Frank Kee
Frank Lee was a New Zealand Artist and a friend of my maternal grandmother Violet. Frank had a tradition of producing his own lino-cut Christmas cards...
Dog-eared & Torn – Deebee Bishop Album Launch
I recently had the privilege of contributing some violin, mandolin and vocals to my good friend Deebee Bishop‘s new album titled Dog-eared & Torn.
ART SALE – All works from the stockroom on sale
I’ve ended up with quite a collection of my own works over time but after a recent storage rearrangement, have decided to put many of them up for sale online...
2023 – Ngā Puke o Aotearoa – Exhibition Opening
I’m holding an exhibition of landscape oil paintings at Comber Street Studios, 5 Comber Street, Paddington NSW 2021, Australia.
Some Effects of Colour on Colour
This was an exercise from a Maitland Graves colour and design book to paint up a page that shows the effect of the differing surrounding colour or tone on the colour in the centre
Colour Mixing Matrix
This matrix is from an early colour and design session and shows the result of mixing these six main colours with each other to get these 15 secondary colours. It guess it would ha
Tonal Scale and Value Keys
I was looking at an old Colour and Design work-book of mine from the mid ’80s and found this page on Tonal Scale and Value Keys. Still good theory and not a bad little painting e
Bob Dylan and Tom Petty – Proof Sheet
This photographic proof sheet was found on a Sydney street by a friend. It’s clearly Bob Dylan and Tom Petty but I’ve no idea who the photographer is, when it dates from or if
guychapman.net Web Site Update
I have just released an updated version of this guychapman.net web site that moves all the content to run on a WordPress installation.
2013 – The New Zealand Hills
This exhibition was titled The New Zealand Hills and had a large number of oil paintings that were just 200mm square but framed in large, ornate gold profiles.
The Ukelles
The Ukelles are another fun band based around the Ukulele but with a good collection of other instruments and musicians. I’ve been playing Violin and Mandolin with them for some