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Details of the artwork for sale in the Houses during the 2024 Art House Tour can be viewed below. Art will be uploaded as artists have it ready, so be sure to check back regularly to see what is available.
All funds raised from the Art House Tour will go towards the Academic Endowment Fund, which was established in 2002. This allows the School to recruit, reward and retain the best possible teachers for the classroom. It also assists through the provision of physical resources and infrastructure.
Only registered ticket holders can buy art in the homes on the day of the Art House Tour. These will not be available to purchase online unless they remain unsold at the end of the Tour. All unsold works will be available for purchase on the website until midnight on Tuesday 26 November 2024.
Kiran McKinnon
Grace
Acrylic and resin on board.
Grace celebrates the free spirit in us all. Capturing the unrestrained expression of emotion and creativity in both its creation and movement. It serves as a reminder of the beauty found in embracing life’s rhythms with grace and openness.
Linda McFetridge
Hybrid Whio 3.1
Juxtaposing the fine art of bronze smelting with a street and urban art aesthetic has created an object that’s both whimsical but also striking.
“Creating this first ever bronze as the signature work for my solo show in the USA at Chicago’s Vertical Gallery was 2.5 years in the making. The patina is a wonderful blue green honouring the native NZ blue duck.”
This object further builds on one of Brad’s central themes… his self-titled ‘Hybrids’, within which he explores ‘identity’ through charismatic animals fusing with humans to create engaging hybrid figures. Many of the central subjects are birds, which have a special place in both the history and modern-day life of Aotearoa, New Zealand. And the warrior aspect of several pieces reflects the fight that we all must undertake to break our own self-limiting beliefs. These works are a metaphor, mirroring Brad’s career and life journey.
“I believe there’s this flawed human tendency for us to label (and thereby limit) not only ourselves but also others. I’m rejecting this through combining both visual art and medical careers. The primary question being, how do we honour our authentic inner self?”
Novak considers himself a true ‘hybrid’ – geek first, artist second, and (part-time) doctor third. Begun in 2009, this series rose out of an attempt to be defined by more than his first career. Through uncanny juxtaposition, he wants to convey the complexity of our identities. Are we just one ‘thing’? A Mother, a father, an accountant, a businesswoman? Defined by something that we do? Why do we put others (and ourselves) in restrictive little boxes?
“I am grateful for this opportunity to challenge stereotypes. Learning about the ‘golden handcuff’ phenomenon, and sunk-cost bias, helped me take risks career-wise and accept who I am. Both my artwork and practice reflect this…”
-Brad Novak
Medium: Limited edition bronze sculpture with blue/green patina. 300mm high. 7.3 kg. Edition of only 8 – stamped with the new blood pop symbol and inscribed with the number verso. Displayed unmounted (as intended) but has mounting holes underneath for optionality.
Brad Novak
If you hold still, take a deep breath and everything will be alright (he says with shaking hands), 2019
Powder coated marine aluminium
Wayne Youle
Knotted
A flexible sculptural artwork consisting of loosely knotted long strips woven from harakeke (NZ flax – phormium tenax) grown in Anne’s garden. It can placed on a horizontal surface or hung on a wall in different configurations and orientations. Note: the dimensions will vary depending on how it is placed or hung.
Anne Daniel
PARSON BIRD
Bronze on bluestone plinth
Ed 4/7
plinth dimensions 19 x 100cm
Parson Bird is part of a series of works taking a wry look at the nicknames given to New Zealand birds by the early European settlers. The tuft of feathers at the tūī’s throat reminded settlers of the white collar of a minister or parson. Its raucous, sometimes pompous demeanour evoking an enthusiastic sermon. Here the tūī’ delivers his sermon from a giant bible on a precarious lectern.
Fiona Garlick
Poise
An orb created from randomly-woven narrow strips of harakeke (NZ flax – phormium tenax) grown in Anne’s garden, and delicately balanced on a piece of driftwood.
Anne Daniel
Stream Of Consciousness
Acrylic and resin on board
My abstracts are a visual representation of energy. They are a testament to unfiltered expression, where the canvas becomes a medium for untamed emotions and impulses. Drawing inspiration from my background in movement choreography and psychology, these abstracts mirror the dance of thoughts and feelings, revealing a visual map of the inner mind’s intricate steps.
Linda McFetridge
Ben Reid
Whispered Promises
A picturesque landscape on the banks of a calm river presents a vision of promises and worlds yet to explore. Yet, as the river reflects this scene, the colors dissolve and the shapes blur, gradually fading like a rainbow into the water’s gentle flow. What was once vibrant and full of promise becomes unattainable, slipping away entirely.
This artwork meditates on the ephemeral nature of ideals and the elusive pursuit of perfection, reminding us that some visions, though beautiful, are meant to remain just out of reach—sometimes better celebrated from afar in their potential form, rather than being diminished by the reality of their workings.
Linda McFetridge
Glass Blaze
“Glass Blaze” is the first of its kind. It is a part of a collection of blooming and blazing thermoplastic sculptures. Reaching the maximal limit of size, “Glass Blaze” depicts a mastery of cast acrylic manipulation through pushing and pulling. This challenging piece exemplifies density through the glass-coloured folds and crevices throughout the form.
Logan Bow
Mitre Peak
Named the eighth wonder of the world by Rudyard Kipling, my interpretation of Milford Sound was inspired from the first time I viewed Mitre Peak.
Russell Winterburn
A Glimpse of Magic – NZ Blue Pinkgill
This fabulous New Zealand fungi is an astonishing blue that I just had to capture in this organic inspired artwork after discovering its existence while walking in Otago.
Janice Napper
A Real Lover
Pigment ink print
Limited Edition, framed
An abundance of vibrant tropical blooms gathered from Emma’s neighbourhood of Mt Eden, composed in a midcentury Haeger vase featuring the lifecycle of a monarch butterfly. Colour to uplift you every day!
Emma Bass
A time when there was
Acrylic and Resin on round panel
Do you remember when there was no such thing as the internet? This artwork by ClintC takes us back to those simple days when television broadcast finished sometime around midnight, we watched the goodnight kiwi go to bed and then on came a test pattern like this. Oh those were the days 🙂
Clinton Christian
