Chartwell Notes

"I’m a magpie. I go around and find different materials. I work on a lot of grid materials like mesh. I was excited when I came across this embroidered silk because yellow is a deeply meaningful colour to me. When I was a child, yellow was my happy colour, my safe colour. There was a time when I’d only wear yellow.

When I first found the silk, I didn't know what I wanted to do with it so it sat in my studio for about six months. Then one day I simply sat down and began painting. It felt completely natural. The majority of my artwork involves approaches which allow me to create a tactile surface where I can work from the back—using open grids, transparency, or cutting into the canvas—so the transparency was especially important. I love working with the interplay of light and shadow."

- Peata Larkin discussing Kei konei koe in an interview with The Chartwell Project.

Click here to read the full interview.