1. STANLEY PALMER, Karamea (2010) bamboo engraving & lithograph on paper, imp 1/100, frame (v x h x d): 703 x 904 x 22 mm, printed image (v x h): 350 x 555 mm
2. STANLEY PALMER, Bell - Marae Pahaoa (2010) bamboo engraving & lithograph on paper, imp 3/100, frame (v x h x d): 700 x 937 x 22 mm, printed image (v x h): 345 x 590 mm
3. STANLEY PALMER, Rakau Tapu - Harataonga (2010) bamboo engraving & lithograph on paper, imp 3/100, frame (v x h x d): 638 x 762 x 22 mm, printed image (v x h): 280 x 410 mm
4. STANLEY PALMER, Harataonga (2010) bamboo engraving & lithograph on paper, imp 3/100, frame (v x h x d): 655 x 926 x 22 mm, printed image (v x h): 295 x 577 mm
5. STANLEY PALMER, Matauri (2010) bamboo engraving & lithograph on paper, imp 1/100, frame (v x h x d): 664 x 918 x 22 mm, printed image (v x h): 305 x 570 mm
6. STANLEY PALMER, Road - Mahurangi (2010) bamboo engraving & lithograph on paper, imp 2/100, frame (v x h x d): 680 x 927 x 22 mm, printed image (v x h): 233 x 577 mm
7. STANLEY PALMER, Rakau Tapu II (2010), screenprint on linen, edition 15/25, frame (v x h x d): 915 x 1263 x 60 mm, printed image (v x h): 750 x 1155 mm
8. STANLEY PALMER, Punakaiki II (2010), screenprint on linen, edition 18/30, frame (v x h x d): 1098 x 1570 x 60 mm, printed image (v x h): 970 x 1450 mm
9. STANLEY PALMER, Afternoon - Karamea ( 2010), oil on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 905 x 1153 x 35 mm
9. DETAI L VI EW STANLEY PALMER, Afternoon - Karamea (2010)
10. STANLEY PALMER, Waiaro - Colville (2010), oil on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 700 x 1400 x 35 mm
10. DETAI L VI EW STANLEY PALMER, Waiaro - Colville ( 2010)
11. STANLEY PALMER, Estuary, Waiaro - Colville (2010), oil on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 700 x 1400 x 35 mm
11. DETAI L VI EW STANLEY PALMER, Estuary, Waiaro - Colville (2010)
12 STANLEY PALMER, Road - Te Paki (2009), oil on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1603 x 1000 x 35 mm
12 DETAI L VI EW STANLEY PALMER, Road - Te Paki (2009)
Significant New Zealand printmaker and painter Stanley Palmer shows a variety of techniques and processes from screen prints in linen, to his pioneering bamboo etchings and from lithographs to paintings in his exhibition ‘New Prints and Paintings’.
Stanley Palmer has developed a unique printing process using a combination of lithograph and bamboo etching. The effect is distinctive, showing the subtle texture of the bamboo plate while capturing the wide range of tones and colours. With six new prints for 2010, the landscape of the New Zealand coastline is depicted as rugged, natural, and with only small remnants of human life; a red roofed building, a mailbox or a winding road.
Large-scale screen prints on linen show a new and innovative part of Palmer’s art practice and demonstrate his wide range of skills, techniques and understanding of form and colour while capturing the essence of the land and native plant life.
Stanley Palmer’s work shows deep connection to the New Zealand landscape. Environmental Issues are prevalent, particularly the forever-changing coastline of New Zealand. As well as an overall feeling of peace and tranquillity, there is a sense of an underlying threat of loss.
Karamea (2010)
STANLEY PALMER
b. 1936, lives Auckland
Nikau Punakaiki (2008)
Stanley Palmer ‘s rugged and beautiful landscapes are expressive, emotive and distinctively New Zealand. Using painting and printing techniques, he has developed a unique and personal style that captures the essence and colours of our natural coastlines, rural scenes and native flora.
“Often focusing on the coastline – the border across which the colonisers and the colonised first tentatively merged – Palmer’s work is imbued with a sense of loss, yearning and disappointment.” (1) Stanley Palmer’s works show a deep connection to the New Zealand landscape and speak of environmental issues.
Stanley Palmer has established himself as one of New Zealand’s most significant printmakers. A “method of printmaking that Stanley Palmer employs is one that he invented. It is a combination of engraving and lithography, using bamboo rather than metal as an etching plate. Engraving on a wooden surface is much easier, it can be done with tools rather than with acid, and requires less pressure to print. Less pressure allows more control of any ink applied directly to the plate and maintains the subtle texture of bamboo grain as an integral part of the design.”(2)
Stanley Palmer lives in Auckland and has worked as a fulltime artist since 1968. He began exhibiting in 1958 and has an art practice that covers both painting and printmaking processes including bamboo prints, woodcuts and monoprints. His works are part of Public and Private collections including Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, City Art Gallery, Auckland and The Dowse Art Museum, Wellington.
1. O’Brien, Gregory. Lands & Deeds, Godwit Publishing 1996
2. Pleasure in Print, Art News, Spring 1999
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
STANLEY PALMER
b. 1936, lives Auckland
2010 New Prints and Paintings, Milford Galleries Dunedin
2007 Portraits of Places Revisited, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
To the Harbour, Lopdell House
2006 After the Storm - Pacific, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
French Pass, Janne Land Gallery,Wellington
2005 Islands, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
2004 Return - Karamea Punakaiki, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
2003 Great Barrier - Aotea, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
2002 Chart of the Far North, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington & Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
2001 Chart of the Far North, Janne Land Gallery,Wellington& Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
2000 East 2000, Janne Land Gallery,Wellington & Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
1999 Summer's Pass Over the Fractured Ocean, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
1998 Monoprints, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch
1997 Paintings and Monoprints, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
From Westland, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
1996 Westland, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
Return Northland, Salamander Gallery,Christchurch
Paintings 'Return Northland.' Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
1995 Westland, Claybrook Gallery,
1994 Entries for a New Zealand Index, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch
Entries for a New Zealand Index, Claybrook Gallery, Auckland
Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1993 Piopiotahi, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch Piopiotahi, Milford Gallery, Dunedin
1992 Memories of Whangarei Heads, Works on Paper Gallery, Auckland
Poor Knights, Milford Gallery, Dunedin
Quotations from Westland, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch
1991 Monoprints, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch
1990 Monoprints and Prints, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch
Fragments and Reflections – Northland, Portfolio Gallery
1989 Monoprints and Prints, Ginkgo Gallery, Christchurch
1988 Monoprints, Southern Cross Gallery
Memories of Northland, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
1987 Return and Departure, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
1986 Paintings and Monoprints, Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington
Paintings and Monoprints 'East Coast.' Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
1985 Prints and Drawings, Ginkgo Gallery, Christchurch
Paintings and Prints, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
1984 Monoprints and Prints 'At the Bay.' Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
Monoprints and Prints, Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington
Monoprints and Prints, Ginkgo Gallery, Christchurch
1983 Monoprints and Prints, Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington
Summer, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington
Banners, Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum
Banners and Drawings, Centre Gallery, Hamilton
Prints and Monoprints, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
Prints and Monoprints, Ginkgo Gallery, Christchurch
1982 Banners and Drawings, Space Gallery, Auckland
Monoprints and Prints, New Vision Gallery
1981 Prints and Monoprints, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
1980 Prints, Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington
Prints and Monoprints, New Vision Gallery
1979 Prints and Drawings, Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland
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