Murray Ayson - New Zealand Landscape Artist

Artist Profile - Murray Ayson

Murray's work has been inspired primarily by the light and shadow of the New Zealand landscape. His love of the outdoors and the rugged natural beauty of the South Island countryside has drawn him to many untouched areas of Fiordland, the Catlins in southern Otago, and Central Otago.

Murray’s style reflects the mood of the bush, lakes and mountains, and his paintings present a perspective on a landscape that is simultaneously familiar and unexpected, serene and powerful. Murray develops his paintings from the photographs he takes on his trips into the untravelled back country of the South Island. Recently he has been exploring by helicopter, discovering and capturing New Zealand landscapes inaccessible by road.

Uncompromising Quality

All paintings are individually painted using top quality Italian “Maimeri” oil-based paints on professional high-grade 100% cotton Acid-free stretched canvas made in the USA.

Each original painting is guaranteed unique.

Awards

Murray’s work has won a number of awards, including:

City Of Dunedin Art Awards “People's Choice” Award,(2008)
City Of Dunedin Art Awards “People's Choice” Award,(2007)
Wrens/Mosgiel Rotary Art “Sponsors Choice” Award, Mosgiel (2005)
Hope & Sons Exhibition “Sponsors’ Choice” Award, Dunedin (2004)
Otago Art Society’s Annual Exhibition, Dunedin (2003), 2 awards:
- Maurice Kerr Award for Excellence in Traditional Painting
- Lula Currie Award for Art Society Members’ Choice
The Mainland Art Awards, Dunedin “Peoples Choice” (2002)
South Otago Art Society, Edna Peterson Award - Winner (2001)

Exhibitions and Galleries

Murray’s work has been shown in a number of regional exhibitions and can be found in private collections throughout New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and the USA.

You can find Murray’s work in a number of New Zealand galleries, including:

Grosvenor Gallery
Queens Arcade, Queen Street, Auckland
www.grosvenorfineart.co.nz

Harrison's Gallery
106 Eleventh Ave, Tauranga
www.harrisonsgallery.com

Otago Art Society
Dunedin
www.otagoartsociety.co.nz

The Otago Art Society Art Station
The Dunedin Railway Station, Anzac Ave, Dunedin

Giclees
Pronounced "Zhee-Clay", this process prints super-high resolution scans of paintings onto canvas using extremely fine ink jet (approximately 2.8 million dots per square inch). Giclees are extremely durable with at least 100 years of image stability. A limited number of giclees are available for purchase on request.