COOTS Challenge

Our COOTS (Central Otago Outside the Square) challenge for this year was ‘Inpsired by ….’. We had to choose a favourite artist and create a piece of work that was inspired by the chosen artist, not a copy of their work but showing their influence in our work. The completed piece was to measure 40cm wide and 1 metre long.

Amanda’s pieces inspired by Van Gogh

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Alison inspired by Picasso

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Anne inspired by Pat Hodson, this piece is made from three layers of ‘tea-bag’ paper and is very ethereal, looks great with light coming from behind it.

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Angela inspired by Sandra Meech based her felted piece on photos from time spent in Orkney.

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Jeanette was inspired by Hundertwasser

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Jenny Greer by Fritz Busse

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Jenny Tayler by David Hockney (we can all see why, they share a passion for vibrant colours)

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Pamela inspired by Julia Watkins flowing shapes

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And my piece inspired by the paintings of Lyonel Feininger, the buildings that form the basis of this piece are from a photograph I took in Bath, England last year. I used Feininger’s chimney pot shapes for the ‘people’ in the foreground, using my graffiti fabric – with a nod to my mark making body of work.

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