Collection: Jody Hope Gibbons

Hope Gibbons is a contemporary New Zealand painter with works held in private collections here and throughout the world.

She is based in Matakana and has completed several Mastery Contemporary Painting courses in Auckland. Jody is clear that her practice is materials-based where the research occurs through the actual exploration of the materials; it pushes the boundaries of traditional painting practice and techniques by continuing to exploit the use of paint, stains, rust, inks, leaf and varnish.

The actual application of the mediums and the natural reactions of these products is where the work is made; when working within the moment. The alchemy found within some works make them evocative and ethereal and seemingly organic with the fluidity of the marks. Subtle works that could be quite easily overlooked, are upon closer inspection, about light, depth, tone, spaces and joyous layers.