- Sanna expertly hung all 52 watercolour prints!
- A big thank you to her for a superb job - all these prints are suspended off the wall surface - not an easy feat to hang. This cluster is in Saracen's Cafe, the rest are next door in the adjacent Bush Lounge.
- UV Portraits of residents & visitors of Karamea, mostly taken during the Community Jam night & one from an additional UV face painting night at Rongo Backpackers.
- The watercolour prints really come into their own here with rich velvety blacks really supporting the vibrant UV colours.
- This wall has mostly macro shots in it, one from the local orchard, a couple from the street corner at Market Cross, 2 from the Cactus Garden at Rongo & the controversial 'bird flying out of the picture (instead of into it!) on the beach.
- Those who know me & my work will not be shocked to see some fire shots up - I don't think I will ever tire of photographing fire!
- Lots of people were spotting lots of things in these flame shots.
- Again the watercolour prints really enhanced the colours and help this body of work step out of the photographic world and into the art world.
- I'm beginning to realize that my artwork has feet in both camps - I am not following current trends in contemporary photography & really believe in pushing the creative eye of the camera - responding to & translating the world around me. And the art world is still - not always thankfully - wary of photography as art. It seems people are more secure purchasing a painting rather than a photographic print.
- I sincerely hope that will change - these photographic prints are my artwork!
