"Contours of Nature" Group Landscape Exhibition

We are excited to open 2024 with an amazing celebration of Landscape paintings with our "Contours of Nature" Group Landscape Exhibition. We are also introducing a new artist, Barbara Ruhdorfer, who lives in the "Winterless North" and brings a unique approach to the "Contours of Nature" exhibition. Bring a guest to celebrate this first opening of the year and be captivated by the beauty of our landscapes.

Date: Tuesday 23 January 2024
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Venue: ArtSelect Gallery, 19A Osborne Street, Newmarket
Please RSVP by email to info@artselect.gallery to confirm numbers for this event.

Barbara Ruhdorfer
When I first came to New Zealand from Germany, to work as a full time artist, I was greatly impressed and inspired by the rugged but beautiful landscape. Shaped by seismic and volcanic activity, and the eroding forces of wind and water, I loved to represent the landscape I saw.

Increasingly I have become interested in the effect of erosion on stretches of rock, tree trunks, and mud flats. The patterned reliefs, structures and monochrome colours I found, though essentially natural, have steered me towards an exploration of abstract compositions.

While a lot of my art still is reminiscent of the natural phenomena described, I have now entered a phase where I want to find abstracted ways of expressing more of my own inner landscape.
If abstraction means a ‘taking away’ of something, in this case the realistic depiction of landscape, whether seen from a distance or with close up detail, something else needs to be added.

What I am exploring now are pictorial ways to let the mind rest. To blot out all the outer distractions of our busy lives, if only for a while. We can turn to nature to find stillness of mind, and relaxation. Or we can look at a piece of artwork that embodies balance in form and colour, and let it unfold its subconscious effects.

Barbara Ruhdorfer's artist page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/barbara-ruhdorfer

New arrivals from our amazingly gifted artists including Brent Redding, JK Reed, Matthew Snowden, Kevin Dunkley, Bee Doughty Pratt, Bernie Kirkham, Alicja Gear and many more will be on display.

Contact me, Ngaire, on info@artselect.gallery to register your interest early to purchase any of these works of art before the opening.