https://www.sarahmcbeathpaintings.com/paintings daily 1.0 2022-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634075613891-KQQY2I5PEI9OKWFFTRON/KH+Gibbsto+Glorit+sm.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Kaipara Harbour: Tuhirangi towards Glorit (from Gibbs Farm) 2012 oil on linen 1950 x 300mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634871148792-YQGO2G6ADGZCT3RRKUU0/McBeath+blck+sig.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/59c9dd9a-e0c4-4cc0-ae9c-b6c0304b6e21/Waitemata+crop+02+adjusted+light+02.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634088350326-1L5DGFLCOIKA893PXHQN/SS+Kakepuku+and+Te+Kawa+2021.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Kakepuku and Te Kawa 2021 oil on canvas 1200 x 600 Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634089661054-RMSK3LPFMUAMS2C8G3VP/Ngunguru+SS+2020.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Ngunguru Remembered (e tangi hotu nei 2) 2020 oil on canvas 1000 x 500mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634090027250-B9DARDOHMH8VZ05ROIC6/Puhoi+Revisited+2018++SS.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Puhoi Revisited 2020 oil on canvas 1000 x 500mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634091051509-D7CUH4M62IDALHMKO22C/Kukupa+mounted.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Kaipara River Kukupa 2019 1200 x 400mm view at Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland Aotearoa NZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634091350614-4OQ85Z9SZVPHV6OJ1EJI/Ngnguru+Kukupa+mounted.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Ngunguru Kukupa 2019 1200 x 400mm view at Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland Aotearoa NZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634434495451-ZK8EKRGOUJGQTHLPNF6A/Coromandel+01.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634435070854-3KF7CKN539BJGA9DIQH0/kanukadet.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Kaipara Harbour with Moturemu and some Kanuka 2010 oil on linen 650 x 200mm view at Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland Aotearoa NZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634437849388-9E1O4KK669O8M2OY2JYW/MaungataurariPuke.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Maungatautari: Pukekura Hills 2008 oil on linen 1950 x 300mm view at Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland Aotearoa NZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634079649236-5A5A3GFIZCHJJ9I2XX3G/Renall%27s2.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out On Taylor Road: Renall's Hill 2 2008 oil on linen 1950 x 300mm view at Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland Aotearoa NZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634437925186-P0Z1KV8K72F85KS0P87G/reproRenalls.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out On Taylor Road: Renall's Hill limited edition, signed quality art reproduction Poster Size: 595mm x 210mm; image size: 560 x 90 mm Price $NZ 45 + p&p FULL SET OF THREE REPRODUCTIONS ( On Taylor Road: Wharauroa / Kukupa; Renall's Hill; Wharauroa Valley) $NZ 150 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634437957981-D0GCTDTKQ4IZYX52FTVV/reprowharauroa.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out On Taylor Road: Wharauroa Valley limited edition, signed quality art reproduction Poster Size: 595mm x 210mm; image size: 560 x 90 mm Price $NZ 45 + p&p FULL SET OF THREE REPRODUCTIONS ( On Taylor Road: Wharauroa / Kukupa; Renall's Hill; Wharauroa Valley) $NZ 150 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634092892519-BGDWURVFVHR7ARU57OJ1/WharauroaKukupa+2008.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out On Taylor Road: Wharauroa / Kukupa 2008 oil on linen 1200 x 600mm (Private Collection) Available as a limited edition reproduction only - see below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634437887855-HAA3CQ3P9DO8ME8N4NSY/reprokukupa.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out On Taylor Road: Wharauroa / Kukupa limited edition, signed, quality art reproduction Poster Size: 695 x 420mm; image size: 555 x 275 Price $NZ 90 + p&p FULL SET OF THREE REPRODUCTIONS ( On Taylor Road: Wharauroa / Kukupa; Renall's Hill; Wharauroa Valley) $NZ 150 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634435690452-L7L6TN97ONOEJ2F7GGI6/TorlesseI.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Kaiteriteri: Torlesse Rock 2007 oil on linen 1000 x 600mm view at Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland Aotearoa NZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634603977850-MSBA6935PAOCE8HZX276/Tunnel+Rock.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Poor Knights: Aorangaia 2005 - 11 oil on linen 1200 x 400mm view at Burning Issues, Whangarei, Aotearoa NZ https://www.sarahmcbeathpaintings.com/watercolours daily 0.75 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634507392493-SHD74TKN9BXG31XZBFLF/SS+Watercolour+splash02.jpg Watercolours - Always listen to the Art The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art - Junot Diaz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634871148792-YQGO2G6ADGZCT3RRKUU0/McBeath+blck+sig.jpg Watercolours - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634509296858-Y7I2KP32GMBSTAHD3W93/SS+04+Piwakwaka+July+2020+.jpg Watercolours - Make it stand out The Piwakawaka with the all the Tail Feathers 2020 Original Watercolour on 300gsm cold pressed Canson Montval paper, A3 Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634510005360-5RD6ABHOAK3XKWB9HJMS/SS+03+Pook+.jpg Watercolours - Make it stand out Big Pukeko 2020 Watercolour on 300gsm cold pressed cotton fibre Arches paper 390 x540mm (A2) $250 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634510193725-V31XN4H4GYKXVFMI2EAF/SS+Lockdown+Tui+April+2020.jpg Watercolours - Make it stand out Lockdown Tui 2020 Original Watercolour on 300gsm cold pressed cotton fibre Canson Montval paper, 297 x 420mm $250 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634510525153-0OKQF2ZUAAXP4SV4GVJE/SS+Pink+Tui+jpg.jpg Watercolours - Make it stand out Pink Tui 2019 Original Watercolour on 200gsm cold pressed cotton fibre Bockingford paper, 297 x 420mm $250 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634510675738-HH8YRQSRMD35DFUM8MFZ/SS+Intense+Piwakwaka+Aug+2019.jpg Watercolours - Make it stand out Intense Piwakawaka 2019 Original Watercolour on 200gsm cold pressed cotton fibre Bockingford paper, 297 x 420mm $250 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634510815992-68YCXL1B3TGRW14E0O2H/SS+022+tiny+piwakawaka+2019.jpg Watercolours - Make it stand out Tiny Piwakawaka 2019 Watercolour on 300gsm cold pressed 100% cotton fibre Arches paper, 297 x 420mm $250 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634511051080-OPRD8A5TQ0C63VJB7SXI/SS+mega+feathered+Kukupa+June+2019.jpg Watercolours - Make it stand out Mega feathered Kukupa 2019 Original Watercolour on 300gsm cold pressed 100% cotton fibre Arches paper, 297 x 420mm (A3) $250 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634511431084-6QDPFEQZNB6B0R60PYAH/SS+Kotare+02.jpg Watercolours - Make it stand out Kotare 02 2019 Original Watercolour on 200gsm cold pressed cotton fibre Bockingford paper, 297 x 420mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634511605486-VB06UL21ZNDEUXB4RKAL/SS+Kotare+01.jpg Watercolours - Make it stand out Kotare 2019 Original Watercolour on 200gsm cold pressed cotton fibre Bockingford paper, 297 x 420mm (A3) Private Collection https://www.sarahmcbeathpaintings.com/about daily 0.75 2021-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634871148792-YQGO2G6ADGZCT3RRKUU0/McBeath+blck+sig.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634531431929-YN18R8OP78JTXAUBVPFZ/mcbhist3.jpg About - Just as certain similarities in the landscapes of north and south revealed themselves during the painting process, so too the pictorial relationship between landform and self developed very closely, ultimately revealing something of the true nature of both. Duntroon Hills 1 1983 oil on board 900 x 1200mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634939810403-SLFUVP9X0LZ97QQHUILH/awana.jpg About - 2021 I continue t o try and make sense of our existence through Te Ao Marama, Te Makuranga and the beauty that is paint. Great Barrier Island: Awana 2006 oil on linen 1000 x 600mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634530975366-JU48YWO7I25C8GLQKHHI/mcbhist2.jpg About - The later paintings were initiated as a visual response to bird songs within the environment of Parikiore and in association with the surrounding landscape - as mass and void, bird and space, earth and song. For me these songs and calls were a comparison that helped me to define the weight and presence of the landforms. I was also captivated by the intricate dance of skylarks, and the way their song imitated their movements. Grey Warbler / Jounneaux’s Farm 1980 oil on board 500 x 850mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634938136085-IJEXUH9EKU3HEW8MQPJH/KiteAoMarama.jpg About - 1995 Travelling into the Dark: Te Ao Marama and Te Makuranga The Te Ao Marama paintings are about the realm in which we now exist. On a deeper level, they reflect the sentiment revealed in the powhiri: .... tuia ki runga, tuia ki raro | tuia i te here tangata | ki te wai ao | ki te ao marama .... a calling together in the search for enlightenment. This powhiri has been a major starting point in the creation of this series of paintings. Ki te Ao Marama 8/16 1995 lithograph approximate image size 42 x 15cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634534955119-FC2NQYG64KBRUBXLF6H7/mcbhist18.jpg About - 1994 - 1998 The Tukutuku works The Tukutuku paintings are part of a series I have been working on since 1994, originally as lithographs, in which they are as much about exploring the medium as about imagery. Several years on, these are still in the exploratory stages, working mostly with composition, colour and medium to remove them to a different plane from the traditional woven panels. They are less meticulously ordered then a real tukutuku panel, in an attempt to express the chaos of life; the fading of different hues and tones, of light to dark is an extension of the light into darkness that has become part of my Te Makuranga paintings, and as such is part of the life-after-death theme, and the role of spirituality in our daily existence. This idea has been very specifically employed in the painting Keruru/tukutuku, where the feather colours of the bird have faded completely, to become the colours of the tukutuku - in this painting the tukutuku acts as a vehicle to convey the idea of the spirit continuing after the demise of its physical body. Keruru/Tukutuku 1997 oil on canvas 1070x600mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634531813011-Q18QNTYEQTWQKWYL5NKR/mcbhist5.jpg About - 1987 Maungatapere, Maunu and Hurupaki This series were painted mainly in a rented studio at the Northland Craft Trust Quarry. Being in the company of people with a serious commitment to making art created an atmosphere in which my paintings virtually painted themselves. I was exploring the identity of the three volcanic cones that stretch in a line across the landscape between Maungakaramea and Whangarei. These cones - Maungatapere, Maunu and Hurupaki are striking in their geometric beauty. Hurupaki, Maunu & Maungatapere 1987 oil and papier colle on board 850 x 1260mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634531882821-PFGIMVP4XJ0UORJ99EBS/mcbhist6.jpg About - The red heart of the painting Maungatapere/Lost refers to the volcanic nature of the mountain - hot lava in the earth; and symbolises the mountain’s vitality - the ability to nurture and maintain life. The strong gestural markmaking expressed the violence and power inherent in all of these mountains; the x that developed here in the sky and became stronger in supporting paintings associates itself with denial and love. These were my farewell tribute to the Northland landscape. Maungatapere/Lost 1987 oil and papier colle on board 1260 x 850mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634602871722-IDOD8C0XNI2WBPL1735H/mcbhist19.jpg About - 1998 Te Ao Marama All the Te Ao Marama paintings relate to life in this world, as compared to the world after death, or before we are born. They have evolved through the process of the Te Makuranga paintings, which were concerned with death and the prospect of existence continuing beyond this. Te Ao Marama: Kaiwaka II 1998 oil on canvas 1372 x 300mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634514128660-F9LDAHK6YHGO5QFUWRPB/mcbhist1.jpg About - 1977- 81 Parikiore The distinctive shape of Parikiore Mountain dominates the skyline north-west of Kamo, in Whangarei. At first my paintings were about the relationship between mass and void. I found by observing the movement of clouds through and around the peaks I could make a positive statement about this. East Cloud Shapes II 1977 oil on board 500 x 850mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634534781911-19F1YA7JG8Z7TFUKXFUF/mcbhist15.jpg About - The spaces between - the paths to reach the state of balance, Te Makuranga - sometimes darkness, indicative of the mysterious nature of our existence in the next life; the slashed canvas or white slashes indicating the ways through to enlightenment; the distant landscape represents Te Ao Marama - literally, the world of light - the realm in which we now exist. Te Makuranga/Helensville 1996 oil on canvas 300x1200mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634532949334-YJAW2RN7TX1NC3CGTCZM/mcbhist11.jpg About - 1991 Helensville and the Kaipara Celtic patterns gave me the starting point for my explorations of the elaborate pattern of loops and serpentines across the landscape near Helensville that is the Kaipara River. The land is solid, enduring, permanent. The river moves and changes but remains constant in a wider context. I couldn’t resist the deeper symbolism offered by the river and land: the cycle of water and through this the cycle of life. This is why in some paintings I made the river from only one line. With no beginning and no end, the circle symbolises both perfection and infinity. The light of the water is a reflection of the light of the sky. In the context of the early Waimauku paintings, the river is a messenger bringing light into the darkness. Kaipara River 1991 oil on board 650 x 900mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634534689380-RWXB0APCLWKSK0C5QFAG/Te+makuranga+large+1994+.jpg About - Te Makuranga is a traditional Maori design used mostly on the base board of pataka, but it also may be on feather or trinket boxes. The design consists of seven human figures separated by manaia, with a manaia at each end, facing outwards in a protective stance. The presence of manaia in Maori carving indicates a link with spiritual matters. Each human figure represents one of seven states of existence - The six outside figures are wananga (wisdom), oranga (life), ihi (power), mana (sovereignity), wehi (greatness) and ihowai (equality). Collectively they make a state of balance, makuranga, which is represented by the central figure. On reaching this state of balance, a person is ready to make the journey on the spiritual canoe - to continue in the next life. Te Makuranga I 1995 oil & plaster on unstretched sacking 2500 x 700mm Artist’s Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634531213884-CYMY4RNX1K31SYVCJWW7/mcbhist4.jpg About - 1983 Parikiore and Duntroon These works developed through the examination of two very different landscapes - Parikiore, a distinctively shaped hill in of volcanic origin in Northland, and the tail end of a range of mountains along the Waitaki river in North Otago. The comparisons are more philosophic than geographic. House/Parikiore 1983 oil on board 600 x 900 mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634534759409-Y3YFO5HPS6DR984TB16H/mcbhist16.jpg About - I have made many paintings of Te Makuranga exploring this concept. The human figures have been replaced at times by nikau trees, or spirals, and by the dead kereru - a highly personal symbol for me of the crossing through to the next existence. Te Makuranga/Keruru 1997 oil on canvas 600 x 1070mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634533283548-9I796KUP99K4Z7GWSHCA/mcbhist12.jpg About - Manaia / Renall’s farm links the Te Ao Marama works to Te Makuranga - which is also a quest for enlightenment and perfection. Manaia / Renall’s Farm 1994 oil on board 800 x 1200mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634532231973-UONIBRMI4MEOP5HEYZIG/mcbhist8.jpg About - 1989 Waimauku: writing in the sky In my early responses to Waimauku I tried to describe the weight, dignity and vitality of the land. While the landforms are quieter than those I knew in Northland, the light and patterns in the sky at Waimauku reveal the proximity of the vast and wild west coast. The song symbol that appears in the sky in some of these paintings and makes the substance of the landforms in others paintings is an extension of my earlier birdsong paintings, and here is a reference to the link between coast and land, and also the beauty and vitality I find in this landscape. Song/Maber’s Farm 1989 oil and papier colle on board 800x1200mm Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163948ec83b4d2613cf6754/1634605064951-37QSR3D51WXAJT67GFDE/Waiheke+Noises+2007.jpg About - The Te Ao Marama paintings are also about the literal "world of light" - the play of light on water, and the effects of light within the landscape. They are about the realm in which we now exist. 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