COMPETITION

Douglas MacDiarmid

ART COMPETITION has now been closed.
See below for WINNERS

About

“I regard myself as an expressionist painter, one who expresses the visual rhythm of things.”

Douglas MacDiarmid (1922 – 26 August 2020) was an acclaimed New Zealand expatriate painter, known particularly for his mastery of colour and diversity of approach.

Douglas Kerr MacDiarmid was born at Taihape on 14 November 1922, the younger son of Dr Gordon and Mary (nee Tolme) MacDiarmid. He drew and painted from a young age, enthralled by sensuality and the beauty of landscapes and the human form, and had a fervour for the ancient world as the source of our civilisation, culture, language. These are influences that inhabit his work.

Self portrait 20th Dec 1944

**THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS**

*C KIPLING-ARTHUR
*GV DUNCAN
*JR WONG
*P KIPLING-ARTHUR
* TREASURE TROVE
*J & K BYFORD
*CRYSTAL BAR BAKERY & TEAROOMS
* KEELYSTONE CONSTRUCTION
* TAIHAPE MUSEUM

In order to apply to the Douglas MacDiarmid Art Competition, you must agree to the Art Competition conditions.Open to Rangitikei District Residents only. Please read these conditions carefully prior to your application to ensure you understand and agree.

The Douglas MacDiarmid Art Competition submission begins on 10 October 2022 and ends on 7 November 2022.
Applications submitted after the submission end period will not be eligible. All dates are subject to change.

First Prize ‘Over All Winner’ -$350
Plus a Douglas MacDiarmid biography ‘Colours of a Life’.
2^nd Prize ‘Children’s Winner’-$100
‘Highly Commended’-$50 worth of art vouchers.
CREATE A PAINTING HONOURING HIS STYLE & MEMORY
Our esteemed judges consists of:-
Councillor Gill Duncan- With a background in illustrative and performance arts, & third generation Taihape family farming, Gill is now privileged to stand in Council for Taihape and District. Guest art judge Albert McCarthy renowned New Zealand Māori artist, sculptor, and teacher. Well-travelled, an ex Taihape boy, from rugby and books to fine art.Richard Aslett an artist, photographer and musician living and working in Mangaweka. You might know of his Yellow Church Gallery.