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Ko tō tātou whakapapa nō Ngāti Kurauia 1. Kurauia = Maui (18thC) 2. Tutunui 3. Taoroa 4. Tirangaro 5. Katarina Pikiao =...
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Zarahn Southon
- Dec 19, 2020
- 11 min
Fascist Creep
Since the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain outlines fascist propaganda as a source for...
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Zarahn Southon
- Nov 12, 2020
- 5 min
Raising Te Wepu
On Tuesday, in response to protests against neo-Nazi symbols and swastikas being displayed next to Māori flags in an Auckland art...
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Zarahn Southon
- Jun 10, 2020
- 7 min
The Birth of a Nation - New Zealand, the land of the long white myth
Enforcing white supremacy is seeing the brown and black body as the perpetual criminal.
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Zarahn Southon
- May 25, 2018
- 12 min
The Rock Star Economy
In this essay I will explore the last fifty years of state social welfare reform and its impact on society and the arts community. In...
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Zarahn Southon
- Mar 13, 2018
- 1 min
Making a 19th century romantic guitar
I've played guitar on and off for some years, and had a custom classical guitar made by the late Luthier Antonio Aparicio jr. He sent me...
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Zarahn Southon
- Sep 21, 2017
- 4 min
Book Review: The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
Published in 1993 The Fifth Sacred Thing is a Sci-Fi adventure written by neopagan author Starhawk. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, in...
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Zarahn Southon
- Jun 13, 2017
- 2 min
Frame clamping - the old way is best!
Framing my paintings helps to maintain the general look and feel to a body of work. At times, I put the frame on a work in progress to...
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Zarahn Southon
- Mar 9, 2017
- 2 min
Structure demo - the chin
Today I will show examples of structures within the chin. When form painting my aim for the first twenty minutes is to recognise...
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Zarahn Southon
- Feb 28, 2017
- 1 min
Form painting - Tony
Today I started form painting. I block-in the general shape of structures. I look for large forms and try to understand how smaller...
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Zarahn Southon
- Feb 28, 2017
- 1 min
Form painting & poster study - Frances
Form painting. I developed the structures within and surrounding Frances' eye and nose. My initial underpainting is in neutral grey with...
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Zarahn Southon
- Feb 24, 2017
- 1 min
Portrait underpainting and studies of Tony
I usually plan up to ten sittings for a tronie and have completed five with Tony so far. Tony hadn't sat for a portrait before so I spent...
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Zarahn Southon
- Feb 23, 2017
- 1 min
Portrait of Frances
Frances sitting for the portrait. After transferring the drawing I've started the monochrome underpainting.
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Zarahn Southon
- Feb 13, 2017
- 1 min
Copying Rembrandt "Man with a beard" 1632
Working on gesso on board with a wash of burnt sienna & Raw Umber.I start Blocking-in with charcoal, looking for general shapes and...
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Zarahn Southon
- Feb 13, 2017
- 2 min
Copying Rembrandt
Copy after Rembrandt's portrait of a lady 1634 I find copying old master work rewarding. You're almost getting into the head of the...
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