9 Nov 2014

Grahame Sydney: Paintings 1974-2014

From Standing Room Only, 1:34 pm on 9 November 2014

Cookhouse Grahame Sydney courtesy of Craig Potton Publishing
Cookhouse 2001 by Grahame Sydney, courtesy of Craig Potton Publishing.

London 1973. A frustrated young painter named Grahame Sydney gets an offer from his parents in Dunedin. They will support him for a year while he paints and then reassess.

Forty years later the result is a 300 page book containing of some of this country's best loved paintings. Grahame Sydney Paintings 1974-2014 is hefty book with a long autobiographical essay by the artist.

Justin Gregory tells him it reads like a love letter to the support and generosity of his parents.

Southern Crossing Grahame Sydney courtesy of Craig Potton Publishing
Southern Crossing 1992 by Grahame Sydney, courtesy of Craig Potton Publishing

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