Photo by: Sharyn Smart
Prominent retired Taranaki Photographer Margaret Bake proves that she has many strings to her artistic bow as she shows her work in an exhibition aptly titled “From pixels to paint” with friend and artist Derek Hughes.
“The idea for the title “From Pixels to Paint” is simply that I’m exploring the idea of doing some painting in a very amateur way while still having the passion for photography.
“Derek Hughes and I are sharing the Fitz Reuter Art Gallery in Inglewood. He’s going to be exhibiting new photographic work and I’m going to be showing some photographic work and also some of my paintings because of the art that I’ve been attempting to do for the last 12 months. We’re also going to give space to the Inglewood Photographic group to hang some of their work.”
Margaret explains her move from photography to oils as a “dabble” into the painting world. She is certainly as capable with a brush as she is a camera.
“A year on I think I’m making a bit of progress. I don’t how far I will take the painting or how long I will do it. I always thought I would like to work with clay. I’ve always wondered about pottery, ceramics and things like that.