Returning from a few days at Whangapoua beach in the Coromandel. A very special place I’ve been going to for many years now, lots of memories – like this painting above “Summer Sands” from 1993, going round the rocks to the harbour… seeing the changes over the years; in the shifting sands, in the village,… Continue reading Shifting Summer Sands
Category: Art
Being Seen
The magic of Whangapoua beach in the Coromandel and David Whyte…. SECOND SIGHT Sometimes, you need the ocean light, and colors you’ve never seen before painted through an evening sky. Sometimes you need your God to be a simple invitation not a telling word of wisdom. Sometimes you need only the first shyness that comes… Continue reading Being Seen
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Transitory Nature….
“Here Today…” – oil on canvas, 200x400mm We’re on the road to Whangapoua. Rongotea Road as it happened. I couldn’t go past without a quick stop to visit my Dad where we’d left him last…. A rock solid reminder of a life lived, over in the blink of an eye it feels like. Here today…gone… Continue reading Transitory Nature….
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Walking the Dog…
As they say here…. “You can’t beat Wellington on a good Day!” Walking with Kuri (the dog) and watching the sun rise over the South Coast. It’s a meditation on joy… It used to be so hard, to be woken up every morning by her nose in my face and her persistent pleading squeaks…… turns… Continue reading Walking the Dog…
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Your True Nature..
“When you look upon another human being and feel great love toward them, or when you contemplate beauty in nature and something within you responds deeply to it, close your eyes for a moment and feel the essence of that love or that beauty within you, inseparable from who you are, your true nature.” –… Continue reading Your True Nature..
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2015 Calendars discounted
I have a few copies of my 2015 calendars available… They’re usually $30 but since it’s now February I’ve discounted them to $20 Just email me and I’ll send one your way you can see more of my paintings at: http://www.ianhamlin.co.nz
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Hideaway
my latest painting…. “Hideaway” – Woodpecker Bay, West Coast, oil on canvas, 20 x 40cm Woodpecker Bay is one of my favourite places. One I’ve painted many times, from on the beach or above it. The raw elemental nature of the coastal rainforest and limestone bluffs enveloping the rock strewn shore, with wild surf and… Continue reading Hideaway
Leftover Flying
“Big Skies”- Wairarapa, 300x900mm, oil on canvas, $4,500 The birds don’t alter Space They reveal it. The sky never fills with any leftover flying… ~ Li-Young Lee (from Spiritual Ecology) “Incoming Storm” – Island Bay Wellington, 600x900mm, oil on canvas, $6,250 see more of my paintings here…
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Rising Tide….
“Rising Tide”, oil on canvas, 200 x 400mm NZ$1,250. The surging tide down at Houghton Bay, you really feel the pure power and force of nature. I got so entranced by it I almost got washed away! “Morning Light”, oil on canvas, 200 x 400mm NZ$980. The delicacy of the winter morning sun. Two of… Continue reading Rising Tide….
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Still Point
My latest painting “Still Point”, looking in…. reflections on the interior. “When you are looking at a pool of water and you see a reflection, you know the reflected object is not really there it is just a reflection. You know that what is there is water. It is the same thing with the mind.… Continue reading Still Point
Life and Light 