b'An undisciplined artand textured landscapes of earthy greys and Reg Turner describes his art as uninfluenced,blacks. I love the sea and the Golden Bay undisciplinedanduntrained.Butrecordlandscape. Ive had a great deal of fun creating sales at a recent show have proved that a lackartworks that are undisciplined, uninfluenced of formal training is no hindrance. and untrained, just seeing what happensRegsartworksarepaintedinauniqueReg was born in the West Indies and had a techniquethatwouldmakeartpuritanslong career in the RAF as a flying officer on raise their eyebrows. He uses the repellentShackletons.Ashetravelledtheworldhe propertiesofoilandwaterbasedReseneexhibited and sold his paintingsthen more housepaintstocreatetexture,movementrepresentationalworksashewent.He andcoloureffectsreflectingthelandandlanded in New Zealand in 1972 to join family seascapes of his surroundings.in Rotorua.Reg applies the two different types of paint toSince then Reg has spent 20 years in the canvas straight from the can, mixing primarytourism hospitality industry owning lodges. colours with impunity, then manipulates theHe painted the interiors with Resene paintsAbove Reg uses the repellent paint using rollers and sticks and by movingand they were first to hand when he startedproperties of oil and waterbased the canvas around to allow the paint to flow.paintingagainafterahiatusperiod.RegResene house paints to create moved to the Aorere Valley by chance, havingtexture, movement and colour Oil likes to float on water, says Reg, so ifeffects.seen the property he now owns (a bed and I put an oil-based paint down and then pourbreakfast called Song of the Tui) while on aBelow Regs art is often inspired waterbased on top, the oil paint tries to comeroad trip with an old friend.by the sea off Golden Bay.through to the surface. If I do it the other way, the oil floats around on the surface.Reg will carry on painting although he says he may now blend his unique method with a moreReseneBy combining the two I get a serendipitousDevotedmixing of colour and shapes. I can control itrepresentational approach to see where it leadsReseneto a certain degree, but then it does its ownhim. Regs artworks can be found online atAdorething as the two types of paint react.www.regturnerartist.co.nz.ReseneLimitlessRegsportfolioofpaintingsincludessea- words and pictures Caroline Crickscapes in shining blues, greens and whites 77'