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That's It Then Philip, wearing one of his hats from Nepal, hammers the last of the stakes into the ground to keep the raspberries under control! 2040 mm high x 1670 mm wide acrylic on 12 oz canvas Started 1989/Finished 1999 |
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“Colour echoes the spectrum of music,” says Philip Trusttum
This painting, one of the Axe Series, has dense colour, the boom, boom, boom of the orchestra of colour. His colour sense is as consistently true as the perfect pitch of a musician according to the art critic T J McNamara. |
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Tenei John Steed 2180mm high x 2180 mm wide acrylic on 12 oz canvas Started 1990/Finished 1999 |
| These three paintings were first drawn and painted about 10 years ago, then stored in Philip’s Waimate tin shed studio. In late 1999 he unrolled them, spread them out on the floor and finished them. | |
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off There is a morning ritual in collecting up the horse manure from the yards and paddocks - here Philip is wearing a Trade Aid hat and pushing a cart to carry the manure away 2050 mm high x 1280 mm wide acrylic on 12 oz canvas Started 1990/Finished 1999 |
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Two to Go Another of the Axe Series - just two more stakes to be put into the ground to control the raspberries. At this stage Philip felt as though he were floating in space after the exertion. 2160 mm high x 1720 mm wide acrylic on 12 oz canvas Started 1989/Finished 1999 |
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One Too Philip grows a lot of raspberries, but it’s largely the birds which eat them. This picture refers to the winter task of staking up the bare canes to stop them falling over. Philip is using number 8 wire to keep the unruly canes in check 2030 mm high x 1740 mm wide acrylic on 12 oz canvas Started 1989/Finished 1999 |
| There are two overwhelming characteristics of Trusttum’s work - he uses colour above all else to convey feeling - every work has its origin that has personal significance | |
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One One of the Axe Series, this painting fuses the axe handle, the eye and the stakes with a North Indian influence. This is a close-up look at the hands and part of the axe handle. The border design comes from the hat 2500 mm high x 2040 mm wide acrylic on 12 oz canvas 1990/1999 |
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Rowleys Philip is kneeling on the floor, spreading powder paint onto PVA glue. 810 mm high x 2050 mm wide acrylic and powder on 12 oz canvas Started 1990/Finished 1999 |
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Electric Clearance Electric fences have to be shifted on Philip’s small farm inland from Waimate in South Canterbury, allowing the stock fresh grazing. These fences are made of 50 metre lengths of an orange flexi-net. It’s a chore shifting them! 2050 mm high x 1030 mm wide acrylic on 2 oz canvas Started 1990/Finished 1999 |
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Powder Philip is kneeling and pouring paint on part of the canvas, seen in the top left 2070 mm high x 860 mm wide acrylic and powder on 12 oz canvas Started 1990/Finished 1999 |
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Crush Here the hands and handle of the axe are combined as they hammer in the fence stakes 2500 mm high x 2040 mm wide acrylic on 12 oz canvas 1990/1999 |
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18 Peterborough Street,
Christchurch 1
New Zealand