{"id":156894,"date":"2025-11-27T20:39:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T20:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/156894\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T20:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T20:39:16","slug":"six-artists-dive-into-natures-depths-in-new-gisborne-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/156894\/","title":{"rendered":"Six artists dive into nature\u2019s depths in new Gisborne exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Torri Stewart has a combination of prints and sculptural pieces. Her sculptural works are inspired by the materials she forages, including a cylindrical piece made of woven seaweed covered in palm inflorescence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Another is made on a structure of driftwood she filled with woven seaweed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt changed dramatically as it dried and gave off a wonderful salty smell,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Former journalist Ruth E. Helming discovered printmaking in 2021. Having sailed around the world, she has a deep love for the ocean. She has a variety of prints in the exhibition, including three small octopus prints taken from an etching and a larger multi-block woodcut print of Cape Hallett, Antarctica.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe got the name for the exhibition from a quote by [American psychologist and philosopher] William James,\u201d Helming said. \u201c\u2018We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe all agreed it was the perfect name for the exhibition as we all have respect for and share a love of the ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Marija Cooper is a Gisborne-based artist of Latvian origin who does charcoal drawings and printmaking. In Connected in the Deep, she presents a figurative intaglio piece and abstract monoprints inspired by nature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Gisborne landscape painter Veronika Lambert has several oil paintings in the exhibition, including two small circular pieces painted on wooden board. Her works evoke a sense of peace, serenity and solitude \u2013 one capturing the moody horizon at Wainui Beach, another the crumbling cliff faces of Makorori.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Lanie Wilton uses vibrant layers of colour and expressive detail to capture moments of stillness, wonder and connection with paintings of wildflowers and landscapes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">A public opening at 5.30pm on Saturday will give people the chance to peruse the work and enjoy a glass of Matawhero wine. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Marija Cooper (left) with two of her monoprints and Veronika Lambert with two small circular paintings on board. \" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Marija Cooper (left) with two of her monoprints and Veronika Lambert with two small circular paintings on board. <\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Connected in the Deep<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Matawhero Art Gallery<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Matawhero Wines, 189 Riverpoint Rd<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">On until January 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Torri Stewart has a combination of prints and sculptural pieces. 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