Toka Toka from Te Maire

Toka Toka from Te Maire

Artist
BINNEY, Don, 1940-
Description
Drawing
Title
Toka Toka from Te Maire
Format
Crayon with photograph and photostat prints
Dimension
1010 x 750mm

The Artist

Born in Central Auckland in 1940, Binney studied at Elam and attained a Diploma in Fine Arts. He was particularly interested in bird watching, and the personal relationship one felt with landscape when partaking in it. He painted with a range of materials – from oil and acrylic to in and carbon pencils. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council travel fellowship and subsequently travelled to Mexico, London and Australia. He then returned to New Zealand and spent the last decade of his life teaching at Elam. Graduate Dip.FA, Elam School of Fine Arts, 1961. Visiting lecturer 1975, temporary lecturer 1977-78 and full time senior lecturer and HOD Painting, 1979-1998.

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