Fiona Goulding

 

Fiona Goulding was born in England. Inspired by voluntary work undertaken in Africa, she spent several years travelling through India, Nepal, New Zealand and Australia. It was the sheer beauty and variety of the New Zealand landscape which drew her to making New Zealand her home.

 

Fiona is entirely self-taught and it is easy to see why her work is often described as 'exquisite'. Her finely executed oil paintings are influenced by the unequivocal beauty found in nature and the connection she feels with this. She loves to get immersed in nature's detail: its sculptural qualities, nuances of colour and affect of light. Although inspired by Realism, particularly the Dutch artist, Gerrit Dou, she prefers her inspiration to come directly from her own findings and responses to her environment. 

 

She has travelled extensively and it is this feeling of being unencumbered that is reflected in her paintings of birds, symbolic of spiritual freedom. Many of these paintings seek to convey the feeling of being in flight.

 

Fiona has won international and national awards. Her work has been exhibited and collected both in New Zealand and overseas and is featured in 'Who's Who in Visual Art' (Vol. 2010-2011). 

 

Awards, Selections & Recent Exhibitions: 

2012 The International Palm Art Award, Special Prize – Old Masterly 

2012 Eco Artists exhibition, Lochmara Lodge, Marlborough Sounds

2012 The New Zealand Art Show, Wellington

2012 Rogue Space Gallery, Chelsea, New York

2011 The New Zealand Art Show, Wellington

2010 The International Palm Art Award, Certificate of Excellence

2010 BDO Drawing and Painting Award, Highly Commended

2010 The New Zealand Art Show, Wellington

2010 Braveheart Youth Trust Art Exhibition, Auckland

2010 Venture Southland Festival of the Arts, Invercargill

2009 Norfolk House Realist Show, Norfolk House, St Clair

2009 Yellow Pages Art Award, Christchurch, Finalist

2009 Margaret Stoddart Award, Christchurch, Finalist

2009 Featured in Microfilm Digital Print & Artfind Calendars

2008 National NZ Art Awards, Tauranga, Best Oil

2008 Featured in McKenzie & Willis, Christchurch 

2008 Art in a Garden, Hawarden, North Canterbury

 

Collections include: 

Lady Adrienne Stewart

Martin’s Gallery, International Fine Art, England

D. Lau, Hong Kong 

 

‘No matter how difficult life can be at times such beautiful things like your paintings just make my day.’ D Lau, Hong Kong