{"id":63,"date":"2013-09-08T04:50:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T04:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sarahguppy.co.nz\/website\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2022-06-13T11:38:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T23:38:40","slug":"painting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sarahguppy.co.nz\/website\/painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"

SARAH GUPPY \u2013 AUCKLAND PAINTER<\/span>
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\u00a0\"<\/em>The observer makes the painting<\/em>\"<\/span>\u00a0 Agnes Martin<\/span><\/p>

Sarah Guppy\u2019s paintings reflect her deep connection to the natural world. She paints predominantly with French enamel on glass or on gessoed board.<\/span><\/p>

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Treasured Cargo - Members Show Waiheke Art Gallery 500 x500mm SOLD<\/div>
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The Bodi Tree - Flashe paint on gessoed board 2019 600 x 600mm<\/div>
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Water craft - Winner of Walker and Hall Micheal Evans Award 2020. SOLD<\/div>
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Midnight in a Tangerine Garden Morocco - Acrylic on Board 2019 600 x 600mm<\/div>
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Bonnards Bath Private Collection 2019 Mix medium. SOLD<\/div>
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Breakfast in Tangier 2018 Acrylic on Board. 400 x 400 <\/div>
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Detail of painting \u2019source of water\u2019 22k gold 2020<\/div>
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Cat at the beach 2020 Acrylic on canvas 210 x 150mm<\/div>
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Nine Ribbons | 2006 French enamel on glass 390 x 420 <\/div>
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White line | 2005 French enamel on glass 450 x 450<\/div>
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Hoky Poky | 2004 French enamel on glass 450x450<\/div>
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Sunset Convergence | 2005 French enamel on glass 360 x 360<\/div>
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Pink Coat | 2005 French enamel on glass 360 x 360<\/div>
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Spanish Jug | 2004 French enamel on glass 600x550 <\/div>
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Imaged landscape | 2006 French enamel on glass 500x550 <\/div>
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Musical nude | 2005 French enamel on glass 350x200<\/div>
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Pears in landscape | 2003 French enamel on glass 350x200<\/div>
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Winter nells | 2006 French enamel on board 250x250<\/div>
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Silverbeet still life | 2003 French enamel on board 500x350<\/div>
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Magnolias for Miss Heggetty | 2009 French enamel on board 500x500<\/div>
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Flowering manuka | 2010 Enamel on board <\/div>
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Rangitoto and Camelia | 2009 Enamel on board<\/div>
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Camillia's for Aunty Bet | 2004 French enamel on board 340x300<\/div>
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Kawakawa boatsheds | 2008 French enamel on board 250x250 <\/div>
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Vineyard kokora rd waiheke island | 2010 gouache on board <\/div>
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Pa at Blackpool Waiheke Island | 2010 French enamel on board 350x400<\/div>
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Holy water and the back of time | 2004 French enamel on board 400x300<\/div>
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Cove in Corfu | 1992 Oil on board <\/div>
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Manoir near Gensac France | 1992 Oil on board<\/div>
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Language of Relationship - Acrylic and mixed medium 2018<\/div>
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Out of the Blue - mixed medium 2018<\/div>
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Night Blooming - Acrylic and mixed medium - 2018<\/div>
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Plant Life - Paint and collage - 2018<\/div>
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made Oche - Acrylic - 2018<\/div>
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Pomegranate - 2018 <\/div>
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Painting study - The Fez with blue slippers <\/div>
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Gin bottle with spring flowers 2023- Acrylic on board 285x300mm -<\/div>
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Plum Orchard near Pessac France 1990 - Acrylic-on-Canvas - 600x350mm<\/div>
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Portrait of Nancy Dog 2024 Watercolour on paper-300x200mm<\/div>
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Villa Mabruka Tanger 2023<\/div>
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I am an artist who loves the surface of things and because of this I have explored many ways to apply paint. The surface is a wonderful place \u2013 it can be a skin, it can be where water meets air, it can be rough, smooth, cold, hot, cracked, dense and soft. In my exploration of surface I have worked with paper, corrugated cardboard, collage, canvas, gesso on wood, clay and glass, applying oils, gouache, ink, watercolour, crayon, charcoal and glass enamel paint.<\/p>

I work intuitively in a very organic manner. \u00a0I feel strongly drawn towards still life, which evokes for me a kind of staged cameo in which the viewer is invited to observe a domestic scene of objects, bottles, fruit, and flowers. My subject matter can be inspired by everyday objects such as the tools of my trade \u2013 paints, brushes, jugs and vases.<\/p>

My themes are also inspired by anything from natural flora and fauna or a landscape in spring to the death of a friend. \u2018Magnolias for Miss Heggetty<\/strong>\u2019 was painted the day I heard my dear friend had died in London aged 100. To deal with the grief I picked an armful of magnolias and placed them in a Spanish jug. Beside them I placed<\/p>

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grapefruit \u2013 something Toot loved, along with horses that she grew up with in Gisborne on the East Coast of New Zealand. We had painted together for over 30 years.<\/p>

I discovered glass painting when I was working in a frame-making studio as a gilder. A damaged glass painting was brought in for restoration. The image was painted around 1820 and depicted Indian lovers. As I reworked the image I fell in love with the process of working backwards. I became inspired by the vast array of artists using this glass painting technique, especially the folk artists of the 18th<\/sup> and 19th<\/sup> centuries in Europe, and the early work of Kandinsky.<\/p>

Painting on glass involves reversing the image and composing the work in an opposite way to painting on canvas. Viewing a glass painting is rather like being a swimmer observing the world through goggles.<\/p>

Sarah Guppy\u2019s paintings are displayed in private collections in England, France, Spain, Belgium, Canada, America, Morocco, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>

GIVING RELIEF - Bas Relief works 2017<\/a><\/p>

To find out more about my painting history click here <\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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