Sari Rajendra
The paintings of Malaysian-born artist Sari Rajendra introduce a whole new meaning to the word “abstract”. She creates her works by mounting a hand-printed silk batik scarf on linen canvas and then using that as the canvas for her own artwork. From one artwork in the form of batik, Sari has created another with what she calls “its own landscape of colour and form”. Sari also creates more conventional acrylic paintings on fine linen canvases.
Last year was a big year for Sari. Her work became available to the New Zealand market for the first time. She also held her first New Zealand exhibition at the Lake House Arts Centre in Takapuna, Auckland in March 2012, the same month that she exhibited at the Northcote College’s last Affair of the Heart event.
Featured Artist
Lucy Gauntlett
Lucy enjoys pushing the boundaries of photographic art by illustrating her visions to produce work that is inspiring, creative and exciting.
A fellow member of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography, Lucy brings her skills as a photographer, architect and interior designer to her art that includes works for hanging as well as photographic kitchen and bathroom splashbacks. Based in Auckland, Lucy works full time as an architect and interior designer. She runs her photography business after hours and during the weekend.
She has produced an eclectic range of limited edition fine art prints including signage artworks, bright collages, dreamlike ephemeral works, vintage still life, beautiful bird and flowers and landscape and Kiwiana themes.
From her hefty portfolio of landscape panoramas, she has created multi-layered mixed media artworks that include her photographs, the use of paint and texture. “I call it ‘illustration with photography’.”
Her other artworks include her range of large outdoor canvas artworks where the images are printed onto a billboard type outdoor vinyl and stretched around a timber frame.