The sea and more

Titahi Bay

2012-02-07T23:04:00.000-08:00

Oil on canvas, 12 x 12"

Neoteric Art: What does “painting” mean to you?

Stephen Dinsmore: Painting for me is the pursuit of translating or transforming something seen or felt into a piece of art that pleases and connects. Painting also honors the medium and its wonderful capabilities.

NA: Describe your work/thought processes when starting a new work.

SD: Often, I think the toughest part of painting is to find the thing that excites. This involves delving and looking and luck and serendipity and a receptivity that comes and goes. It’s almost a state of grace, finding something that inspires one to paint. I thank the stars regularly.

Coastal

2011-10-18T16:50:00.000-07:00

Otaki Beach. Oil on wood.

Great Barrier Island - view towards Claris. Oil on canvas. Sold

Putiki Drive

2011-10-18T15:07:00.000-07:00

Sold

Wellington waterfront

2011-10-01T16:07:00.000-07:00

Wellington waterfront. Oil on stretched Canvas, 4" x 12"

Lyall Bay with view of South Island. Oil on canvas, 5" x 7"

Winter Sunlight

2011-07-30T18:30:00.000-07:00

"A sketch has charm because of its truth - not because it is unfinished." - Charles W. Hawthorne.

!2 inches by 10. Oils on stretched Canvas.

Waitotara Coast

2011-07-08T03:34:00.000-07:00

Waitotara Coast, North Wanganui. Acrylic on Canvas, 31.5" x 31.5"

Studies from Nature

2011-05-24T18:38:00.000-07:00

Do not exert yourself to make too perfect studies from nature – A study should be an exercise without pretension - Alfred Stevens

Oil on Canvas 8 x 8 inch

Fishing boat at Riverton. Sold

Mana Island

2011-05-13T15:13:00.000-07:00

Mana Island from Plimmerton. Oil on Canvas 10 x 10 inches (including frame).

Plimmeton Boat Club. Sold

Pohutakawa

2011-05-03T22:40:00.000-07:00

12 x 10 inches, oil on canvas

Whanganui

2011-04-12T18:13:00.000-07:00

Mount Ruapehu from Whanganui. Oil on canvas 10 x 12 inches.

The Mountain is actually closer than the camera makes it.

Paekakariki

2011-04-02T00:44:00.000-07:00

16 x 20 inches, acrylic and Indian ink on stretched canvas.

12 x 24 inches, acrylic on stretched canvas

Whanganui Coast

2011-03-22T14:54:00.000-07:00

Acrylic on canvas board, 20 x 30 cm.

Whanganui River

2011-03-01T20:04:00.001-08:00

Pot Plant Study - Impatiens

2011-02-11T19:00:00.001-08:00

Oils on canvas, 8 x 10 inches.

Kapiti Coast Plein Air

2010-12-21T14:18:00.000-08:00

Painted from Elizabeth Park, Paekakariki. Oils on canvas, 8" x 8"

Pencarrow Heads from Breaker Bay.

2010-10-20T01:35:00.000-07:00

12 x 16 inch. Oil on canvas. Click to enlarge. Sold

Paekakariki Shore

2010-09-17T16:16:00.000-07:00

Paekakariki Shore. Oil on canvas, 8 x 10 in.
Click image to enlarge.The colour temperature on my LCD monitor is set to 6500k and on my screen the colours of the image are extremely similar to those of the original painting. Colour may vary slightly depending on the settings of your monitor.

Kapiti Coast

2010-09-04T19:44:00.000-07:00

Oil on Canvas 8 x 8 inches. In this painting I did not aim for a literal (photographic) representation of the scene, but more for the sensations of the place: the overall colour harmony and space, the movement of forms and light. This view is in the opposite direction to the painting above.

Below are a 12 photos I took in the area (click to enlarge)

A Person At Her Ease

2010-08-31T02:57:00.000-07:00

Ink on paper, 23.5 x 16.5" NFS

Gives to the Earth

2010-08-12T23:14:00.000-07:00

Ink on paper, 23.5 x 16.5" NFS

Enshu

2010-08-12T22:47:00.000-07:00

Ink on paper, 14 x 16.5" NFS

Foveaux Strait

2010-07-10T20:41:00.000-07:00

Stewart Island from Bluff. Oil on cardboard, 8 x 12 in.

Painted en plein air from Bluff hills - view across Foveaux Strait towards Stewart Island.

Wellington Coast

2010-06-29T22:25:00.000-07:00

The South Island from Lyall Bay. 6 x 8 in, oil on panel.

Purple and Green. Mana Island from Titahi Bay. 20 x 30 cm, oil on canvas board.

Wellington Winter

2010-06-26T18:20:00.000-07:00

Titahi Bay (incomplete). 16 x 20 in, ink and acrylic on canvas.

Centennial Highway. 10 x 12 in, oil on canvas.

Breaker Bay. 15 x 25 cm, oil on canvas.

The Pinnacles, Breaker Bay. 15 x 15 cm, oil on panel.

Centennial Highway. 15 x 15 cm. Oil on Panel.

Raumati South. 6 x 6 inches, Oil on Canvas

Southland

2010-05-29T17:02:00.000-07:00

This painting is in the June/July, 2010 issue of International Artist magazine along with some information on my aspiration, design strategy and working process. Click image to enlarge.

Orepuki, Tewaewae Bay. 10 x 20 in, oil on canvas. Sold

Stewart Island from Bluff. 15 x 30 in, oil on canvas. Sold
Painted over two days in the old cemetery at Bluff.

Stewart Island from Ocean Beach. Sold

View North from Bluff. Sold

Slope Point

Riverton point. Sold

Below are a few photographs of Southland (Click to enlarge)

Aparima River

Curio Bay

Riverton Rocks

Sheep on Beach, Waikawa

Tihaka

Tiwai from Bluff.

Waituna Lagoon with distant Bluff Hill and Stewart Island.

Late day, Kapiti

2010-05-12T02:16:00.000-07:00

Available for purchase at Mahara Gallery, Waikanae. Framed. I bought half a dozen bristle brushes approx one inch wide from a hardware store and on the way home was keen to try them out and the result was this painting. I aimed for a focal area just below centre in the sea. This was not only a visual centre but an emotional one as well. That is, the sea theme, or subject of the painting, radiates out from this focal area to encompass the whole work.

Late day, Kapiti Island. 6 x 6 in, oil on panel. Sold

Pukerua Bay 2

2010-04-20T17:37:00.000-07:00

Painted on a beautiful day from up on the new winding walkway between Paekakariki and Pukerua Bay.

9.6 x 5 in, oil on panel. Sold

Pukerua Bay

2010-04-20T15:48:00.001-07:00

9 x 12 in, oil on canvas

Paekakariki from a Distance

2010-04-15T00:35:00.000-07:00

9 x 12 inches, oil on canvas. Sold

Kapiti from Paekakariki

2010-04-07T02:45:00.000-07:00

Painted from Campbell Park, Paekakariki. Oil on Canvas. Sold

Kapiti Coast

2010-03-26T00:14:00.000-07:00

View South from Paraparaumu. 9 x 12 in, oil on canvas