Northland artists Brett a’Court, Butch Britton, Axelle Faur, Peter Geekie, David Sarich, and Barry Squire portray Crucifixion themes to co-incide with Easter. Each artist explores the relevance of the ‘Crucifix’ as an icon in a modern essence.

Northland artists Brett a’Court, Butch Britton, Axelle Faur, Peter Geekie, David Sarich, and Barry Squire portray Crucifixion themes to co-incide with Easter. Each artist explores the relevance of the ‘Crucifix’ as an icon in a modern essence.

After success in Auckland, where his work was purchased for the Wallace Art Trust collection, Brett a‘Court will exhibit ‘Look‘ at Hangar Gallery. ‘Look’ portrays Christ amidst chaos, exuding a compassionate calm.

Butch Britton, paints with an honesty for the human condition. Butch is an intensive care nurse. He works part time as an artist, and is a disciplined study in life drawing.

Artist and philosopher Peter Geekie paints with a Bruegul-esque darkness.

Axelle Faur photographs iconic crucifix images from rural France. She finds traditional religious icons and produces them in a modern context.

Nationally recognised painter David Sarich has a long history producing religious icons. His painterly art practice has consistently portrayed a spiritual journey. He will exhibit an image of Christ titled ‘Atonement’ painted in the mid 1980s.

Barry Squire exhibits a triptych with Christ as the central figure, on the cross. This work was selected from 2700 applicants worldwide to be included in ‘Images of Christ 2000’. Forty finalists were selected by a panel that included Sister Wendy Beckett, of those twenty-five images were shown in New York, Chicago, and a shrine in Illinios.