planet. The aim of these works is to upcycle unwanted materials into art, giving it a second life which is more permanent – a double exposure” says Hamish.