Detail of Margaret Silverwood's Hover.
Three Whanganui artists have had their work selected for the 2017 Parkin Prize.
The Parkin Drawing Prize is New Zealand's premier award for drawing, with 84 finalists shortlisted from 502 entries this year.
Katherine Claypole, Margaret Silverwood and Lorraine Webb have been shortlisted for the prize and their works are currently showcased in a free public exhibition at the NZ Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington.
UCOL visual arts lecturer Webb say her selected work
Precipitous Land,
is "a synthesis of land, sky, and sea", inspired by the beauty of the land, climate change, and living in Whanganui, which endured flooding in 2015.
"A lot of artists, myself included, work within the context in which they live, and the time they live so you pick up things from what's going on in the world," she says.
This was the first time Webbhad entered the competition, making it extra pleasing for her to be shortlisted.
"It's nice to be accepted. It's at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, which is a beautiful gallery, so it will be lovely."
In creating her work, Webbreused old paper.
"One thing I do, is that I try to recycle paper. I don't make the paper myself, but if I have some old paper, like old cartridge paper, I'll glue one piece to another and I'll work on top of that.
"If you look at my drawing you'll see some accidental folds in the paper where I've glued two pieces together."
The Parkin Prize has been established by Chris Parkin, an arts patron and former owner of New Zealand's only boutique art hotel, Museum Art Hotel in Wellington.
Each year the winning entry will be purchased and added to a unique collection of drawings by New Zealand artists.
The award is open to anyone who lives permanently in New Zealand or has New Zealand citizenship.
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