A new exhibition called Pathways, opens at the Matapihi Gallery on Tuesday 21st September. The exhibition focusses on paintings by Paul Herbert. Paul’s paintings (mainly acrylic on canvas) have a strong graphic design influence in the use of shapes, bright colours, eye to detail, 3D forms, photo realism – all developed through graphic design skills learnt over his lifetime.
Paul has formulated a style heavily influenced by his skills as a graphic designer plus his fascination of nature’s wilderness and wildlife… so called “jumbled randomness” of shapes and colours.
Paul reinterpreted these into an ordered imposition and repetition in his painting’s structure.
Repetition of the Nikau palm allows for this segmentation of the painting which reinforces his style of “ordered randomness”.
Matapihi Art Gallery, Bow St, Raglan
‘ Pathways’ by Paul Herbert
21 Sept – 10 October
Meet the ARTIST
Sat 25 Sept 12-3 pm