Grahame Sydney is one of New Zealand’s major artists, famous
for his quintessential and exquisitely rendered paintings of Central Otago and the South. Underpinned by a conviction that
artists should look first to their own place, his work over the past four decades has become known to large numbers of New Zealanders
who recognise and cherish Sydney’s deeply felt response to this country’s
southern landscapes.
This book contains over 200 paintings from Sydney’s 40-year
career, including all of his best-known landscapes, his figure paintings, and
his highly distinctive paintings of buildings and their interiors. The book
opens with a perceptive and finely turned account by the artist of his
childhood in Dunedin and the beginnings of his obsession with art, and an essay
from New Zealand’s Poet Laureate and man of letters, Vincent O’Sullivan, who
writes insightfully and lyrically about Sydney’s work.
A landmark publication, this book captures magnificently the
scale and significance of Grahame Sydney’s contribution to New Zealand art and
culture.
Published by Craig Potton Publishing, Grahame Sydney:
Paintings 1974–2014 is available from bookshops and libraries
nationwide and online at www.craigpotton.co.nz
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Grahame Sydney was born in 1948 in Dunedin and has been
painting full time since 1974. He is widely regarded as one of New Zealand’s
major artists, best known for his landscapes of Central Otago and the South.
He has authored or been the subject of five books. The
previous account of his work, The Art of Grahame Sydney (Longacre,
2000), won three Montana Book Awards and has been reprinted four times, as was
the 1995 publication Timeless Land (with Owen Marshall and Brian
Turner).
Grahame Sydney continues to paint at his home studio in the
Cambrian Valley in Central Otago, and maintains a close involvement with
environmental issues in the South Island. In 2003 he was awarded an Officer of
the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for his services to painting.
Standard slipcase edition $99.99
Hardback PLC with dustjacket, colour throughout
ISBN: 9781927213247
Deluxe edition $150.00
Limited edition of 500 signed copies presented in a cloth
presentation box
ISBN: 9781927213254
Above - Up on the downs
Above - Demolition at Waipiata
Footnote:
Footnote:
The limited edition boxed version sold out in 10
days, and the first print run from Craig Potton sold out to the trade within 4 weeks
of release. A reprint is under way, hopefully landed before Xmas.
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