Outtakes - Martin Poppelwell

<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Artist Martin Poppelwell's Napier studio was designed by Wellington-based architect Ashley Cox, and features in our current issue. These are some outtakes from Paul McCredie's shoot there. It's a rare luxury for an artist to be able to have a purpose-built studio - and although Martin's studio is too economical to be anywhere near indulgent, the light, space and view to the garden feel luxurious indeed.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCkMJSLYbiHAifyRI_N5ZnLaZRgue7rpdYvpmL99mOOFung-mUbhVHb97BL4rOo7IEMI4-_X63ULcgjDqGTZOn-bdt5sTOrGIYJ1JuvtnH4nXLDHsSysqS8Vpxyx9K-BS-3kIXCJyQmAw/s1600/Pop2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCkMJSLYbiHAifyRI_N5ZnLaZRgue7rpdYvpmL99mOOFung-mUbhVHb97BL4rOo7IEMI4-_X63ULcgjDqGTZOn-bdt5sTOrGIYJ1JuvtnH4nXLDHsSysqS8Vpxyx9K-BS-3kIXCJyQmAw/s320/Pop2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhko1FW84dX_dgVnVOheMmq8ecxIO5GrCFVIsJg8IpcsZJZV_nHUEanwmijAWi_ZoaS2vS44Xyoe9FM95Pot0tGgFmc6kJWTe2C8l2K5ZU0DDdXx6Q6EU9vMRdOKeMNkiajNxW7AH-eLW-5/s1600/Pop5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhko1FW84dX_dgVnVOheMmq8ecxIO5GrCFVIsJg8IpcsZJZV_nHUEanwmijAWi_ZoaS2vS44Xyoe9FM95Pot0tGgFmc6kJWTe2C8l2K5ZU0DDdXx6Q6EU9vMRdOKeMNkiajNxW7AH-eLW-5/s320/Pop5.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The studio is in the garden of the property Martin owns on Napier Hill, which is also occupied by his small cottage. You can see how the buildings relate to each other in the image below. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRPTS9s2y3wXoauNntRlCGZi4p49gkMlchaYsIF3oFg4ct9brXKmVDJ_ytpwvQEexqREgfeqhbgRiPNAJUklVHa2yrri7vQk7EhsGtDTyUWxIJCDjSNOuXV1j0blUtLN4Caf54CZ7HtQV/s1600/Pop7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRPTS9s2y3wXoauNntRlCGZi4p49gkMlchaYsIF3oFg4ct9brXKmVDJ_ytpwvQEexqREgfeqhbgRiPNAJUklVHa2yrri7vQk7EhsGtDTyUWxIJCDjSNOuXV1j0blUtLN4Caf54CZ7HtQV/s320/Pop7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The studio steps down in three stages, which Martin divides into thinking, production and dispatch areas. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDD0bcJsP8RhMj9lApND4zxEvxeJJuoq8IJ2abGYPwnxFmPHPr_h9oajcow9OOiage2axTwKc62g7inB8nEydsf4_R_qCTuAk_Z8nXZBDMQJZwr0LFpxcfd6b2Ifhku2ZazPK76ja0r3IS/s1600/Pop16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDD0bcJsP8RhMj9lApND4zxEvxeJJuoq8IJ2abGYPwnxFmPHPr_h9oajcow9OOiage2axTwKc62g7inB8nEydsf4_R_qCTuAk_Z8nXZBDMQJZwr0LFpxcfd6b2Ifhku2ZazPK76ja0r3IS/s320/Pop16.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMQcEPdn3WDI59mFK-u3mIC7le5cVONKxRs8AeFP3oAaf6-E3uoAXF16NyEi4lDTZYBIFeuqPoXT80VdxLn1N3UnwHRhxeNL9TL6BYWVBB4Xfde3pzws4I0g5oQkmuRopcPhU-x4JwicG/s1600/Pop17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMQcEPdn3WDI59mFK-u3mIC7le5cVONKxRs8AeFP3oAaf6-E3uoAXF16NyEi4lDTZYBIFeuqPoXT80VdxLn1N3UnwHRhxeNL9TL6BYWVBB4Xfde3pzws4I0g5oQkmuRopcPhU-x4JwicG/s320/Pop17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here's the artist himself, taking in some of the late-afternoon sun. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitE-CZdIfhBco_v3F-3T39GcWaEpd_rXVqmSIIA_1nlKwQhN63duntCsjQwA_RreQdGMaHJj0gdhCmQkcUrChxI-3nGiCRCuNP0NkwPYXsIuFlVTR58KhIGRLIjgQKgbiQCuoAob0VmVOl/s1600/Pop26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitE-CZdIfhBco_v3F-3T39GcWaEpd_rXVqmSIIA_1nlKwQhN63duntCsjQwA_RreQdGMaHJj0gdhCmQkcUrChxI-3nGiCRCuNP0NkwPYXsIuFlVTR58KhIGRLIjgQKgbiQCuoAob0VmVOl/s320/Pop26.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This image shows the studio's skylights poking up above the corrugated iron boundary fence. </span><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnGnLOZe6620NfrGzyIOvzwxA-1-NHJym9EfrQp7u04RzB8PMJH_C_D9G481R93enGYXkJGjGdku3PbeC49-Hifj6v7eYfOfBgc5YpzxWQOcae026Mwn66EJjNJrtc9LuTx94lTSl97wX/s1600/Pop25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnGnLOZe6620NfrGzyIOvzwxA-1-NHJym9EfrQp7u04RzB8PMJH_C_D9G481R93enGYXkJGjGdku3PbeC49-Hifj6v7eYfOfBgc5YpzxWQOcae026Mwn66EJjNJrtc9LuTx94lTSl97wX/s320/Pop25.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div align="left"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And here's the studio at twilight, with the cottage on the left of this image. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-BgZ8PezyGu8iA7c5o1mO5ef0jgG85Oiv9sEohEYKA3kOSXoDTqnHsfoWuDG18KZ0NOvLLuGwBASejomBn35NaCWSby1a3nOJT8bUdWss2qQSnmHg8D3KMxspD-4Qr-4AgpIMtEpYk8g/s1600/Pop30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-BgZ8PezyGu8iA7c5o1mO5ef0jgG85Oiv9sEohEYKA3kOSXoDTqnHsfoWuDG18KZ0NOvLLuGwBASejomBn35NaCWSby1a3nOJT8bUdWss2qQSnmHg8D3KMxspD-4Qr-4AgpIMtEpYk8g/s400/Pop30.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>

Outtakes - Martin Poppelwell

Artist Martin Poppelwell's Napier studio was designed by Wellington-based architect Ashley Cox, and features in our current issue. These...

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Karl Maughan's studio

Artist Karl Maughan - whose paintings of exuberant gardens feature in some very important art collections around the world - creates his works in an exceptionally orderly studio/library in a converted garage at his Auckland home. Patrick Reynolds shot these images for our April/May2010 issue. They nicely capture Karl at work, as well as giving us a glimpse of his amazingly organised bookshelves.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491744950193590978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqnXo0H8qKhbNkko4b1OTFTedNSFbDy1LzoU8XX-s3lMx8vTjOm4jSKH2XetmoNQU0OLpvpi66FtaOAlO2qA8U32OiopFgB5TbAUEuA9jYslsApo_8AVqffRY8gC5Z21HVk4xEFNh5x397/s400/KARL+MAUGHAN_5743.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491744943506879330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPSZ9xmfRWP6gsMdprQRYxDWaH-hQJHnM_YAqV1NsPsEQlgfWPE7Yp6feouTdUKivhFE18of-9LGb26b8hVDc1Bqc8xDVEKt5bdktIl6kzl4AU6IXriantA3Tsydb1OdbVtoYsIm07KDJ/s400/KARL+MAUGHAN_5735.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /><br />In one corner of the room (seen in the image below), Karl has pinned several maps of the North Island together, a habit that began with a map of the Manawatu region where he grew up. The Chinese pagoda artwork is by James Kirkwood. Beside it, immediately beneath the map, is a work by Julian Dashper, with one of Karl's earlier works below that.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwQh-JqpDNBfVPtA53_grnJ4FnPq9UzP_iwn_xPgjN-8x12tu4GFtfXQwHpMTXaJ71cLSntrp17HzQ0tkhB4NOZykG1fulsDMLxHPT5wHYU4eTgZCnFx4ycy4LQcmK4X9PzZ3I6aBhbMQ/s1600/KARL+MAUGHAN_5781.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491744965591104546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwQh-JqpDNBfVPtA53_grnJ4FnPq9UzP_iwn_xPgjN-8x12tu4GFtfXQwHpMTXaJ71cLSntrp17HzQ0tkhB4NOZykG1fulsDMLxHPT5wHYU4eTgZCnFx4ycy4LQcmK4X9PzZ3I6aBhbMQ/s400/KARL+MAUGHAN_5781.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Karl has a particular enthusiasm for old children's books such as 'The Empire Annual for Boys'; his habit of collecting them began in the 1970s and has continued since, hence the bookshelves in his studio are stuffed with children's books published between 1850 and 1910.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GXs7Pybw2CVPPgdtGOAOWwzjX3RLEZejiDQ8x3fCOqamQ238coL9hEDx8syR3KemZT6KdLL73ZjOuuYvJ9CCE3AHuk2HKSWDjhEytfJu_ZdxESDbwb8GUGWYYucJsQyBSr2QqfZUYJrc/s1600/KARL+MAUGHAN_5792.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491744960379157890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GXs7Pybw2CVPPgdtGOAOWwzjX3RLEZejiDQ8x3fCOqamQ238coL9hEDx8syR3KemZT6KdLL73ZjOuuYvJ9CCE3AHuk2HKSWDjhEytfJu_ZdxESDbwb8GUGWYYucJsQyBSr2QqfZUYJrc/s400/KARL+MAUGHAN_5792.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>He mixes his paints on a glass-topped table before applying them to his canvases. He didn't tidy the studio especially for the shoot - apparently it's always this neat.<br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwlNWbrUceVcBBgslpKdqiV-UdVNih_5qQ5OPZLJkRBqaAi3Ddl0Bur1nuIq8tWA49ILhjq3aZme_vo4czQmD5MJYoz3GA_3-H3K2Ff3dE8y1IEnHr-bLfmyyDN2c9dU3aIFJY0Koxqxj/s1600/KARL+MAUGHAN_5709.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491744931541521810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwlNWbrUceVcBBgslpKdqiV-UdVNih_5qQ5OPZLJkRBqaAi3Ddl0Bur1nuIq8tWA49ILhjq3aZme_vo4czQmD5MJYoz3GA_3-H3K2Ff3dE8y1IEnHr-bLfmyyDN2c9dU3aIFJY0Koxqxj/s400/KARL+MAUGHAN_5709.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div></div></div></div>

Karl Maughan's studio

Artist Karl Maughan - whose paintings of exuberant gardens feature in some very important art collections around the world - creates his wor...

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The artist is in

Our new series of stories inside artists' studios was the brainchild of photographer Patrick Reynolds, who was inspired by his artist brother John's new studio, designed by Auckland architect Malcolm Walker. The studio is in the back yard of John's Grey Lynn villa, a mono-pitch structure that tilts up to clerestory windows admitting cool southerly light. Some of the shots below feature in our current issue of the magazine.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-ks9ur3sCM9t9WOPospgWy56Mhhf5sh-gtW2cJUPbHX2R_VlbxQ2vYeDbBNyGlZONRrYYj29NRpqnNEKzJxtiSF8i5lt3I8MZm35s37-ymJQJuKie91kVwVuyujIEMuQ4TbDX2X9R2mv/s1600/JR+STUDIO_4899.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491658815008902802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-ks9ur3sCM9t9WOPospgWy56Mhhf5sh-gtW2cJUPbHX2R_VlbxQ2vYeDbBNyGlZONRrYYj29NRpqnNEKzJxtiSF8i5lt3I8MZm35s37-ymJQJuKie91kVwVuyujIEMuQ4TbDX2X9R2mv/s400/JR+STUDIO_4899.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>At the other end of the studio from the view above is the large window shown in the shots below, with its Mondrian-inspired pane of blue glass and a view out to the nikau palms John planted when he first purchased the villa about 20 years ago.<br /><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491658784657338610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sUVGDJP2PqdXmM42G-bx2UzkRnwcvbpm2aLk7r1nMb081uFyA4Ljlj8Bznbz69QvUeEu5OqlPnSLHGpC3WQkz3dFmjJkK8nHLp8E_OxJMNj1hKEtmFLHyKqk3yn7W7RDMtuXeC4OwyUO/s400/JR+STUDIO_4844.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></div><div>It looks like a big space in these photographs, but John has quickly filled it, and since begun panicking just a little about how to stop his habit for accumulating things from taking over what was briefly a rather pristine space. The views of the studio below show the polycarbonate wall that admits more light into the space.</div><div> </div><div></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491658791000343234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSf_npwxMeVJRPB4G0PAkWHUQQ6Eqb7bUQ_KgtelvQpYAiS0KjOVSM3EAncY3xvW4NfceoZCkTvt8E6azSBe0wqivA5768lghsS3k1DOT70w-b8jtIzm9dCY_KfaUnHJ4a1TNKAWbOeONc/s400/JR+STUDIO_4880.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwAcikitQvNcJ1stB436UwiB-p8O6VxsdlF0UA3z2ppK47sli9UN_1fuLnZTRuBA4I3vNPzeqT4aHDgDi83QHnk8cuQcUtLLP4dpdiaRw6WkMW4qVPGtxGM0OLQnmDUGhahEZj9Sy9rTc/s1600/JR+STUDIO_4913.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491658810944891650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwAcikitQvNcJ1stB436UwiB-p8O6VxsdlF0UA3z2ppK47sli9UN_1fuLnZTRuBA4I3vNPzeqT4aHDgDi83QHnk8cuQcUtLLP4dpdiaRw6WkMW4qVPGtxGM0OLQnmDUGhahEZj9Sy9rTc/s400/JR+STUDIO_4913.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>And here's the artist, toiling in his studio. John says he does some of his best work in there at nights, when he relishes the convenience of being able to slip into the studio after dinner and not have to leave the family as he did when he would traipse back to his old studio in downtown Auckland. He's also excited about the possibilities a custom-built studio (and its large door, which can admit much more than the small canvases John has been working on recently) can open up for his art. "I think it will take years to full extract the value, to try things that I haven't because I haven't had the right kind of space," he says.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJO6nE7rrHngU7EFhO-icquBryYAkGh5j2cysExzZasMJKZYWJJQLlzLYXBdKOmCXUjcK3Ykdz2XVb_YUwHwjk5eSCS_WeSbMuSL4VOAAyhMQeTFKgC90QzVKGoM3jJUHBhXmnWaYa4Q7E/s1600/JR+STUDIO_4897.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491658803027445458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJO6nE7rrHngU7EFhO-icquBryYAkGh5j2cysExzZasMJKZYWJJQLlzLYXBdKOmCXUjcK3Ykdz2XVb_YUwHwjk5eSCS_WeSbMuSL4VOAAyhMQeTFKgC90QzVKGoM3jJUHBhXmnWaYa4Q7E/s400/JR+STUDIO_4897.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>We'll feature more images from the studio series in upcoming posts. Not all of them will be architectural marvels like John's studio, but we don't mind that, as we're most interested in the way artists occupy and work in their spaces. Feel free to let us know which artist's spaces you'd like us to look into, and we can check them out. </div></div>

The artist is in

Our new series of stories inside artists' studios was the brainchild of photographer Patrick Reynolds, who was inspired by his artist br...

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