I am obviously not as fluent with updating this site as I am with producing paintings. I do have an exhibition at the King & Teppett Gallery, Palmerston North  which opens Friday 28 November. Contact them directly if you would like to attend the opening.  http://www.farquhar.co.nz/buy

Three paintings will be offered in a group show. Two have previously been shown while one has not been shown publicly before. All three have been selected as they are important paintings to me and offer a good overview of my work from the past 12 months.

No further paintings have yet been added to the website although I have produced several. I have been working on a new development which has resulted in a few miss-hits before they started to weave their magic. Probably they do not look too different but they have required significant contemplation to establish the look I am after - the joy of painting is much navel gazing I guess. This development started to take shape at the end of 2007 but has been in process for the last 6 months. I am rather excited about the new work and will be looking for feedback when I unveil them.

I intend to produce a dozen or more before I post them so there will be a delay before I update the website. If you want to see some of the new paintings earlier please email me directly and I will send you some examples or make a time to visit the studio.

Until the next installment ..... keep having fun

Hi all

This is my first post to the FARQUHAR mailing list using this new service.

The Studio Sixty Seven reception was held last Wednesday with what was a rather disappointing turnout. Possibly the dreadful weather kept everyone home (and forced me to add an additional two hours traveling time to my trip down when they closed the Desert Rd). I had five paintings included in the group show which are now listed on the website 

These paintings were a slight change in direction for me with a greater emphasis placed on colour. Two paintings in particular stood out for me. The deep burgandy of 'Sonority' with insets of the softest pale green/yellow was particularly adventurous. To achieve the great intensity of the burgandy colour required in excess of 150 layers of transparent colour. At times I even wondered to myself if I was ever going to get the required intensity. Sadly this painting has proven extremely difficult to photograph so the depth and intensity of colour is not as evident in the photograph as it is in reality, yet as you know from experience this applies to most of my paintings because of the significant number of layers.

The other key painting was 'Orson Fader'. This painting had three inset colours which was a first for me. The painting began a deep blue, moved to a forest green, advanced to a burnt orange and finally finished with a soft yellow ochre with hints of soft yellow/green. This painting is far more subtle than first appears. There are numerous layers and the reading shifts inward and outward throughout the work. From a personal level this is a rather exciting painting.

The full images and details can be viewed in the recent paintings 

while the images of the Studio Sixty Seven installation can be viewed in the installations.   

Until the next update. All the best

Andrew