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Denys Watkins, If these walls could Talk

Past exhibition
5 August - 11 September 2021
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Denys Watkins, If these walls could Talk

The paintings in Denys Watkins' new solo exhibition 'If these walls could Talk' bring together recent paintings, supplemented by works from the last few years, that complement and extend Denys’ visual language.

Denys Watkins is a highly respected contemporary artist with a career spanning 5 decades. In the early stage of his career, he was widely regarded as one of New Zealand’s finest printmakers, a media since superseded by painting and watercolour. Watkins’ distinctive and ingenious abstract paintings show a keen fascination and curiosity about the world. While lately his attentions have focused more on environmental concerns, over his career he has drawn on a wide visual encyclopedia of cultural references, taking source inspiration from any area deemed relevant or necessary to a particular composition or series. These include abstractions of coral; billowing mushroom clouds; Hindu Monkey Gods; the tangled roots of orchid plants; and obscure lyrics from 1970s songs.

The paintings in this new solo exhibition If these walls could Talk, bring together recent paintings, supplemented by works from the last few years, that complement and extend Denys’ visual language.

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If these walls could Talk
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Works
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, Little town flirt, 2021
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, Keep searching , 2021
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, Charmer, 2017
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, Sugar lake, 2019
  • Denys Watkins, The great divide, 2021
    Denys Watkins, The great divide, 2021
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, Another green world, 2017
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, Locomotion, 2013
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, Limedrop, 2013
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, Alanya, 2013
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, She said, he said, 2015
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, Naples, 2013
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, Blue shadows on the trail , 2018
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, Volare, 2019
  • Denys Watkins, Walking back to happiness, 2021
    Denys Watkins, Walking back to happiness, 2021
  • Jhana Millers Art Gallery Wellington Denys Watkins
    Denys Watkins, Tequila, 2013-2018
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