elspeth shannon
biography
Elspeth graduated from Massey University with A BFA (Hons) and regularly exhibits with Zimmerman Gallery in Palmerston North and has had work shown at Suite Gallery, Exhibition’s Gallery of Fine Art, and The NZ Portrait Gallery in Wellington, and various other places throughout NZ. She simply makes art in response to different kinds of situations, and enjoys experimenting, questioning, and pushing self-imposed boundaries. She tries not limit herself to one way of thinking.
Her painting has increasingly become more about the process; with the image being secondary to the making, however her reference to, and love of nature, both flora and fauna, remains threaded throughout. Elspeth’s recent work has seen a shift away from representational images to more organic abstraction. In this latest series, a reduced, almost monochromatic palette has allowed her focus to shift to considering aspects like weight, texture, balance, tension, strength, fragility and rhythm.
havesomethingtosay - “art is my situational response to and love of nature”
[SOLD] Totem
year: 2021
dimensions: 1520 x 1115mm
medium: mixed media on canvas
price: $5850 unframed
Braided Midas
year: 2021
dimensions: 790 x 790mm
medium: mixed media on canvas
price: $3150 framed
Ocean Butterfly
year: 2020
dimensions: 940 x 1040mm
medium: mixed media on canvas
price: $3700 framed
Soft Cactus
year: 2022
dimensions: 900 x 900mm
medium: mixed media on canvas
price: $3450 framed
Flow
year: 2022
dimensions: 250 x 250mm
medium: mixed media on canvas
price: $380
Dot
year: 2022
dimensions: 250 x 250mm
medium: mixed media on canvas
price: $380
Taonga
year: 2022
dimensions: 250 x 250mm
medium: mixed media on canvas
price: $380
Kohatu
year: 2022
dimensions: 250 x 250mm
medium: mixed media on canvas
price: $380
Little pod
year: 2022
dimensions: 250 x 250mm
medium: mixed media on canvas
price: $380
Blue eye
year: 2022
dimensions: 250 x 250mm
medium: mixed media on canvas
price: $380
Chain
year: 2022
dimensions: 250 x 250mm
medium: mixed media on canvas
price: $380