The Three Flamingos are artists (from left) Susie MacPherson, Annabel Campbell and Lou Maclaurin, who have an exhibition at Matawhero Art Gallery starting on Friday. Photo / Kim Parkinson
The Three Flamingos are artists (from left) Susie MacPherson, Annabel Campbell and Lou Maclaurin, who have an exhibition at Matawhero Art Gallery starting on Friday. Photo / Kim Parkinson
Hot on the heels of the successful exhibition Spectrum, held in the old barn at TW Wines, a new show featuring the works of artists collectively known as The Three Flamingos opens at Matawhero Art Gallery tomorrow.
Annabel Campbell, Lou Maclaurin and Susie MacPherson each have a distinctive artstyle, so people can expect an eclectic range of work at the exhibition.
The Three Flamingos was a nickname originally given to them by artist and curator Sally Gaddam, who has known them for years and thought they had the bubbly energy and youthful enthusiasm of a flock of flamingos.
MacPherson has some large paintings featuring stags, hares and foxes, as well as a real stag’s head with massive antlers and a gold-painted skull.
Maclaurin’s work includes more of her characteristic charcoal drawings, which have an almost photo-like realism, as well as some smaller still-life acrylic paintings.
Campbell’s work is big, bold and colourful. She also has some smaller paintings of flowers in wooden frames, which she repurposed from an op shop.
This is the first time an exhibition has spilled out of Matawhero’s dedicated art gallery space into the cellar, so people are advised to venture underground to see more of the artists’ offerings.
“We were so happy to be part of Spectrum and it went incredibly well, so to springboard off that into our own exhibition is fantastic,” Campbell said.
“The timing couldn’t be better as it is Show weekend and then Labour weekend, so we feel really lucky.”
Works by The Three Flamingos - Lou Maclaurin (left), Annabel Campbell and Susie MacPherson - make up a new exhibition running at Matawhero Art Gallery at Matawhero Wines.
This is the artists’ second exhibition in the space of a week. Maclaurin, who is relatively new to selling her art, said it was “a sprint to the finish line” to get the work completed in time.
