The Sun
Wednesday March 14, 2012 W h e n o n ly t h e b e s t W i l l d o !
Pastels exhibit a first By Celeste Lodewyk A national pastel art group founded in Blenheim will be celebrating its tenth anniversary this month by holding their annual exhibition in Blenheim. Among their list of achievements they can count getting pastel as a medium accepted in New Zealand, which means pastel paintings can now be exhibited in top galleries. Founder Walter Scott said locals should come and have a look because he is unsure when Blenheim will see this exhibition again. “We might not see this exhibition for another ten years – there are a lot of towns with appropriate facilities.” The exhibition will also be
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varied in terms of subject and style, since the judges are kept secret so artists cannot taper to judges’ interests. Over 100 paintings have been submitted from across the country and from these 60-80 will be chosen for the exhibition. Mr Scott said prior to the group’s founding pastel art was resisted because of doubts about its durability and was considered “as something you
potter around with as school kids”. He said different mediums age differently – oil colours darken, however, artist quality pastels do not fade significantly and if mounted correctly will not “fall off”. He points out that cave paintings done 5000 years ago “are still as bright as when they were painted”. Mr Scott recounts the shock people experience when they
see a quality pastel painting. “People are absolutely staggered; they don’t realize the possibilities and levels of achievement you can achieve with pastel.” The exhibition “Purely Pastel” will be held at Yealands Estate Marlborough Gallery and will be opened by the Honourable Chris Finlayson on March 30. The public are invited to the exhibition from March 31 to April 15.
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