As the first verdant tendrils of spring begin to creep in, we're delighted to present new paintings from Pōneke based artist Karl Maughan.
Maughan is renowned for his expansive garden paintings; carefully tending to them in his studio, stepping back from the canvas with paintbrush in hand to consider the specific colour, texture, and pattern of all manner of flora. In the artist’s painted gardens, the prevailing rules and rhythms of nature and weather and seasonal growth can be set aside to cultivate an abundant and idealised amalgam of eternal spring. Maughan’s latest works incorporate various water elements – with glimpses of lakes and rivers and coasts appearing through lush foliage.
Karl Maughan (b.1964) grew upon a farm in the Manawatū. Maughan has a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau. His work is held in private and public collections internationally and in Aotearoa, including Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū; The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū; and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Notable public exhibitions include Saatchi Collection Catalogue Show at Saatchi Gallery, London, (1998), Stop Making Sense, City Gallery, Wellington (1995), Walking in Light at Vertigo Gallery, London (2003), Karl Maughan: A Clear Day at Pataka Art Gallery & Museum, Porirua (2015), and Criminal Ornamentation: Yinka Shonibare MBE curates the Arts Council Collection, UK (2019).
