Fiona Goulding contacted me regarding having her artworks scanned for archival and future reproduction. Fiona is a visual artist with four oil paintings she wanted high quality scans made of. Above are 2 of the 4 she had me do. Fiona was very happy with the final copies made.

If you’re interested in purchasing any of her paintings Fiona can be contacted at fiona.goulding@actrix.co.nz

Ann came to see me about having three old architect conceptual sketches copied and printed. They were old sketches made of the old Whangarei Hospital and newer base hospital. They had been laminated over, were looking tatty, with rips and tears.

The images measured over 600mm wide. They were scanned, restored and printed onto my matt art paper. The images came out looking colourful and vibrant. Ann was very pleased with the final prints.

It’s that time of year again! The National Masters Hockey Tournament is being held in Nelson this year, and I’ll be playing in the 40-45 year old age group. As a consequence, I’ll be likely out of contact until Monday 8th of March.

All work has been done to the last minute, all enquiries handled. Now it’s time for hockey! If I have internet access I’ll try and remain in contact.

Neal

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Just updated is the logo header image for my website and blog. I wanted a simple logo covering the type of work I did - ie printing images onto canvas and photo paper, as well as restoring and altering photos. The camera outline is my own camera, and  printer  my own  after doing a large print. The image to the right is a stylized image of a railway line I took a few years ago, representing the art work I print for customers and myself.

It may not be the flashest, but I made it myself and am happy with the final result.

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It’s been a busy few weeks, with canvas and photo restoration orders coming in. Just finished, scanning 1100 negative images for a customer - a huge undertaking, but juggling with other work all finished in good order. Also some new gliclee art reproductions in the process of being prepared for a local artist I deal with  - these will look fantastic when they’re finished. December will be a busy month!

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I had this interesting job to do this week. Kim called by to see if I could mount this painting she’d bought. Kim had been in previously looking at getting a photo put onto canvas but decided she wanted this painting done first.

The difficult part was the top of the painting had been trimmed as you see it in the photo. So I couldn’t wrap any of the top around to the back like I normally do. Needless to say I had to do a bit of thinking how to mount it and came up with doing an edge glue to the top front 1cm of the canvas onto the mdf backing.

From there it was a matter of doing the rest the normal way. To finish off the top/top-rear, I glued on a strip of plain canvas, which Kim would paint later on to closer match the rest of the painting. The frame measured 950mm x 875mm so it was quite a large one!

Kim called me later to thank me for the wonderful job and said she’d be back to have those photos put onto canvas.

Not much to show over the last couple of weeks, but I certainly have been busy! Some personal canvas prints have been made but not for public viewing. I’ve also been working on some multi-photo restoration/enhancing projects which are now nearing completion. Also more canvas artworks to print, but still in the process of having them printed then mounted.

I’ve now changed to a local hosting site in New Zealand. Prices mean it’s now the same as my overseas host I’d been using the last few years. Not to mention supporting a local business!

Pages should download quicker - especially the blog, which I found slow and unresponsive.

I updated the website with more information on the process of making a canvas print and how it’s mounted. I also separated the photo prints section onto another web page. More additions in progress….

I just got in a new load of Poplar milled timber for making frames for my canvas prints. Poplar timber is not well known as a wood used in the industry. Being light and strong, it’s ideal for making up my canvas frames. My supplier says among other things they’re used for surf board and coffin manufacturing!

Coming 40 minutes drive from Whangarei, I’m able to source rough sawn 2 x 6 timber directly from where they’re grown - Stix of Mangakahia. They’re then taken to a local timber merchant (CainesTimber) and cut and planed to the size I want - giving me full control over the whole sizing process. This batch should keep me going for a while!