HUGH MAJOR
Hugh Major is a self-taught painter who has been working in oils since 1975.
In 2000 he studied at the studio of Gabrielle Panerai in Florence, working on Renaissance techniques. In the same year he worked with Dr David Cranswick in London on traditional methods of pigment preparation and the chemistry of glazing mediums.
He exhibited in Yokohama in 1992 with Imprint of Water, and was a finalist in the bi-annual Adam Portraiture Awards (run through the NZ Portrait Gallery) in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. He was also a finalist in the Gallipoli Art Prize in New South Wales in 2011 and an exhibitor for the Adam Awards touring exhibition in 2016
His current interest is in a romanticised view of NZ inspired by the richness and depth of the landscape, and by suggesting something which is hidden in the land that derives from human habitation and culture.
In 2000 he studied at the studio of Gabrielle Panerai in Florence, working on Renaissance techniques. In the same year he worked with Dr David Cranswick in London on traditional methods of pigment preparation and the chemistry of glazing mediums.
He exhibited in Yokohama in 1992 with Imprint of Water, and was a finalist in the bi-annual Adam Portraiture Awards (run through the NZ Portrait Gallery) in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. He was also a finalist in the Gallipoli Art Prize in New South Wales in 2011 and an exhibitor for the Adam Awards touring exhibition in 2016
His current interest is in a romanticised view of NZ inspired by the richness and depth of the landscape, and by suggesting something which is hidden in the land that derives from human habitation and culture.
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