Art Battle 3: Auckland 2023
Had a great time watching the third art battle at Auckland this year. Some very impressive artists in there such as Seb Gower, Paul...
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Mark Whippy
- Sep 1
- 1 min
Urban Sketchers Auckland: Motat Aviation Hall
This months Urban Sketchers in Auckland was at Motat Aviation Hall in Western Springs for some "Plein" air painting. Was a great turn out...
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Mark Whippy
- Jul 8
- 1 min
Art Battle: Auckland highlights
Last week I went to two art events back to back. Art Battle and the group show I'm in at Kumeu, Collected Identity: Faces of the North...
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Mark Whippy
- Jun 28
- 1 min
Urban Sketchers: Auckland Symposium 2023
Catching up with some of the other blog posts. This year Auckland was the host for Urban Sketchers international symposium. I had an...
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Mark Whippy
- May 8
- 1 min
Solo Exhibition: "Cyber Isolation" at Lake House Arts Centre
My second solo exhibition "Cyber Isolation" happened at the end of April at Lake House Arts Centre. Was so happy with how the opening...
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Mark Whippy
- May 7
- 1 min
Portrait Sketching: 2023 Teddy Bears Picnic
Earlier this yearI had the opportunity to do some more live portrait sketching with Studio One, for 2023 Teddy Bears Picnic down at Silo...
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Mark Whippy
- May 6
- 1 min
Urban Sketchers Auckland: Pride Fest 2023
Another Urban Sketchers from Pride Fest earlier this year in Aotea Square. Someone actually bought my painting on the spot. Was really...
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Mark Whippy
- May 5
- 1 min
Urban Sketching: Te Waihou, Blue Springs Walkway
Catching up some updates I haven't had the chance to post. Been a very busy time lately, feeling very blessed at the moment to have good...
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Mark Whippy
- Jan 5
- 1 min
Urban Sketchers Auckland: Commercial Bay
Hello everybody, I'm really happy with how the site is looking lately. Wix have fixed a few things too. This was a Christmas themed Urban...
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Mark Whippy
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
Drop in Life Drawing with Studio One
Hosted another fun event with Studio One in November
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Mark Whippy
- Nov 5, 2022
- 1 min
Creepshow at Studio One Toi Tu for Freakout 2022
For Halloween 2022 there was an awesome event happening along Karangahape Road called "Freakout". As part of the event, I was asked to...
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Mark Whippy
- Oct 2, 2022
- 1 min
2022 Branch Out - Uptown Spring Festival
Had the honor of taking part in the first Branch Out Spring Festival, sponsored by City Rail Link and Uptown Auckland. It was a great...
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Mark Whippy
- Sep 4, 2022
- 1 min
2022 Waitakere Art Awards
Some images from the 2022 Waitakere Art Awards. Was happy to win an award for the category of "Looking West". I've been really full out...
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Mark Whippy
- Aug 14, 2022
- 1 min
Drink n Draw: Life Drawing Exhibition
The life drawing group "Drink n Draw" in Auckland finally had a show at Studio One in July of this year. Was a great night, hanging out...
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Mark Whippy
- Jul 24, 2022
- 1 min
Urban Sketchers Auckland: Aotea Square 2022
Finally added my contribution to the Urban Sketchers shared book. This was at Aotea Square two weeks ago. Looking back I'm really happy...
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Mark Whippy
- May 21, 2022
- 1 min
2022 Lake House Merit Awards
First two photos courtesy of Lake House Arts Centre Felt stoked to win the Emerging Artist Award at Lake House Members Merit Awards this...
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Mark Whippy
- Apr 22, 2022
- 1 min
2022 Urban Sketchers: Freyberg Square
Urban Sketchers from March at Freyberg Square in Auckland
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Mark Whippy
- Feb 5, 2022
- 1 min
Auckland Under Construction
I finally got to do my first solo exhibition "Auckland Under Construction", almost called "Construction Boom" but thought the 'Boom'...
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Mark Whippy
- Feb 28, 2021
- 1 min
Aroha in Uptown
City Rail Link sponsored an event in Uptown, Auckland for Valentines Day. Was a really great way to bring people together and get people...
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Mark Whippy
- Feb 28, 2021
- 1 min
Studio One - Toi Tu: 2020 Christmas Market
This was my first time doing live portraits of people for money. I had been thinking of this idea for a while, but I wanted to wait until...
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