Art seen: March 12 - "Green Belt Revisited", Sam Foley /  by Sam Foley

Fork in the Road, oil on canvas, 140 x 100cm

(The Artist’s Room)

There is a strange sensation known to anyone who revisits somewhere they once lived — a feeling that things are exactly the same yet completely different. One becomes an outsider in the familiar.

This feeling pervades Sam Foley’s latest exhibition at The Artist’s Room. As the artist marks the 21st anniversary of his first (Dunedin) solo show, he returns to Dunedin’s Town Belt, which he calls the "green belt", to depict and contrast, seek the familiar, and welcome the changes with nostalgia and revelation.

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Art and Conservation Converge in the Town Belt /  by Sam Foley

Established Ōtepoti/Dunedin artist Sam Foley's recent show The Green Belt Invitational invited an exciting array of local and national artists to showcase works drawing upon their inspiration from our green spaces. Sam also used the show as a vehicle to facilitate awareness of and a generous $5,000 donation to Predator Free Dunedin's City Sanctuary project. 

We caught up with Sam in his Ōtepoti/Dunedin studio to talk about inspiration, the intersection between art and urban conservation, and his involvement in City Sanctuary as a backyard trapper. 

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Limited-edition fundraiser for City Sanctuary /  by Sam Foley

With the opening of The Green Belt Invitational last week at Olveston Historic Home, I’m happy to announce the release of this limited-edition print with all proceeds donated to City Sanctuary. Their tireless pest-control mahi in and around our city has hugely contributed to the flourishing of flora and fauna over the last decade.

Here’s a few pics from the evening, featuring Kate Tanner from City Sanctuary as the guest speaker, along with celebrated poet Richard Reeve. It was truly a roaring success.


Commissioned cameo in Grand Designs NZ reveal /  by Sam Foley

What a nice surprise to see my 2024 commissioned painting of the Mairangi Bay Surf Club make a background appearance in the big reveal for this truly remarkable ‘beach house’ build.

A big thank you to the owners Mark and Cherilyn Rice, and Pauline Bianchi at Artbay Gallery, Queenstown.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/360682164/grand-designs-nz-not-bach-heres-what-12m-gets-you-beach

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/grand-designs-nz/episodes/s9-e3