EL DIECINUEVE DE FEBRERO, DOS MIL NUEVE
[LEFT]: MORE LUBBERT FOR YOUR DAS (DACHS)

[UPGRADED]
ABOVE: NUMBSKULL (AFTER BOSCH)
2009
OIL ON CANVAS
1000mm X 800mm

BELOW: THE 'ORIGINAL'; EL BOSCO'S THE CURE OF FOLLY or THE EXTRACTION OF THE STONE OF MADNESS
c. 1475-1480
OIL ON PANEL
480mm x 350mm

**!MUCHOS GRACIAS MUSEO DEL PRADO!**

WEDNESDAY THE 18TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
BACKED INTO A CORNER

FROM THE ARCHIVE: 2006
MASTERS (AFTER DURER'S MELANCHOLIA)
Pencil on paper, 160mm x 220mm
Private Collection, Tauranga
Checklist: Harris, Clairmont, Smither, Hammond, Walters, Driver, de Lautour, Fomison, Hayman, McCahon, Viscoe.

17TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
17TH OF FEBRUARY, 2008
(A YEAR AGO TODAY)
TOP:A FAUX-CONSTRUCTION EPITOMIZING SOME WESTERN IDEAS OF WHANAU THROUGH TROMPE L'OEIL FRIVOLITY, 2008, OIL ON LINEN AND PLASTIC, 1400 x 1030mm
MIDDLE: INSTALLATION AT THE PENCIL GALLERY, GISBORNE (BESIDE TWO W. C. RUIFROK PAINTINGS)
BOTTOM: INSTALLATION AT THE PENCIL GALLERY, GISBORNE (BEHIND J.K. RUSS' DESERT FLOWERS)
**NOTE: THE PENCIL GALLERY IS NOW PAUL NACHE

R (est) I (n) P (ieces)
another small 15th of February post, 2009
Lamentation of OD2073, soon to be deregistered,soon to be bits.
Fond memories. 00xx

FRIDAY THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
AD ADD, CLICKITY CLICK: HTTP://WWW.MATTCOUPER.CO.NZ

WHY I MAKE ART

FRIDAY THE 13TH OF FEBRUARY
STUDIO DESK (FOR THE LEFT-HANDER)

POST POST TO THE 12TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
ADDENDUM OF A WORK
MANUEL OCAMPO
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABSTRACT ART ABSTRACTED
1997
OIL ON CANVAS
***other details to come***
¡Hola!
¿Como te llamas?
Mi nombre es A.H.B.
Si, si, ¡escantado!
¿y tu?
Me llamo ordenador
Bueno.....
Hasta mañana.

12TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
SAINT s_o_m_e_o_n_e (IN PROGRESS)
(with Barr Barr Black Sheep, 2007, oil on
linen, 1000mm x 800mm, Private Collection
and Alfred H. Barr's Cubism and Abstract Art)

5TH OF FEBRUARY - 5TH OF APRIL 2009
MIND GAMES: SURREALISM IN AOTEAROA
HASTINGS CITY ART GALLERY
above: Hastings City Art Gallery
below: 'Pink Room" 2003, oil on canvas, 2400mm x 1800mm
(photos courtesy of JK Russ)

28TH - 31ST OF JANUARY 2009
STOP - (GO) - MOTION. STUDIO

11TH OF JANUARY 2009

DECEMBER, 2008
A BIRTHDAY CARD AND A CHRISTMAS CARD

REPAINTED WALL - 4:21PM
26TH OF NOVEMBER, 2008

NOVEMBER, 2008
NATIONAL DRAWING AWARD ENTRY

8TH OF OCTOBER 2008
KORKOS GALLERY, HONG KONG
Photographs courtesy of John Batten

11TH OF OCTOBER - 25TH OF NOVEMBER 2008
SKULLDUGGERY. RAYNER BROS GALLERY, WANGANUI
(above) Contemporary Art Skullduggery. 2008. Oil on canvas. 1000mm x 800mm
(below) left to right: James Robinson, Matthew Couper, Peter Ireland, Jo Pegler

13TH OF NOVEMBER 2008
STUDIO SHOT WITH NEW RACKS