Kheang Ov
Kheang was born in Cambodia in 1975 and he came to New Zealand with his family as refugees in 1981. He completed his schooling in Dunedin and attended Otago Polytechnic School of Fine Arts gaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in printmaking.
When he left art school he gained his Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching at Dunedin Teachers College. He has been teaching art since 2001.
He especially enjoys working with wood. “Woodcut is an exciting medium and process as I am constantly learning and exploring the fluid movement of marks.” He believes that the marks in the wood tell their own story “where I’ve been and where I’m going, which in turn creates layers to give understanding and information.”
Kheang’s work explores the idea of discovering the unfamiliar and re-discovering the familiar. “My goal is not to unearth specific answers or memories but to bring about a journey of co-discovery which enhances the integration, of thought, feeling and self-hood”.
Featured Artist
Lyn Catchpole
After a teaching career spanning thirty-seven years, Lyn finally found time to get to painting classes for her own personal growth. She has been a regular attendee for some five years and has developed her style accordingly. Lyn’s love of art and her equally fervent passion for fabulous shoes have come together in her highly popular paintings of shoes. It began the day she didn’t know what to paint until she spotted a lovely red shoe in a magazine advertisement. Lyn, who lives in Kaukapakapa, has painted some thirty or forty shoes since then.
More recently she has broadened her choice of subject by painting flora and seascapes in both watercolour and acrylic.