Stephen Martyn Welch: The Sitting
17 April, 2012 - 27 May, 2012
Master Bedroom & Boardroom
Stephen Martyn Welch, Dick Frizzell, The Sitting (2012)
In TVNZ 7’s series The Sitting, well-known New Zealanders share their stories, while seated for an intimate portrait painted by Stephen Martyn Welch. The Sitting celebrates New Zealanders from the world of the arts, theatre, film and television, food, politics, business, music and the media who are invited to sit for Marty at the Pah Homestead.
Portraits exhibited in The Sitting describe actors Peter Elliott, George Henare, Siobhan Marshall and Geradine Brophy; chefs Al Brown and Jo Seagar; politicians Nikki Kaye and Jacinda Ardern; performer Richard O’Brien; TV ONE’s Mark Sainsbury and Petra Bagust; musician Greg Johnson; All Black Keven Mealamu and coach Graham Henry; Sir Michael Hill; Sir Peter Leitch; Dame Catherine Tizard and Len Brown. The series starts with artists Dick Frizzell and Otis Frizzell.
The twenty portraits in this exhibition were auctioned on May 1st 2012 at The Pah Homestead, with proceeds going to the Starship Foundation.