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<strong>Style</strong> | Art 29<br />
Painting Red Delicious on an easel in the Lyttelton studio.<br />
“During lockdown life was quite still,<br />
so I tied my work in with the lifestyle<br />
I was experiencing. Lockdown provided<br />
a unique chance to focus on something<br />
and not be distracted or disturbed by<br />
life or visitors. My dog was my constant<br />
companion during the time in isolation.<br />
She lay on the couch and watched<br />
me paint. I felt her scrutiny, but she<br />
doesn’t criticise.”<br />
“During lockdown life was quite still, so I tied<br />
my work in with the lifestyle I was experiencing.<br />
Lockdown provided a unique chance to focus on<br />
something and not be distracted or disturbed by<br />
life or visitors. My dog was my constant companion<br />
during the time in isolation. She lay on the couch and<br />
watched me paint. I felt her scrutiny, but she doesn’t<br />
criticise,” she says.<br />
Gill, a co-director of NZ Artbroker, was surprised<br />
by the level of interest in the artworks on their<br />
website during the lockdown period.<br />
“We had a record number of views and sold<br />
several works, including one to a buyer in Ireland and<br />
another to a buyer in Australia. Our sales have hardly<br />
been affected. In fact, they may be slightly up on this<br />
time last year.”<br />
She attributes the surge in sales to the impact of the<br />
lockdown and people having more time to spend on<br />
their computers.<br />
“People cancelling trips were probably wanting to<br />
buy something special to compensate. As an online<br />
business we were able to maintain the site and put<br />
up new works created as a response to the unique<br />
situation,” she says.<br />
Gill is optimistic the situation for New Zealand<br />
artists going forward will be positive.<br />
“Art is a luxury item and many people in that<br />
market have not been affected by the economic<br />
outfall. The government has put a lot of money into<br />
the arts. Once that is allocated, we will see some<br />
interesting work based on a time when people really<br />
had time to think. In New Zealand, many artists have<br />
work space and studios based in their homes and they<br />
were able to continue to work. In Europe and the UK<br />
space is limited, so they are not as fortunate.”<br />
The exhibition featuring work<br />
from Anna Dalzell, Gill Hay and Alison Erikson<br />
will be held at NZ Artbroker Gallery,<br />
241 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch,<br />
7–22 November, <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
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