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| Press Releases |
| Nga Pawa Original Oil Painting on Canvas by Peter Jean Caley |
| Paper: Coastal News Date: June 24 1999 Artist shows his talent. From Tama Iti’s newly opened K Road Art Gallery, to a quiet Whangamata Bach – that’s the story of a magnificent portrait of Nga Pawa, a high ranking woman of Ngati Maniapoto, and Peter Caley, the artist who bought her image to life for her descendents. The portrait of Nga Pawa, who died in the 1930’s, was painted from a battered old photograph. It featured in the opening of Tama Iti’s new gallery of Maori Art, and is now in Whangamata while Peter considers its future. A private buyer is keen to purchase, but Peter hopes to ensure that Nga Pawa and a second portrait, of Mauria te Tauri Mokena, of Tama te Kapua, painted in the same style, remain within New Zealand and available to public view. There is more than one painter in Peter Caley’s family history. Descended from an Italian seaman who arrived in New Zealand on a whaling ship and married into a South Island Maori Family, Peter’s father and grandfather were both artists. But as a school boy in Taranaki, he was discouraged from painting, and told he should concentrate on getting a real job. Nonetheless, he made his way to art school in Australia in the late 1970’s, but didn’t like the teaching methods, and dropped out to become a successful interior designer in Sydney. He later took private art tuition in Auckland, but then returned to Australia where he made a name for himself as a wildlife artist. During this period he produced hundreds of detailed painting of animals in their natural surroundings. Emus, bushbabies, possums and birds were captured on canvas and board, painted from life in the style known as traditional realism. His paintings sold so quickly that he never had enough to even hold an exhibition. Ten years ago he began to teach art as well as produce it. It started with request from a local art group for tuition, but soon escalated to an almost full time occupation. Peter says it is important to him to be able to pass on his skills and give others the chance to fulfill their artistic potential. “The only difference between my work and a student’s work is time and experience,” he says. “Anyone who is prepared to make the commitment to painting can develop the skill to be successful at it.” He particularly enjoys passing on skills in colour mixing, and is able to produce any colour at all from a limited palette. Although his Maori portraits have been described as being in the tradition of Goldie and Lindauer, he says that his technique is different, and it is the affinity and respect he feels for the subjects that brings them to life under his brushes. The success of the Nga Pawa portrait has brought other families to him requesting paintings of their own tupuna. Since returning to New Zealand last year Peter has been offered teaching work at colleges in Hamilton and Tauranga, but it was a long family association with Whangamata that made him decide to spend some time here and offer tuition locally. He likes to teach a small group, and wants to keep the fee at a level affordable to local artists. He hopes to find enough pupils to keep him here for the rest of the winter, while he completes work on further portraits. |
| Other News Reports Te Puke Times april 21,1999 Bay of Plenty Times April 22,1999 Coastal News June24 1999 Hauraki Herald Sept.3,1999 The Daily Post July18,2000 Rodney Times Feb. 1, 2001 Sunday News May 12,2002 CHCH Press August 8, 2002 Greymouth Evening Star June 15,2002 Greymouth Evening Star Sept.2,2002 West Coast Times July 1, 2002 West Coast Times March 13, 2003 Greymouth Evening Star August 23,2003 The Press CHCH. Sept. 23,2003 Greymouth Evening Star April 28,2004 The Press CHCH. April 29,2004 The Timaru Herald August 26,2004 Geraldine News Oct. 2004 The Timaru Herald Sept.16,2004 The Press ChCh.Oct.1,2004 The Timaru Herald Oct. 4 & 7, 2004 Gulf Today Dubai April 5,2005 Gulf News Dubai April 6,2005 Gulf News Tabloid April 5,2005 The Hindu June 26, 2005 Community High Country Herald June 1,2005 Cook Island News May 2006 The Southland Times 14 July 2006 The Ensign July 12 2006 NewsLink July 13 2006 The Ensign July 14 2006 The Southland Times July 21 2006 The Ensign July 26 2006 NewsLink July 27 2006 The Southland Times July 28 2006 Weekend Sun Oct 6 2006 The Timaru Herald May 24 2007 The Timaru Herald May 25 2007 DOMPOST NZ Made August 13 2007 Ashburton Guardian Nov 2005 |
