Tuesday, 20 September 2011. 6.00pm

Geo Dome, Christchurch Events Village

Acclaimed New Zealand painter Shane Cotton talks about his recent 'skyscapes' and the art of painting with Gallery senior curator Justin Paton.

In the last half-decade, artist Shane Cotton has created a series of adventurous and exhilarating 'skyscapes' – full of soaring birds, ragged skywriting and plunging cliffs. A major exhibition of these of these works at Christchurch Art Gallery, titled The Hanging Sky, has been postponed until 2012 due to the earthquake, but Christchurch audiences can learn more of them in this illustrated artist's talk. In conversation with senior curator Justin Paton, Cotton will discuss journeys, sacred landscapes, the power of words and the art of painting.

Trained at Canterbury School of Fine Arts, Shane Cotton is a New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate and recently appeared in the 17th Biennial of Sydney (2010) and solo shows in London, at Rossi and Rossi Gallery, and Sydney, at Anna Schwartz Gallery.