Eight seconds

June 2, 2015October 2, 2022 | Anna Cull

Eight-Second Exposure – acrylic on canvas, 605 x 910 mm, 2015

My final painting for this month’s art show was inspired by one of my favourite photographs (below) which I took using an eight-second exposure. It was quite a windy evening and so the kinetic sculpture is moving just as much as the tree, something I really wanted to show in the painting. I’ll post WIP photos later in the week. There are a few more photos of Phil Price’s wonderful sculpture ‘Nucleus’ in action here.

Anyone who knows Christchurch will appreciate that although the sculpture is still standing, the Majestic Theatre/Majestic House (on the left) and the ANZ Bank Chambers building were damaged beyond repair by earthquakes a few years ago and are no longer with us. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to take lots of photographs in the central city in the months prior to those devastating events.

Shoot it, Sketch it: Cathedral Junction

June 23, 2014May 17, 2019 | Anna Cull

Cathedral Junction — ink and watercolour, 240 x 180 mm, 2014. SOLD

I’ve been meaning to get around to this one for ages. The photograph originally featured in my In the Style of… Fougasse and became an ink sketch coloured in Photoshop. I’ve redrawn it and replaced the digital colour with watercolour. After a little bit of ~~trial and error~~ experimentation, I decided on the version you see here. I did try it with more colour but it just looked wrong. Overworked and wrong. I may paint it again and colour only the leaves… ‘Cathedral Junction’ is now my first watercolour for sale on Etsy.

Anna’s art is now on Etsy

May 11, 2014May 11, 2014 | Anna Cull

A catchy little post title, yes? So I’ve finally done it. It’s been some time coming but I’m now selling my paintings on Etsy. It’s a bit scary (who am I kidding… it’s a lot scary) but it simply had to be done ― I’m nearly out of room in the art cave! I listed these eight paintings this morning (actually there are nine because one is a diptych). I’ll be adding a few more later in the week (once the varnish is dry). As always, I’ll keep you posted here and on Facebook…

I’ve also updated my About page.

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P.S. The pink floral wallpaper background is NOT for sale : )

Honouring our past

February 22, 2014February 15, 2014 | Anna Cull

“If we do not honour our past, we lose our future. If we destroy our roots, we cannot grow.” Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Commemorating the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in which 185 people lost their lives. Many homes, businesses and heritage buildings were destroyed. We are still a city in recovery. This is a period in history which will, no doubt, be remembered as both the breaking and the making of our city.

Wordless Wednesday #7

February 19, 2014March 22, 2014 | Anna Cull

Shoot it, Sketch it: Wellington Harbour

January 20, 2014June 11, 2020 | Anna Cull

Wellington Harbour – acrylic on canvas, 455 x 610 mm, 2014. SOLD

Wellington Harbour — edited photograph (left), 2013 and original photograph (right), 2008

Today’s painting was inspired by my photograph of Wellington Harbour on a sunny, summer afternoon originally posted here. I also referred to the unedited image (prior to giving it the tilt-shift treatment and cropping it to remove the reflections from the hotel window) for some of the details.