A Waikanae artist was shocked to be awarded the Winsor & Newton NZ Sponsorship Art Award. Hamish Macaulay was taken completely by surprise when he was.
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Stuff spoke with him. “It is helpful to . have your own schedule, but not be too rigid. I fit art in the gaps, sketching out ideas and trying to have a number of different paintings on the go at the same time, he said. The artist, who is represented by a number of galleries in the UK and originally, including Eames Fine Art in London, is originally from Wellington. He drew from his experience in London’s earlier Covid-19 lockdowns to plan for his managed isolation stint. “We knew we’d need something to keep us going.”
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Artist Hamish Macaulay spent his time in managed isolation painting the brown paper lunch bags they received every day.