Labours of art workshop on display at ArtsForward

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Published on Thursday, December 15, 2016

By John Drinkwater

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On Monday, Dec. 12 the first ever public showing of artwork created by a group from Touchwood Park was opened in the Manawaka Gallery. The teacher, Gerry Oliver, who herself is a prominent artist, has been involved in the workshops for nearly four years. 

“As an artist, I work in watercolour, colour pencil and fibre art. I  teach on a regular basis at the Art Gallery in Brandon and in area workshops like this one. Its great to see the improvement in their skills, using pencil, watercolour and acrylic. Recently, we have been working with tempera paint.” said Oliver.

The group met once a week downstairs at Arts Forward, the course being six weeks, “I am proud of this class, the progress they have made. I know they had lots of fun creating cartoon characters like Pete’s Dragon.”  The exhibition will be on display until Dec. 21.