Karyn Hitchman
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KARYN HITCHMAN ARTIST

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​Karyn Hitchman, Painter in Oils & Children's book Illustrator.
After many years of working in the fashion industry as a designer and pattern-maker, then several years of guiding tourists on the mountain 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, as well as having taken private lessons with some of my much admired fellow artists.
 
My series "The Aristocrats" tells a story of our ancestors and the excesses of the time of Louis XVI. I imagine the portraits hanging in your living rooms and hallways (drawing rooms or library's), displayed as if they are your own ancestors.
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My paintings are found in galleries and private collections in New Zealand and other countries  around the world.​
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.
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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"​

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Her Serene Empress of Rose'
Silk Velvet & Acrylic on Canvas 40x40cm (plus draping velvet).  SOLD at The Silk Road 2011 exhibition
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'Ebony'
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Oil on Canvas,  30cm x 40cm
​Winner of the Locations Awards Exhibition 2012

Purchased by the Queenstown Art Society for their collection
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'The Cup' - finalist in Molly Morpeth Canaday 2013, Oil on Canvas 45x30cm,  SOLD at the exhibition
Entry to Clifton's Art Prize 2016 ​Ebony (my niece) with a rare native NZ bird, the Saddleback, is an imagined scenario where the girl oozes confidence having this bird land on her hand and the bird is also confident in it's safety with Ebony
'Believe' - finalist in Clifton's Art Prize 2016
Oil on Canvas, 45cm x 45cm, available
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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
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Copyright 2010 Karyn Hitchman
PHONE: +64 210488021 
STUDIO: Kinloch, New Zealand
EMAIL: karynhitchman@gmail.com
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