137 Richmond Street, Petone, Lower Hutt City, Wellington
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Amie McCarron is a New Zealand artist specialising in encaustic, the ancient beautiful medium of pigment in a beeswax and resin base; and in contemporary landscape paintings.
4th February 2011 Amie McCarron is a talented and skillful artist with a clear and focussed view of her subject. Her work is intricate, precise, beautifully draughted and thought provoking.
Drawing inspiration from the beauty of our country's landscapes and coastlines, Amie creates original paintings from her home studio in Petone. Primarily self-taught, Amie has developed a unique style that has an earthy quality reflecting the New Zealand environment. She has been recognised for her artwork multiple times in the media.
"The reason I paint is simply because I love the act of painting itself. It is important to me that my art has a positive quality and brings pleasure to the viewer."
Amie's contemporary landscapes incorporate elements of nature and her figurative pieces place emphasis on the beauty of the female form. Her preferred medium these pieces is acrylic on high quality hand-stretched canvas. Amie(TM)s abstract works have resulted from her new found joy in encaustic painting; the ancient and beautiful medium of pigment in a beeswax and resin base. By building up layers of encaustic and fusing together with heat, sometimes scraping back to reveal the
4th February 2011 Amie McCarron is a talented and skillful artist with a clear and focussed view of her subject. Her work is intricate, precise, beautifully draughted and thought provoking.
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Amie McCarron is a talented and skillful artist with a clear and focussed view of her subject. Her work is intricate, precise, beautifully draughted and thought provoking.