Empire Art Print by Simon Stockley

About this print

Set in suburban post war 1940s and 50s New Zealand where we still saw ourselves as part of the British Empire. The art deco house is based on a house in Mt Eden, Auckland. 

The Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) formed in 1939 to provide air travel from New Zealand to Australia thus acquiring three Short S.30 Class Empire C Class 24 seater flying boats, one being the ZK - AMA Aotearoa depicted here. Initially the service was weekly and the trans Tasman flight took 9 hours. This aircraft was superseded by faster aircrafts, the last being 45 seater Short Solent flying boat that reduced the trans Tasman flight to five and a half hours. The last of these flights was September 1960. Simon has a fascination with flying boats, his first flight was in one.

Simon does not use AI in his artwork, instead he uses 3D rendering and digital painting applications which he has specialised in for nearly 30 years.

Edition open in A4-A0 
Printed by endemicworld on mid-weight acid free paper w/ archival inks
Framing style simple w/ classic moulding

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About the Artist

Simon Stockley has been producing art for well over 50 years He attended Elam School of Fine Arts in  1979 where he was lectured by Robert Ellis, Dick Frizzell and Don Binney. Throughout the 80’s Simon became a muralist and a freelance illustrator creating a lot of editorial illustrations for publications like Pacific Way, NZ Business and Metro. His most prominent mural is the Southern Right Whales mural on Dominion Road, Auckland which has become somewhat iconic lasting nearly 40 years. From the early 90’s Simon began using Photoshop to create his illustrations and from the mid 90s moved on to 3D applications. For the last 25 years Simon has focused on computer generated images, using them for  dance party posters and source material for paintings. More recently has produced finished works in digital medium for printmaking.