Neil Driver
Plums and Jug
Acrylic on Board
590 x 645 mm
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“For ‘Reflections’, I found myself returning to a subject I painted at the beginning of my time with the gallery. It felt right to revisit those objects compositionally, plums and the jug, and see what remains constant, and what has shifted, after the years in between.
I’m drawn to the familiarity of these objects; they ask for nothing more than to be looked at carefully. In painting them again, I wasn’t interested in repeating the earlier work, but in approaching the same arrangement with the patience and clarity that time allows.” – Neil Driver
Artist Bio
Born and raised in Dunedin, Neil Driver moved to Central Otago in 1975. It is from this land that he derives his inspiration, with its magical light and breathtaking landscapes.
Driver is a painter of light. From landscape to still life, his work evokes serenity, calmness and effortless grace. Painting in a mixture of traditional and contemporary styles that is uniquely his own, Driver often depicts details that are generally overlooked by the human eye. This gifted artist brings life and beauty to the simplest objects, such as a shirt hanging on a chair, a tablecloth or bowl of fruit.