Carl foster west coast exhibition catalogue

CARL FOSTER WEST COAST

08 May - 08 June 2014 pierre peeters gallery 251 PARNELL ROAD HABITAT COURTYARD PARNELL +64 9 3774832 WWW.PPG.NET.NZ 251 PARNELL ROAD HABITAT COURTYARD PARNELL AUCKLAND +64 9 3774832 WWW.PPG.NET.NZ

CARL FOSTER b 1985 WEST COAST

There are different schools of thought on the extent to which an artist should ‘explain’ their work. Carl Foster might seem to be adhering to Matisse’s injunction to painters with his reticence to speak about his work; however this young painter is naturally reserved. Questions might make him bashful, yet one detects determination; a backbone and, that much overused word in the arts, passion.

Foster is best known for his exquisitely modulated grey, green, blue and earth tones contained within immaculate and lyrical shapes which undulate, glide, swoop and fall.

Foster listens to jazz and the blues. He loves the blues singer Robert Johnson.

Music transports the listener; it excites, soothes, and speaks to the heart. In Foster’s painting, we see him go to a place imaginatively and with an acute sense of movement.

The experience of the actual is transmuted into a vision that moves; in both senses of the word .

Foster has been represented at Pierre Peeters since 2007 after attending Whitecliffe Art School.

1.

O’Neills Beach, Bethells Oil on Canvas 540 x 450 mm

2.

Veiw towards Orakei Oil on Canvas 460 x 460 mm

3.

Bethells Beach Oil on Canvas 590 x 450 mm

4.

Muriwai Beach Oil on Canvas 600 x 500 mm

5.

Bethells Beach Oil on Canvas 600 x 490 mm

6.

O’Neills Beach Oil on Canvas 490 x 400 mm

7.

O’Neills Beach Oil on Canvas 540 x 490 mm

8.

O’Neills Beach Oil on Canvas 470 x 440 mm

9.

Muriwai, veiw of gannet colony Oil on Canvas 500 x 500 mm

10.

O’Neills Beach Oil on Canvas 520 x 420 mm

11.

O’Neills Beach Oil on Canvas 490 x 440 mm

12.

View towards Herald Island Oil on Canvas 550 x 400 mm

13.

Incoming Tide, Riverhead Oil on Canvas 640 x 490 mm

14.

Bethells Beach Oil on Canvas 500 x 400 mm

15.

O’Neills Beach Oil on Canvas 590 x 440 mm

16.

Sea Horse Oil on Canvas 1010 x 760 mm

17.

Tiki Oil on Canvas 1210 x 610 mm

18.

Calypso Oil on Canvas 900 x 590 mm

19.

Green Snake Oil on Canvas 1000 x 600 mm

20.

Self Portrait Oil on Canvas 750 x 350 mm

21.

Snake Oil on Canvas 910 x 610 mm

22.

Yucca Plant Oil on Canvas 1010 x 760 mm

23.

The white lady Oil on Canvas 1010 x 510 mm

24.

Travelers Oil on Canvas 910 x 610 mm

25.

The Travelers Oil on Canvas 760 x 500 mm

CARL FOSTER: WEST COAST 1. O’Neils Beach, Bethells

Oil on Canvas 540 x 5450 mm

$2,150

2. Veiw towards Orakei

Oil on Canvas 460 x 460 mm

$2,000

3. Bethells Beach

Oil on Canvas 590 x 450 mm

$2,100

4. Muriwai Beach

Oil on Canvas 600 x 500 mm

$2,250

5. Bethells Beach

Oil on Canvas 600 x 460 mm

$1,450

6. O’Neils Beach

Oil on Canvas 490 x 400 mm

$1,850

7. O’Neils Beach

Oil on Canvas 540 x 490 mm

$2,250

8. O’Neils Beach

Oil on Canvas 470 x 440 mm

$2,100

9. Muriwai, view of gannet colony Oil on Canvas 500 x 500 mm

$1,650

10. O’Neils Beach

Oil on Canvas 520 x 420 mm

$2,150

11. O’Neils Beach

Oil on Canvas 490 x 440 mm

$1,850

12. View toward Herald Island

Oil on Board 550 x 400 mm

$2,150

13. Incoming tide, Riverhead

Oil on Canvas 640 x 490 mm

$2,500

14. Bethells Beach

Oil on Board 500 x 400 mm

$1,100

15. O’Neils Beach

Oil on Canvas 590 x 440 mm

$1,600

16. Sea Horse

Oil on Canvas 1010 x 760 mm

$2,800

17. Tiki

Oil on Canvas 1210 x 610 mm

$2,600

18. Calypso

Oil on Canvas 900 x 590 mm

$2,800

19. Green Snake

Oil on Canvas 1000 x 600 mm

$3,000

20. Self Portrait

Oil on Canvas 750 x 350 mm

$2,600

21. Snake

Oil on Canvas 910 x 610 mm

$2,700

22. Yucca Plant

Oil on Canvas 1010 x 760 mm

$3,250

23. The white lady

Oil on Canvas 1010 x 510 mm

$2,500

24. Travelers

Oil on Canvas 910 x 610 mm

$2,450

25. The Travelers

Oil on Canvas 760 x 500 mm

$2,500

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