Freeman White

Sanderson are pleased to present the exhibition Rising Tides by Freeman White. At night, from his home on Napier’s Bluff Hill, Freeman White can hear waves breaking below on the shingle shore of Marine Parade. His connection with the ocean, his immediate environment, has provided both the motivation and subject...

White is one of New Zealand’s pre-eminent landscape painters. The artist’s works are known for their visceral effect; connecting the viewer to Aotearoa’s timeless and ever-changing beauty with a contemporary perspective. Formerly focusing his practice on portraiture, White started his career as a prominent New Zealand portraitist winning first prize...

Freeman White is known for his remarkable oil paintings, which capture the beauty of the landscapes and coastline in Aotearoa. In this newest series of work entitled Deep Blue, White brings his signature ability to capture an awe and respect for the beauty and power of nature to a new...

Aotearoa’s lineage of landscape painting began with early colonisation and the visual documentation of the unique and foreign surroundings they encountered upon arrival. This fascination with capturing Aotearoa’s unique beauty has been a continual theme throughout the nation’s art history. Perhaps then unsurprising that this traditional artform has such sustaining...