Grahame Sydney
Grahame Charles Sydney ONZM (born 1948) is a New Zealand artist, based in the southern South Island region of Otago.[1] His landscapes, which concentrate largely on sparse elements of human impact on Otago's wild natural beauty and the loneliness of individuals in this scenery, possess a style which could be described as magic realism, and have been compared to works by artists such as Edward Hopper. His work encompasses many media - oils, watercolours, etchings, tempera and lithographs.
Born in Dunedin in 1948, he started a full-time art career in 1974, sharing his time since largely between Dunedin and Mount Pisa Station, near Cromwell. In 1978 he was named as Frances Hodgkins Fellow at the University of Otago, and married Roslyn Nairn the same year.
A book of his art, The Art of Grahame Sydney, won at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards (New Zealand's most prominent book award) in 2000. Sydney was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to painting in the 2004 New Year Honours.[2]
In 2009 he made his first documentary film, released at the Wanaka Festival of Colour as "Dreaming of El Dorado".[1]
References
- 1 2 Cook, Marjorie (18 April 2009). "Not the final cut for Grahame Sydney". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- ↑ New Year Honours List 2004. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
External links
- Works by Grahame Sydney in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Grahame Sydney's website
- Artfind Grahame Sydney biography
- An online gallery of several Grahame Sydney paintings