“Still playing with fire” group exhibition at the Taupo Museum

Ceramic, painting, sculpture

For this group exhibition, Raglan artist Elsa Lye will show 4 paintings all painted recently en plein air at Marakopa.

I stayed for 5 days in Tehut in the camping ground at Marakopa. It was wild west coast weather, had to thread my easel through a fence and hide behind a big flax bush.

Facing the elements and to paint intuitively is a challenge I love, focusing directly on the immediacy of the moment.

©2018, Elsa Lye, Taste Kahawai – Marakopa. Acrylic on paper.

©2018, Elsa Lye, Working Dogs Echo – Marakopa. Acrylic on paper.

Taupo Museum, 4 Story Place, Taupo
Opening Friday 18 May, until 25 June
Hours: Monday – Sunday, 10 am – 4:30 pm