Ron Left b. 1948

Works
  • Ron Left, Escalator 1, 2017
    Ron Left
    Escalator 1, 2017
    Acrylic & digital photograph on aluminium
    40 x 72 cm
  • Ron Left, Escalator 2, 2017
    Ron Left
    Escalator 2, 2017
    Acrylic & digital photograph on aluminium composite
    40 x 72 cm
  • Ron Left, Fenestra No. 12, 2020
    Ron Left
    Fenestra No. 12, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    76 x 76 cm
  • Ron Left, Fenestra No. 16, 2021
    Ron Left
    Fenestra No. 16, 2021
    Acrylic on plywood
    120 x 80 cm
  • Ron Left, Fenestra No. 2, 2020
    Ron Left
    Fenestra No. 2, 2020
    Acrylic on plywood
    120 x 60 cm
  • Ron Left, Fenestra No. 4, 2020
    Ron Left
    Fenestra No. 4, 2020
    Acrylic on plywood
    93.7 x 63.7 cm
  • Ron Left, Fenestra No. 5, 2020
    Ron Left
    Fenestra No. 5, 2020
    Acrylic on plywood
    95 x 65 cm
  • Ron Left, Fenestra No. 8, 2020
    Ron Left
    Fenestra No. 8, 2020
    Acrylic on plywood
    120 x 79.7 cm
  • Ron Left, Fenestra No.21, 2021
    Ron Left
    Fenestra No.21, 2021
    Acrylic on plywood
    70 x 70 cm
  • Ron Left, Fenestra No.4
    Ron Left
    Fenestra No.4
    Acrylic on plywood
    70 x 70 cm
  • Ron Left, Fenestra No.6, 2020
    Ron Left
    Fenestra No.6, 2020
    Acrylic on plywood
    95 x 65 cm
  • Ron Left, Water Shadow Series - Sun Glimpse, 2019
    Ron Left
    Water Shadow Series - Sun Glimpse, 2019
    Digital photograph & acrylic on aluminium composite
    45 x 80 cm
  • Ron Left, Water Shadow Series VIII, 2019
    Ron Left
    Water Shadow Series VIII, 2019
    Digital photograph & acrylic on aluminium composite
    45 x 80 cm
Biography
After many years of involvement in Art and Design at AUT, and completing a PhD in 2016, Ron Left has returned to full-time painting.

Following a succession of exhibitions at Petar James Gallery, Gallery Data and Artis Gallery in the 1970s and 80s, he focussed on collaborative and group shows in NZ and Australia. These recent works explore new ways of re-inventing abstraction, including the use of photographic images. Ron has recently built a large studio and workshop overlooking the Manukau Harbour.

“Photographic and painting processes are not merely juxtaposed but develop a dynamic between the two (and between image and surface) so that they start to define and re-define each other.The photographic image begins to look like drawing or painting, and the abstract surfaces and surface marks and visual noise are intimately connected to an actual presence. The photographic image becomes gestural and abstract and there is a flow between these disciplines” –Ron Left
Exhibitions