Left to right: Sean McCarthy, Winchelsea Morning, 2020, Oil on board; Sena Park, Misty Walk beyond, 2020, Charcoal and acrylic on linen canvas; Adrian Jackman, Mt Zion, 2020, Charcoal on paper mounted on board; Paul V Johnston, Aftermath: Black, Blue, and Red, 2020, Acrylic ink on 600gsm paper.

24 February – 18 April
Long Gallery

The Eden Arts residency at Karekare House was launched at the end of 2017 and was home to four artists in 2020 – Sean McCarthy, Sena Park, Adrian Jackman and Paul V Johnston.

The West Coast has long been an inspiration to artists and the residency offers artists a tranquil environment in which to develop their practice, pursue new ideas and foster creative conversations with the local community and wider general public.

This show brings together four artists at differing stages of their career who all spent periods of time in 2020 creating art at the historic homestead close to Karekare Beach. Their work variously references the coastal landscape, light and moods, community, the history of the Watchman Rock and the legends informing the land, the silence and the weather, the relationship to place and the beauty yet sheer immensity of nature. 

The Eden Arts Karekare House residency is offered by the Eden Arts Trust in partnership with the Karekare House Trust. Eden Arts is best known for its flagship event Artists in Eden Day, traditionally held every March in Mt Eden Village, proceeds from which have enabled the Trust to celebrate and support the arts for more than 30 years.