Tony Ogle

Kawaupaku Te Henga
Screenprint 2008

Rising Swell - Raglan
Acrylic paint on archival paper
Dimensions: 305mm x 215mm
A new day, a new swell, time taken to contemplate a day of epic surfing to come..

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Evolution
Edition: 250 Dimensions (excluding white margin): 220mm x 300mm or 9in x 12in Archival serigraph inks on paper
The companion print to '60's surf seekers' - this montage of images reflects on the 'evolution' in the water and out of it of this freedom-loving sub-culture immersed in journeys of personal and collective discovery.

60s Surf Seeker

Edition: 250 Dimensions (excluding white margin): 280mm x 300mm or 11in x 11.8in Archival serigraph inks on paper
As a visual artist and surfer looking back, the 60's era of longboarding now has a
nostalgic twist to it but the styles, the fashion, the colours that emerged during that era provide fertile source material for image making.

This screenprint is a homage to those halcyon days.

Coastal Carnival
Edition: 250 Dimensions (excluding white margin): 290mm x 530mm or 12in x 21in Archival serigraph inks on paper
Coastal Carnival attempts to capture the vivid and vibrant beach scene on one of those days when everybody seeks relief from sun and heat at the beach, surrounded by the passing parade of humanity.

This eclectic 'malibu-type' scene was played out on beaches around the world back in the halcyon days of the sixties.

Te Pahi
Limited Edition Screenprint on board 2008

Te Pupuha Point
Screenprint - 2005

Midday Matapouri
Limited Edition Screenprint 2010

Homestead Matherson's Bay
Screenprint 2009

Okiwi Crossing

Edition: 280 Dimensions (excluding white margin): 600mm x 360mm or 23.5in x 14in
Archival serigraph inks on paper
Coastal 'No trespass' signs dictate that the only access to this break is by a long walk across an emptied-out estuary. If you are accompanying a surfer and watching from the beach, you will have to time your return back to the carpark before the tide fills in too much and that new SLR may become an underwater camera! Perfect sandbar right-handers amidst sublime surroundings!

Hammock & Bach
Dimensions: 320 x 490mm
Edition 200, 2011

Champagne Cliffs
Screenprint 2005

Breakaway Bay
Limited Edition Screenprint

Caravan Window
Limited Edition Screenprint 2011
Edition 180
Dimensions: 180 x 450mm

Aloha Piha
Edition: 180 Dimensions (excluding white margin): 540mm x 360mm or 21in x 14in Acrylic paint on archival paper. Aloha - Greeting, love, celebration Piha - New Zealand's most famous surfing beach
This image combines the above meanings along with threads of the innocent enjoying the sea and volcanic sand, the young surfer watching in admiration, the abandon of wave riding, the natural environment and overhead the blazing sunset imbued with the iconic pattern of polynesian flowers representing the early origins of this activity.

Tony Ogle

Tony was born in 1959 and has devoted over twenty years to making prints and paintings about New Zealand. He has been inspired by locations that are off the beaten track, mostly untouched niches of the land and coastline that convey to him an unchanged timelessness. To capture that "sense of place" is what he strives for in his work.

His screenprints have become more technically complex as he continues to produce bright, colourful records of familiar beaches, landscapes, and the ubiquitous kiwi bach in his art works. He successfully depicts the essence of the New Zealand landscape, and these images are popular with a wide local and international audience.

Tony has been surfing for more than 30 years and has recently devoted a large portion of his working time to the painting of this much-loved activity. The launching of his new website Aloha Piha will bring his Fine Art Print Making to a wider audience, appealing to those who also share a passion for Art and Surfing.

'Screenprinting allows me to express my love of the New Zealand landscape and ocean environment with strong colours in a direct and graphic manner'. The evolution of this style has consequently made Tony Ogle a thriving artist producing bold renditions that portray the essence of New Zealand.

Tony and his family have just moved to Wainui Beach, near Gisborne. Wainui is one of the best surfing beaches in NZ. He shares his life with his wife Elena and their sons Luke and Jamie.
Publications featuring Tony's work:

"New Zealand Surfers" by Luke Williamson & Grant Dyson - Penguin Books NZ Ltd - 2002

"Art New Zealand Today" by E M Caughey - Saint Publishing Ltd - 2002

"Rolling Thunder" by Bob Harvey - Exisle Publishing Ltd - 2001

Cover Art for "Golden Weather" edited by Graeme Lay & Jack Ross - Cape Catley Ltd - 2004

Cover Art for "Cuisine Magazine" January 2007 New Zealand issue

Cover Art for "The town on the edge of the world" by Graeme Lay - Tandem Press - 2002. tc