Summer lends its heat in reds, and later hazy balmy blue. As it progresses colours meld, dusty and in late summer tire. Autumn, to me, describes contentment, a slow decline of summer colours, a resting and winding down. Though autumn storms can change all that. Winter invokes hibernation, inside warmth and glow - think the cats curled up in their basket by the fire, red wine and toasted marsh mellows, the occasional splash of colour prominent against a cold background.
Winter also suggests nesting and an insular feeling.
Some works in this series painted themselves from the colours I was thinking of, while some demanded to be of a specific season - almost as a birthright. I trust you enjoy this exhibition. Gillian Hatcher - ghat Gillian Hatcher was born in Minster on Sea, Sheerness, Kent, in England on a wintry January night. She travelled to New Zealand in 1987 arriving on a wintry August night. Gillian has travelled extensively throughout New Zealand.