Alan Pearson, artist

I have been looking through the photos I took of Alan Pearson's portraits in Nelson's Suter gallery and in Wellington's national portrait gallery. I read that he is probably New Zealand's most well known portrait artist. If I had known his work previously I had forgotten it, so it is a real pleasure to discover/rediscover him.

Pearson often works in shades of grey and, as I said in a previous post, his work is memorable. Here is a collage of four of his works.

Suter Gallery in Nelson

Nelson has a marvelous little gallery, the Suter Art Gallery, set in the Queens Garden, which is a green refuge near the city centre.

Queens Garden

 At the moment there is an exhibition of Alan Pearson's paintings and Steve Fuller's ceramics. Both are definitely worth visiting. Pearson's paintings, mostly portraits, many with some sort of grey tinge, are memorable (perhaps especially for a portrait artist? ) and Steve Fullmer's ceramics large, colourful, interesting and fun.

I especially liked a vase type sculpture with multi layers and written comment on the outside. 'Jesus said buy Steve Fullmer's art's said one inscription.

Steve Fullmer's ceramic

Watercolour of bridge in Queen's Garden, Nelson