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    • Te Ha - The Breath
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    • Suggestions For Mud: Jude Blades
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    • Hokianga 6
    • Lindsay Antrobus Evans
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    • The Ground on Which We Stand
    • The Hidden Path - Chris Verryt
    • Swan Song
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    • Te Whakanui I Te Tau Kotahi O Te Toi Torangapu - Celebrating One Year of Political Art
    • Bruce Anderson

Bert van Dijk
13 May - 8 June

Breaching the Surface refers to what I believe is a mission of an artist, to present not just the outer form of something but also express the mood, feeling or dramatic essence of a place or subject. 
Bert van Dijk – Artist Statement                                  
After working for more than 30 years as a performing artist, I have the last few years turned to visual art, working with acrylic, oil, ink, charcoal, pastels and collage on canvas and wood panels.
For my work, I find inspiration in the archetypal dimensions of nature (the gods), the moods of land- and seascapes, and the beauty of the male body frozen in motion or emotion.
This Hokianga residency has given me an opportunity to explore in colours, composition and expression, the contours, atmosphere and spirit of this extraordinary area. I have also found inspiration at some of the pre-European narratives, particularly those that explain the original names of the Hokianga: Hokianga whakapau karakia (Hokianga that exhausts karakia) and Te Puna i te Ao Mārama (the spring of the world of light).
It was interesting and unexpected to see whales and whale related themes emerging in my work during my residency at The Church Rawene 
The Church Rawene
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  • Home
  • Ann Winship
  • Riki Bowler
  • Art Online
  • Residency
  • About
    • Our Values, Our People
    • Our Story
  • Contact
  • Exhibit with us!
  • Previous Exhibitions
    • Lindsay Antrobus Evans
    • Carolyn Lye
    • Brenda Moir
    • Denise Batchelor - Reflections
    • Tony Johnston - Rawene Threefold
    • Susan Dey
    • Heather Randerson
    • Nigel Brown
    • Lisa Thompson
    • Kristin Ivill
    • Prue MacDougall
    • Tony Johnston
    • Matariki 2023
    • Conversations of the Heart
    • Exhibition - 'being'
    • Breaching the Surface
    • Freedom to Fly
    • Rebecca Barclay-Clist
    • Denis Bourke - Survey
    • Matariki 2022 - Awakening
    • 'Water' Brenda Moir Online
    • 'The First Footprint' Graeme Butler
    • Te Hauhake - Harvesting
    • Sea Things - Robyn Gibson
    • Flat Pack - Whakapapa - Maureen Lander
    • Hokianga to Tatou Kainga >
      • Lindsay Antrobus Evans
      • Joanne Barrett
      • Liz McAuliffe
      • Tira
      • Michelle Morunga
      • Peter Elsbury
      • Riki Bowler
    • Te Ha - The Breath
    • Ka Mua, Ka Muri: Mike Cameron
    • Backwoods
    • Suggestions For Mud: Jude Blades
    • Kaleidoscopic: Marie Greeks
    • Maps and Journeys - Anthony Savill
    • Charles Dawes Photography
    • New Landscapes: Sean McDonnell
    • Janette Cervin
    • Hokianga 6
    • Lindsay Antrobus Evans
    • Julie Battisti
    • The Ground on Which We Stand
    • The Hidden Path - Chris Verryt
    • Swan Song
    • Land
    • Te Whakanui I Te Tau Kotahi O Te Toi Torangapu - Celebrating One Year of Political Art
    • Bruce Anderson