Guy Chapman show Fri

On Fri evening I went with Johnny to see Guy Chapman’s delightful little paintings at Comber Street Studio, we got parking nearby on the street and had delicious conversations with nice people.

Above is ‘Titokowaru I Te Ngutu’, one of Chapman’s fabulous pictures about the frontier wars in New Zealand animated by his discovery that he had a natural father different from his regular parent, and this man had Maori heritage. I loved the way that Chapman is able to pack so much in, these red-and-black paintings especially with their long sticker explanations are full of life and history.