East

Description

Stanley Palmer is one of New Zealand's most respected and enduring artists. Best known for his editioned prints, monoprints and paintings, he is strongly associated with locations along and off the east coast: Parengarenga Harbour, Matauri Bay, the Poor Knights Islands, Great Barrier Island, the Mahurangi Peninsula. Many of his classic prints are of Auckland city in the 1970s, before motorways divided the city and the old areas of Newton and Ponsonby became gentrified. More recent works focus on the easternmost parts of New Zealand - the East Cape area and the Chatham Islands. East is a sampling of 136 of Stanley Palmer's works ranging across four decades. From early woodcuts through Palmer's unique bamboo engravings, to his delicate monoprints and evocative paintings, this extensive selection celebrates the work of one of our most-loved and prolific artists and also our own edge of the Pacific.

Stanley Palmer was born in 1936. He has been a fulltime artist and printmaker since 1969 and has had numerous exhibitions throughout New Zealand. His works hang in thousands of homes, public and private buildings, and galleries. Stanley Palmer lives and works in Mt Eden, Auckland.