Renata Przynoga-Cousins Paintings

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Gallery

“ Horizon”

A series painted for a group exhibition 'Sense of Place' at the Inspirit Gallery near Hamilton.

“ Nudes”

This series of oil paintings were painted in Spring 2008 and exhibited briefly at The Thames Gallery.

“ Angels”

This series of oil paintings on gessoed board is Renata's second series of angel paintings.

“ Old Thames”

The subjects of these oil paintings on board are a couple of old buildings in Thames. The old Royal is a hotel standing on the corner of Brown St and Williamson St. The second subject is the Livery Stables building on Cochrane Street. Both buildings are listed as heritage buildings and hark back to the hey-day of Grahamstown (the north end of Thames where both these buildings are located).

“ Boats”

This series of oil paintings on gessoed board is Renata's second series of paintings for which she has taken boats as the subject.

“ Pohutukawa”

This series of small works, oil on board and mixed-media on paper, were exhibited at the Sola Cafe from 12 December 2007 - 9 January 2008. They are Renata's impressions of the New Zealand Christmas tree the iconic Pohutukawa. Renata has approached this subject several times in her years in New Zealand in particular in the annual exhibition at Hauraki House in Coromandel as part of Coromandel's Pohutukawa Festival . 2007 was the first year that Renata did not take part because of other exhibition commitments but in 2006 her work was commended with second prize.

“ Horses”

The work here has been executed in the second half of 2007 and was first exhibited at the Toi Toi Gallery in Hamilton South.

“ Kaikoura”

Impressions from Kaikoura in 2007.

“ Wharf - Place of Arrivals”

The work here comprises the exhibition "Wharf - place of arrivals" at The Thames Gallery 19 September to 15 October 2007. Most of the paintings are drawn from Renata's impressions of the Burke St Wharf in Thames with the addition of 3 works inspired by the Kaikoura coast of the South Island.

“ Racehorse”

This work is a response to a specific aspect of New Zealand culture that appealed to Renata as an artist. An exhibition at Sola Cafe of these works in October 2006 was to the memory of Barrie Carruthers who, until his passing in June, 2006, was her friend and neighbour. He provided Renata with a sense of extended family here in New Zealand so far from her own family in Poland. Barrie was a outdoors man who loved horses and Renata felt it was a fitting way to pay her respects.

“ Between The Wind”

Renata began painting a series of small images with boats as the theme in January 2006. The first 5 impressions were painted for a 'Group Exhibition of Small Size Paintings' showing at the Upstairs Gallery in Whitianga in Jan/Feb 2006.