I.O.U.S of A

I.O.U.S of A
Neil Buddle 2011

Block Print

Paper - Recycled Bills and Business pages
Blocks - Recycled Floor Vinyl
(Sustainable Economy)

My first new print for a while (too long), came from considering my own past debt problems and the fact that the USA owes more than me! It also references the fact that I/we owe the States a cultural debt for giving the world and me so much culturally. The print includes, Hunter S thompson, Miles Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol and Michael Jackson, which is a mix of counter-culture and mainstream icons. Hard to see in a scan but it also includes in gold, a mushroom cloud and the space shuttle.

If ever there was a time for NOT spending money from the future it is now.

This print featured in the Recent Whanagnaui National Exhibition and Award show, currently on at the Community Art Gallery in Whanganui.

Local Colour 3

Local Colour 3 - Whanganui by Night
Neil Buddle 2011

Local Colour 2 - Mosquito Point

Local Colour Series #2 - Mosquito Point
Original Print by Neil Buddle 2010
Ltd. Edition of 20

Local Colour

Local Colour 1 - North Mole

A new print based on visual research undertaken for Waterline project with ElPresidente. These prints are intended for local commercial market but are a pre-cursor to the Waterline Project due to be exhibited 2012.

Postcards from Aotearoa

The Reverend (Aka Neil Buddle) has completed a new set of 3 prints, for sale exclusively through Pauanesia Store, Auckland, New Zealand.

The 3 prints show contemporary New Zealand beach life and reference early postcards. Here follows low-res images and the accompanying blurb.

Postcard
The island nation of New Zealand is defined by its coast. From its location, between the mighty Pacific Ocean and the feisty Tasman Sea, to its native mythology, the power, and importance of the elements are celebrated and acknowledged.

The thin strip, where land, sea, and sky meet, is never far away. Here on the beach, New Zealanders are most at home. Whether fishing, surfing, swimming, or just relaxing, New Zealanders relish every opportunity to enjoy this ephemeral landscape; Where the big sky and the roaring surf are reflected in the shimmering sands and the headlands fade like a dream, into the distance…

These prints evoke this environment and the enjoyment of it, referencing the style of postcards, from the 19th and early 20th century – The 1st golden age of New Zealand tourism.

Stone Secret

Stone Secret

1999 - Neil Buddle

Lino and screenprint on handmade paper (Property of the Artists Parents!)

Another set of artwork from the vaults......

These prints were done from a rock found at a beach in Cornwall. Each print zooms in closer to the rock, revealing more detail. The patterns on the rock were reminiscent of the observable strata of rocks along that coast. The blue was screen-printed and the detail is of course in Lino, on early handmade paper.

God's Gimp

Sketch print for a developing idea.

This image is less about sex and more about life, the idea of us being manipulated by some unseen power. Despite the struggle we enjoy it anyway, happily spilling seed, fruitlessly on the broken ground.

It also references the influence that christian moral values have had on western society and the rest of the world and how we are in-some-way, in bondage to them.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No its a Roadcraft Campervan!

Here is a set of commemorative prints begun 'en route' showing the awesome Roadcraft Campervan by the Whanganui and Whangaehu Rivers and on the Central Plateau.

Kia Ora