THE JOYS OF MATAKANA COAST AND COUNTRY 1 – An Auckland New Zealand wonderland
$125 – $895
THE JOYS OF MATAKANA COAST AND COUNTRY 1 panorama coffee table book
PROVERB
Love God
Wisely
Treasure your environment
Now
Earn favor from your children’s children
Eat
The good fruit of heaven’s reflection
Today
THE STORY
This unique panorama coffee table book was inspired by a rejected contract from a client in London. The work was produced and at the last minute, they pulled the plug leaving me dealing with frustrating emotions. Plagued with “Duped again” and feeling hard done by a thought occurred to me, “Why not use the art and produce a coffee table book”. I became thankful for the rejection. I must admit it was a prayerful consideration in how to deal with what I thought was “Being used again”. This is a regular occupational hazard for creatives that ungrateful speculators use.
Having taken many glorious photos of our district over the years, I went into my archives. It was there that I resurrected what I could use and so ventured out into the wilderness looking for more. As good fortune would have it, many people I spoke with gave me lots of vistas to discover. They also offered opinions to build on and lots of encouragement to finish the dream. panorama coffee table book
A Dream Grows
To be honest, the more I created the concept the more I became enthused and as the project developed I thought, “How do you create a static presentation to capture the pleasurable feelings of what we so much love about where we live”?
The scenery, the sounds of the Flora and Fauna, and the emotions, all tugged on my creative juices. I prayerfully asked the question and an idea was planted from heaven. Create something outside the normal books with luxury in it, layout differences, and juxtaposition squares of the life that I see, hear, and play within the vistas. Done!
After hours of work on the presentation, I also noted an ecology theme starting to take place because I had time to think.
Look at the past, see now, and into the future where trouble beckons if we treat this amazing environment with disdain.
Not being a pessimist, I could see a great deal of hope embedded in those who care enough to be responsible for their own decisions.
They care for our environment as we build our little kingdoms (what we personally rule over for ourselves) on earth. Of course, I also see that the prophetic scriptures (God’s revelation to mankind) show that the future is not all doom and gloom as some would allude to. They show a wonderful restoration time ahead for all the damage we have done and are doing. There is evidence of that everywhere if our eyes are open to see the other side of darkness.
A Range of Gifts
I had the vision for creating a whole gift range around the book developed so I could place in the hands of all, something, a tool that we can use to boast about our privileges and our wonderful environment to give as gifts to friends and family alike.
This beautiful book will sell “The Matakana Coast and Country” all over the world, from London to New York, Paris to Sydney, Moscow to Beijing, and it will grace any coffee table in any style of interior decoration known.
As an artist, photographer and designer there is no end to the vision.
I plan to build a team to flesh the dream of Book 2 of Matakana Coast and Country plus a new book of the restoration story and recovery (3/4s complete) on “Tiritiri Matangi Island” in the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.
All are in process for late 2023 between a few paintings. I’m a happy man.
STATUS and MATERIALS
25 LIMITED EDITION “ACRYLIC ENHANCED” CANVAS REPRODUCTIONS OF EACH PANORAMA
Unframed sizes | 1500 x short side – $1550 | 1000 x short side – $1250 | 650 x short side – $995
75 LIMITED EDITIONS CANVAS REPRODUCTIONS *
Unframed sizes | 960 x short side – $1150 | 650 x short side – $925
Printed on long-life archival canvas and protected with two coats of UV archival protection spray.
* Stretch-mounted reproductions will incur added charges for mounting and freight.
BOOKS
40 LIMITED EDITIONS | LUXURY A3 PRESENTATION BOX (SIGNED AND NUMBERED 1/50) – $895 NZ {34 left}
65 LIMITED EDITIONS | LUXURY A4 BOXED SIGNED AND NUMBERED 1/65) – $465 NZ {44 left}
OPEN EDITIONS | A4 STANDARD LAY FLAT HARDCOVER SATIN – $125 NZ
OPEN EDITION POSTER ART PRINTS *
Unframed sizes | 594 x short side – $145 | 420 x short side – $95
* Posters printed on fine art papers and treated with two coats of UV archival protection spray.
GIFTWARES
Unlimited productions
Greeting cards, posters, dinner and coaster sets, calendars, kitchen aprons, personalized mugs, beer steins, playing cards, postcards, and jigsaw puzzles.
PROCESS
Multiple images photographed with a Canon 5D and 7D, color-enhanced digital illustration created on an iMac in Photoshop CC. Painted on fine-weave, gesso-primed linen canvas for long-life integrity. Stretch mounted proud on hardboard and protected with brushed dammar varnish.
There’s lots of early morning and evening travel, to patiently capture wildlife the way I visioned. Even returning for a second or third time to improve on my first capture.
The photo collages of all panoramas are based on a technique I have with the intent for multiple reproduction techniques, including 2m canvases down to playing cards, jigsaw puzzles, postcards, and dinner sets.
FASHION and PRODUCTS
Images from “Matakana Coast and Country 1” is planned to be exhibited on Women’s Fashions through Vida and multiple product lines at Fine Art America
SHIPPING
- Includes insurance and package/handling fees.
- The Original and Limited Edition reproductions ship with the Provenance coded Authentication of Sale Certificate and maintenance information.
- Poster art prints ship in insured tubes.
