EP 19 Jeffrey Harris

In this episode I visit Jeffrey Harris at his studio in Ōtepoti.

Jeffrey is a self taught artist that is over 50 years into his practice. His work is held in numerous public and private collections, including The Auckland At Gallery Toi O Tamaki, The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu, The Fletchers Collection, Te Papa and The Dunedin Public At Gallery. Jeffrey has also been the subject of a book by Justin Paton, titled ‘Jeffrey Harris’, and has received several honors and awards.

There are images of the paintings we talk about on the The Good Oil Jeffrey Harris Instagram post.

In this episode you’ll hear Jeffrey talk about how he considers his bright palette an antidote to lots of NZ painting, how a chance encounter in the NZ Women's Weekly and then correspondence with Michael Smither connected Jef ...