Above are some new paintings from the ‘Crown Birdy’ series by Henri Stone at Soul Gallery, 300 Barton St, Hamilton. All paintings are framed in simple milk-white frames with a wide mat in the same colour. The ones above have a double mat. They are all painted in Ecoline watercolour inks on heavy watercolour paper.
Live Wires have recently published cards from these paintings, printed on quality art stock paper with a debossed border. The painting (above left, SOLD), ‘Tui and Pohutukawa in a Crown Lynn milk jug’, has been adapted for the iPhone 6 cases. The painting on the right ‘Fantails and Manuka in a Crown Lynn milk jug’ is being considered for further iPhone phone case designs. This painting is still available from Soul Gallery.
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Above are details from two paintings which are also published as cards, each a group of six Crown Lynn tulip cups. The one on the left is a group in pink with a NZ tomtit and whitehead. The group on the right is in naturals with a NZ stitchbird and whitehead. I researched the original Crown Lynn glaze colours of the tulip-shaped teacups and my paintings are as close a colour match as I could manage in a different medium. The flora and fauna I used to decorate the cups are all New Zealand native plants and flowers.
