'Pink Palms, Rainforest Beach' by Ian Tremewen, 1993, Hawaiian Landscape

Description

Signed lower right, 'Tremewen' for Ian Tremewen (Australian, born 1954), additionally signed, verso, dated 1993 and titled, 'Poster Idea, #9328, … more Signed lower right, 'Tremewen' for Ian Tremewen (Australian, born 1954), additionally signed, verso, dated 1993 and titled, 'Poster Idea, #9328, Pink Palms, Rainforest Beach'
A watercolor and gouache study for a gallery exhibition at the Village Gallery, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.

Ian Tremewen began showing his watercolors with Village Gallery in 1976 while living on Maui. Born in Montreal and now based in Australia, Tremewen has spent much of his life in the Caribbean and Hawaiian tropics. Tremewen's work reflects the interest he feels for light, space and shadow working in sculpture, contemporary glass and textiles. His abstract interpretation of the amorphic shapes of nature, coupled with his design and composition enable him to present his work with a view that is distinctly his own.

Artist's Statement: "As an artist, I can experiment with many aspects and combinations. I've always been fascinated by the psychedelic colours hidden in rainforests. For me, these elements invite abstraction, where a shape, along with colour and texture, defines an object. There now appears to be a refreshing openness emerging in the art world. I feel there is a freedom to stretch and explore ideas and alternatives like never before using mediums and concepts that are expanding the world of art and design.”

Solo Exhibitions:
Napua Gallery, USA
Village Gallery Contemporary, USA
Karratha Art Centre, Australia
Metro Arts, Australia
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia
Grand Orbit, Australia
Paperworks Gallery, Canada
Corporate Art West, USA
Budds Beach Gallery, Australia
Pandanus Art, Australia
Tremewen@Marine, Australia

Group Exhibitions:
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Australia
Ritz-Carlton, USA
Contemporary Art Gallery, USA
Parliament Building, Australia
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia
Nordstroms, USA
Tattersalls Club, Australia
Honolulu Academy of Art, USA
Federation...What About the Nation? Museums and Galleries Foundation, Australia

Selected Awards:
Hui Noeau, USA
Suncorp Biennial, Australia
S.O.S. Festival, Australia
Hawaii Watercolour Society, USA
Heritage Art Festival, Australia
R.E.I.Q. Bicentennial, Australia
Woven Image, Australia
Art Maui, USA
Courier Mail Art Prize, Australia
Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Australia
Paradise Art Award, Australia

Commissions:
Sydney Airports Corporation, Australia
Lloyds Of London, England
Couran Cove Island Resort, Australia
Intercontinental Hotel, USA
Uniting Church, Australia
Ana Hotel, Australia
Windsurf Cruise Lines, Europe
Axis Management, Australia
Twin Towns Services Club, Australia
Sheraton Mirage, Australia
Palm Cove Resort, Australia
Foley Lardner Lawyers, USA

Collections:
Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and Art, USA
Commonwealth Bank, Australia
Kaiser Permanente, USA
Sovereign Islands Collection, Australia
Matsushita Corporation, Australia
Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Australia
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia
Stanthorpe Art Gallery, Australia
Daikyo, Australia
Hyatt Regency, Australia
University Of New South Wales, Australia
Stanford University, USA
Intercontinental Hotels, USA
Woven Image, Australia
John Flynn Medical Centre, Australia

Artist In Residence:
Queensland College Of Art, Australia
Ritz-Carlton, USA
Hyatt-Regency, Australia
Hotel Hana, Maui, USA
Park Royal, Australia
All Saints, Australia
Lindisfarne, Australia
Couran Cove Island Resort, Australia

*With thanks to the artist's website less