"Playing hide and seek with a tree fern" gouache on black paper

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'Hide and seek?' I spent a few moments looking for you, then I realised you meant the tree fern's trunk. Excellent Mike, this works so well with the black background.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 02 Jun 10:29:23

Lewis made me smile - it's another wonderful painting Mike

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 02 Jun 10:41:29

Great work Mike. The greens really show well against the black background.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Thu 02 Jun 19:54:38

my thanks for the encouragement - working on black paper does mean the possibilties of strong contrasts.

Posted by Mike Capenerhurst on Sat 04 Jun 03:34:35

Hang on Studio Wall

02/06/2022

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another view from the River road - side of the road viewing

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Mike Capenerhurst

Born & lived in Leicester for 30 years before coming to NZ in 1965 with wife and family. Dropped art at school for more "useful" subjects. Interest resurrected upon arriving out here. Started with oils, moved to water colour some 20 years ago.. Have played with etching and like it. Primarily self…

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