Studio reorganise

After moving back from using the AUT studios, my studio at home was a complete mess with stuff all over the floor and covering every surface, so to reorganise it I have built a bench based on one at AUT 3D workshop. It is the pink (treated) timber left over from building a room a couple of years ago.


Below is the bench finished apart from a coat of paint. I also built some shelves and a tool board on the wall behind it which will save me from bending down to the floor all the time. The bench I can use for making, stretching and preparing canvases and boards, and also to hold painting materials during painting.

New painting

I'm working on a painting this week in the studio. It is a view of Newmarket looking from above the Skycity cinema entrance. What interests me here is the orientation of the self to that being viewed and how that orientation can be challenged.
Go to http://matthewcarter.co.nz for the final painting.

Eden Arts gala

'Artists in Eden' is the Eden Arts Trust gala event of the year. It is an open air exhibition of artists at work. This year, 2010, it was held on 20th March at Essex reserve in Mount Eden. The works are auctioned at the end of the day to provide funds for community initiatives.

Here is my finished work. It is oil on gessoed board.

Installation/Hanging for Graduation Show

Detail from 'Untitled (6)'

Graduation Exhibition

The exhibition for all visual arts graduating students at AUT: Masters; PGDiploma and BVA and Honours students will be held at AUT galleries-
Galleries 1 and 2 and all five floors of the Art & Design building on St Paul Street
and Gallery 3 on Mount Street. My work will be in Gallery 2. on St Paul Street.
(If you click on the above links Google maps gives you a street level view of the buildings. You can rotate the camera around 360 degrees by using the little wheel top left, and even look up into the sky.)

Thursday November 12th will be the opening night at 5.00pm. Drinks and snacks will be served on three levels.

Look forward to seeing you at the opening.

Dates of exhibition: 12th - 14th November.

Mailing List

If you want to be on my mailing list, so I can let you know of exhibitions or events, please email me at the email address at the right and I'll put you on the list.

Awards ceremony

The Glaister Ennor Art Awards ceremony was held at OREX art Gallery in Khartoum Place, Central Auckland.


Myself, in front of the winning painting. 'Walking Space'.



Above are the winners and the sponsors of the awards at the opening awards ceremony.
From left to right are: Peter Thompson (of Barfoot and Thompson), Bibi Ashger (winner of the Glaister Ennor staff choice award for her painting 'The Leopard'), Matthew Carter, John Daly-Peoples, Jack Porus (of Glaister Ennor) and Karen Crisp (who won the Barfoot and Thompson award for her photograph 'Lake Tikitapu').
All the winner works can be seen at the OREX art gallery website.

I am really pleased to announce that I have won the Glaister Ennor Art Award on Tuesday with my entry 'Walking Space'. The opening was very lively and the exhibition runs until Saturday. This means I will have the great opportunity to exhibit at OREXART gallery next year.

Many thanks to Glaistor Ennor and Barfoot & Thompson for supporting the awards and also the tutors at AUT.

Opening tonight

The awards ceremony and opening of the Glaister Ennor art awards exhibition is happening tonight at 5.30pm.