Anchorage Studio Newsletter
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 2:29 pmThe Anchorage Studio
128 Rahui Road . OTAKI. Horowhenua . NEW ZEALAND.
Ph 0064(0) 6 364 6069.
ARTWORK -TO THE WORLD
Newsletter. June/July2014
Welcome to my newsletter.
2014 Has been a steady though perhaps quieter year for us here, though not without hic cups and frustrations on some projects. The local art scene has seemingly survived the worst of the past few years recession though I know it has been extremely tough on many, some not getting any or few sales of work when the quality remains high and impressive from what I have seen.
Our biggest frustration this year was with our local council (KCDC) and red tape. The project to produce two large wall murals to be painted on large boards and attached to the Otaki Museum fell over after firstly the cost of fitting the panels to the walls by an engineering company was far higher than the local busineSS townsfolk who supported the project could afford, secondly once the local council were made aware of it they in turn requested resource consent fees as the Museum is a listed building. More costs which again is middleman greed if you ask me. Otaki is unique in having at least seven ships named after its river, four of these ships belonged to the New Zealand Shipping Company spanning almost 100 years of trading worldwide. SS Otaki 2 built in 1908 for New Zealand Shipping Company and basically the prototype in engineering for the much larger ships of the White Star Line, Olympic, Titanic and Britannic, took on the German raider Möwe in 1917. The gallant actions of the Master Capt. Bassett Smith and his crew earned them the VC though both ship and several perished in the conflict. This led the NZ Shipping Co to start a scholarship each year for a student from Gordon’s College Aberdeen to come to Otaki New Zealand and apart from some year’s lapse in WW2 and post war years the exchange has continued. 2014 will see the Museum put on an exhibition and it was intended the Murals would not only draw attention to the uniqueness of the town’s history –but also bring in more people from other districts. Sadly our local council only wants to glorify in its own achievements and history such as this is of little interest otherwise they would be supporting the project- not trying to kill it.
As a result I have opted to produce an oil painting of the battle which will be offered to be hung at the exhibition for sale, with NO funds going to KCDC but have offered to assist the helpful Museum folk and award a small donation from the sale of prints of the scene.
Sales for 2014 have been on a steady par with previous years, as of June 27th 2014 here are our stats/locations.
Painting Medium Destination
MV Port Nicholson off New Zealand. Oil Bluff
MV Empire Star at Bluff Oil Bluff
WW1 Bristol Fighter Oil Christchurch
WW1 Avro 504k Oil Christchurch
WW1 Belluluise Oil Christchurch
Jaguar SID –1 Oil Nanango NSW
Barrow Corporation Oil Barrow in FurneSS UK
MV Ruahine Oil Christchurch
Lakeland Queen Oil Rotorua.
SS Romney Oil Brighton UK
MV Deben Oil Timaru
MV Adelaide Star. Oil Chester. UK
MV Australia Star Oil Timaru
SS Otaki 1 Oil Singapore
Wellington Landscape Oil Otaki
US Air Force Flying Fortress Oil Palmerston North
Loader Dodge Truck Oil Greytown
SS Hildebrand Oil Edinburgh UK
SS Lusitania Oil Stonehaven UK
Rodney Star Oil London UK
New recent work releases.(over past 12 months)
Available as prints.
(***ORIGINAL ARTWORK STILL AVAILABLE.)
Title Ref number
SS Takapuna near New Plymouth. 1951/13
MV Melbourne Star off Dover 1908/13
MV Montreal Star at New York. 1907/13
MV Port Nicholson off NZ coast 1952/13
Bluff Dock Scene MV Imperial Star 1920/13
SV Argentina Star at Canary Isles 1922/13
SS Oriana leaving Barrow. 1915/13
MV Hobart Star at sea. 1924/13
Racing car in wet weather 1925/13
MV Australia Star at sea 1917/13
SS Albion Star on the Mersey 1921/13***
SS Hororata leaving Southampton. 1910/13
HMS Trinidad under attack 1927/13
MV Ruahine near Wellington. 1938/13
Otaki Racecourse from Rahui Road 1946/13***
B17 Flying FortreSS 1943/13
SS Maheno hospital ship 1940/13
MV Northumberland . 1939/13 ***
MV Port Brisbane at Wellington 1931/13
SS Himalaya at Sydney 1909/13
SS Hildebrand on the Amazon 1960/14
Jaguar Sid 1 racing car. 1976/14
SS Lusitania prior to attack by U20 1949/14
Barrow Leyland bus 1936. 1977/14***
TEV Waihine –night crossing 1971 /14***
SS Duke of Lancaster at sea. 1973/14***
SS Rodney Star at Rio 1916/14
PS Lakeland Queen 1992/14
HMS Astute 1996/14***
Prices available on request for all sales.
Blue Star Line Postcards. We recently had new sets printed so am happy to report all three sets are still available 36 cards total.
New work underway includes ;
Blue Star Line Locomotive.
MV Steve Irwin (Sea Shepherd)
MV Queen Victoria leaving Wellington.
MV Queen Elizabeth II leaving Wellington.
MV Queen Mary II arriving Wellington.
MV Wanganella departing Wellington early 1930’s
MV Rangatira. USSCNZ
SS Hinemoa USSCNZ
MV Squall Canterbury coaster
MV Storm Canterbury Coaster.
MV Newcastle Star Blue Star.
SS Trojan Star/MV Gladstone Star montage at Hobart- for 2015 reunion
SS Roland Lamport and Holt Line.
HMS Manchester Type 42 destroyer.
Leyland Tiger bus.
Commissions welcome .
Full details can be obtained by emailing me on
wallacetrickett@vodafone.co.nz
Gallery Exhibition. From July 14th 2014
Alfred Memelink Gallery . Petone Foreshore . Petone .Wellington.
On line galleries can be viewed on http://www.bluestarline.org courtesy of Mr Fraser Darrah Webmaster. Am also on facebook should you wish to link through.
Best wishes.
Wal.
W.W.Trickett.
The Anchorage Studio. 128 Rahui Road. Otaki . 5512 Horowhenua. New Zealand Ph (0064) (0) 6 3646069
128 Rahui Road . OTAKI. Horowhenua . NEW ZEALAND.
Ph 0064(0) 6 364 6069.
ARTWORK -TO THE WORLD
Newsletter. June/July2014
Welcome to my newsletter.
2014 Has been a steady though perhaps quieter year for us here, though not without hic cups and frustrations on some projects. The local art scene has seemingly survived the worst of the past few years recession though I know it has been extremely tough on many, some not getting any or few sales of work when the quality remains high and impressive from what I have seen.
Our biggest frustration this year was with our local council (KCDC) and red tape. The project to produce two large wall murals to be painted on large boards and attached to the Otaki Museum fell over after firstly the cost of fitting the panels to the walls by an engineering company was far higher than the local busineSS townsfolk who supported the project could afford, secondly once the local council were made aware of it they in turn requested resource consent fees as the Museum is a listed building. More costs which again is middleman greed if you ask me. Otaki is unique in having at least seven ships named after its river, four of these ships belonged to the New Zealand Shipping Company spanning almost 100 years of trading worldwide. SS Otaki 2 built in 1908 for New Zealand Shipping Company and basically the prototype in engineering for the much larger ships of the White Star Line, Olympic, Titanic and Britannic, took on the German raider Möwe in 1917. The gallant actions of the Master Capt. Bassett Smith and his crew earned them the VC though both ship and several perished in the conflict. This led the NZ Shipping Co to start a scholarship each year for a student from Gordon’s College Aberdeen to come to Otaki New Zealand and apart from some year’s lapse in WW2 and post war years the exchange has continued. 2014 will see the Museum put on an exhibition and it was intended the Murals would not only draw attention to the uniqueness of the town’s history –but also bring in more people from other districts. Sadly our local council only wants to glorify in its own achievements and history such as this is of little interest otherwise they would be supporting the project- not trying to kill it.
As a result I have opted to produce an oil painting of the battle which will be offered to be hung at the exhibition for sale, with NO funds going to KCDC but have offered to assist the helpful Museum folk and award a small donation from the sale of prints of the scene.
Sales for 2014 have been on a steady par with previous years, as of June 27th 2014 here are our stats/locations.
Painting Medium Destination
MV Port Nicholson off New Zealand. Oil Bluff
MV Empire Star at Bluff Oil Bluff
WW1 Bristol Fighter Oil Christchurch
WW1 Avro 504k Oil Christchurch
WW1 Belluluise Oil Christchurch
Jaguar SID –1 Oil Nanango NSW
Barrow Corporation Oil Barrow in FurneSS UK
MV Ruahine Oil Christchurch
Lakeland Queen Oil Rotorua.
SS Romney Oil Brighton UK
MV Deben Oil Timaru
MV Adelaide Star. Oil Chester. UK
MV Australia Star Oil Timaru
SS Otaki 1 Oil Singapore
Wellington Landscape Oil Otaki
US Air Force Flying Fortress Oil Palmerston North
Loader Dodge Truck Oil Greytown
SS Hildebrand Oil Edinburgh UK
SS Lusitania Oil Stonehaven UK
Rodney Star Oil London UK
New recent work releases.(over past 12 months)
Available as prints.
(***ORIGINAL ARTWORK STILL AVAILABLE.)
Title Ref number
SS Takapuna near New Plymouth. 1951/13
MV Melbourne Star off Dover 1908/13
MV Montreal Star at New York. 1907/13
MV Port Nicholson off NZ coast 1952/13
Bluff Dock Scene MV Imperial Star 1920/13
SV Argentina Star at Canary Isles 1922/13
SS Oriana leaving Barrow. 1915/13
MV Hobart Star at sea. 1924/13
Racing car in wet weather 1925/13
MV Australia Star at sea 1917/13
SS Albion Star on the Mersey 1921/13***
SS Hororata leaving Southampton. 1910/13
HMS Trinidad under attack 1927/13
MV Ruahine near Wellington. 1938/13
Otaki Racecourse from Rahui Road 1946/13***
B17 Flying FortreSS 1943/13
SS Maheno hospital ship 1940/13
MV Northumberland . 1939/13 ***
MV Port Brisbane at Wellington 1931/13
SS Himalaya at Sydney 1909/13
SS Hildebrand on the Amazon 1960/14
Jaguar Sid 1 racing car. 1976/14
SS Lusitania prior to attack by U20 1949/14
Barrow Leyland bus 1936. 1977/14***
TEV Waihine –night crossing 1971 /14***
SS Duke of Lancaster at sea. 1973/14***
SS Rodney Star at Rio 1916/14
PS Lakeland Queen 1992/14
HMS Astute 1996/14***
Prices available on request for all sales.
Blue Star Line Postcards. We recently had new sets printed so am happy to report all three sets are still available 36 cards total.
New work underway includes ;
Blue Star Line Locomotive.
MV Steve Irwin (Sea Shepherd)
MV Queen Victoria leaving Wellington.
MV Queen Elizabeth II leaving Wellington.
MV Queen Mary II arriving Wellington.
MV Wanganella departing Wellington early 1930’s
MV Rangatira. USSCNZ
SS Hinemoa USSCNZ
MV Squall Canterbury coaster
MV Storm Canterbury Coaster.
MV Newcastle Star Blue Star.
SS Trojan Star/MV Gladstone Star montage at Hobart- for 2015 reunion
SS Roland Lamport and Holt Line.
HMS Manchester Type 42 destroyer.
Leyland Tiger bus.
Commissions welcome .
Full details can be obtained by emailing me on
wallacetrickett@vodafone.co.nz
Gallery Exhibition. From July 14th 2014
Alfred Memelink Gallery . Petone Foreshore . Petone .Wellington.
On line galleries can be viewed on http://www.bluestarline.org courtesy of Mr Fraser Darrah Webmaster. Am also on facebook should you wish to link through.
Best wishes.
Wal.
W.W.Trickett.
The Anchorage Studio. 128 Rahui Road. Otaki . 5512 Horowhenua. New Zealand Ph (0064) (0) 6 3646069