KARYN HITCHMAN ARTIST

Commissions
I  will happily undertake your commission.  I will work with you and discuss what you are particularly looking for.  You may want yourself or your child to be represented in a painting in my style.  Please contact me to discuss.

Karyn Hitchman, Painter in Oils & Children's Book Illustrator.

My current series "The Aristocrats" tells a story of our ancestors and the excesses of the time of Louis XVI in the 18th century. I love learning and reading about the history and stories of centuries past.  I imagine my portraits hanging in your living rooms and hallways (or drawing rooms, ballrooms or libraries), displayed as if they are your own ancestors...a little bit of fantasy.

I paint on canvas in a classic realism style using oils.  I love painting in oils, having the ability to work slowly and mix and blend colours, sometimes directly on the canvas.

I worked for many years in the fashion industry as a designer and pattern-maker, then for several years guiding tourists on the mountain and nature trails of New Zealand's South Island, I have been inspired by these as well as history and costume. Therefore, I love painting colour, texture, fabric, nature, and I love painting people.  I am a self-taught artist and have taken private lessons with some of my much-admired fellow artists.

I am a kiwi, and after moving around New Zealand for a few years, my husband (who is English), and I have settled in Oamaru - an arty, historic town on the east coast of NZ's South Island. 
My paintings are found in galleries and private collections in New Zealand and other countries around the world.​

AWARDS

 - 2011 Silk Road (Qtn) - Best Local Art award for "Her Serene Empress of Rose"
 - 2012 Locations Art Award (Qtn) - Best Artwork of the Exhibition award for her painting titled "Ebony"
 - 2013 Finalist in the Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Awards for "Tea Ceremony"
 - 2016 Finalist in the Cliftons Art Prize for "Believe"​

Picture
Her Serene Empress of Rose'
Silk Velvet & Acrylic on Canvas 40x40cm (plus draping velvet).  SOLD at The Silk Road 2011 exhibition
'Ebony'
​Oil on Canvas,  30cm x 40cm
​Winner of the Locations Awards Exhibition 2012
Purchased by the Queenstown Art Society for their collection
'The Cup' - finalist in Molly Morpeth Canaday 2013, Oil on Canvas 45x30cm,  SOLD at the exhibition
'Believe' - finalist in Clifton's Art Prize 2016
Oil on Canvas, 45cm x 45cm, available

MEDIA

ART/EDIT Magazine: Australian glossy Art and Interior Design magazine - see below
ARTICLE FOR - 2011 Silk Road - Best Local Art award for "Her Serene Empress of Rose"
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown-lakes/glenorchy-artist-wins-silk-award
​ARTICLE FOR  - 2012 Locations Art Award - Best Artwork of the Exhibition award for her painting titled "Ebony"
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/apt-way-use-art-award-prize-money