| About Lance O'Gorman
Lance O'Gorman has earned the
reputation of being one of New Zealand's foremost artists, classified as a
neo-impressionist, he has a unique style and creates a sense of colour
that captures the atmosphere and feeling of the subject he paints.
Painting for almost thirty years, he has captured the New Zealand
landscape, particularly Auckland and the Hauraki Gulf. Works feature in
many private, public and corporate collections in the United States,
Europe and Asia. He is represented in the collections of Roche, Fletcher
Challenge and more recently that of the Sultan of Brunei.
O'Gorman says, As an artist, much of my work is to explore pigments,
surfaces, brushstroke and colour, and then apply this knowledge, in a
variety of styles, to our surroundings. Although basically an
impressionist, my aim is to apply both modern and traditional concepts in
the painting to enhance atmosphere and feeling.
A member of the New Zealand, Australian and British Fellowship of Artists
he has received several awards including a Kelliher Art Prize.
In recent issues of the Australian Artist Lance O'Gorman was nominated
favourite New Zealand artist.
Books on the artist's work are Northland - A Portrait, The Art of Lance
O'Gorman and more recently Auckland, City of Sails
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National Secondary Schools
Winner
BNZ (Bank Of New Zealand Award Winner)
NZ
School Of Pharmacy
Auckland
Festival Art Award
Auckland Technical Institute of Fine and Commercial Art
Artist
Illustration of the Auckland Automobile Assoc Magazine
Cartoon
of the Northshore Times and Herald Gazette (creation of ‘Woof’ a
philosophical dog series and cartoon of political comment of the day
One
man Eone Man Exhibition at Auckland Exhibition building of home and art.
Waikato Breweries Art Award
Guest
artist – South Pacific Art Exhibition (Aid of Intellectually Handicapped
Children
One
Man Exhibition McGregor Wright Gallery Auckland
Group Exhibition McGregor Wright Gallery Wellington.
Guest
Artist for the Duke of Endinbrough Royal tour commemorative exhibition
One Man exhibition Gisborne Public Memorial Art
Gallery
Water Colour exhibition McGregor Wright Gallery
Auckland
Group exhibition strawberry hill gallery Sydney
Publication of “Northland a portrait” (Limited
Edition)
Award winner Keliher Art Competition. (Merit).
Group exhibition Canberra Australia.
NZ Artists - McGregor Wright Gallery
Wellington
Group Exhibition “NZ Reflections”
Private Exhibition Sydney (art Brocker-c
Simson)
One Man Exhibition Parnham Fine Art
Gallery Hamilton
Roche Exhibition UK and publication of the Roche UK Calendar
Publication of the “The Art of Lance O’Gorman’ Limited
Edition
Maggie Barry Show – TVNZ - Guest Artist
International Art Centre “Auckland City
of Sails” Exhibit.
Publication of “Auckland
City of Sails” Large illustrated art book
‘Rivers’ exhibition International art
centre Parnell Auckland
Mercedes Benz Expo – Guest Artist
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Corporate Commissions:
Roche Productions NZ, UK, Taiwan, USA, BANGKOK.
Dominton Television
TVNZ
Tanners Couch Calendars
Allens Calendars
Fletcher Industries
Brierley Investments
Apple Macintosh
Technique:
Lance Paints in all mediums acrylic, oil, watercolour and gouache, however
specializes in acrylic and watercolour and is one of New Zealand’s top
specialists in acrylic medium. His major subjects are land and seascapes,
both in fine and contemporary styles but with a great love of the
impressionistic era of Monet |
