Esther Bosshard
A small space in the world
14 November – 3 December 2023
In a world increasingly fragmented, chaotic and noisy, my paintings are a manifestation of my quest for a simpler, quieter meditation on life, and pay homage to the modest overlooked objects and landscapes in our lives.
I have always been interested in the conceptualisation of the everyday in painting, because I love the myriad of detail, colour, pattern, form and light that we live amongst and remain largely oblivious to. My paintings, I hope, encourage introspection, recognition, and at the very best, the opening of the eyes of the viewer to the incidental beauty in his or her own life.
A lot of these paintings are inspired by photographs we inherited from my grandfather after he died. I am fascinated by what happens to these snippets in time after the people who they belonged to are no longer there to remember them. I sometimes feel like those people who used to colour in black and white photographs, brought them to life. I don’t know most of the figures in the paintings – people who my grandfather and grandmother knew but whose lives never overlapped with mine.
I hope that you find some of your own loved ones in these paintings.
Esther Bosshard, November 2023
Esther Bosshard, Eucalyptus tree, 2022, oil on board, 320 x 230 mm $850
Esther Bosshard, Night with Manuka's, 2022, oil on board, 220 x 270 mm $850
Esther Bosshard, Night Bay, 2022, oil on board, 220 x 270 mm $850
Esther Bosshard, Man and cat, 2022, oil on board, 270 x 220 mm $850
Esther Bosshard, Group at beach, 2023, oil on board, 95 x 140 mm $500
Esther Bosshard, Group under tree, 2022, oil on board, 270 x 220 mm $850
Esther Bosshard, Pair on beach, 2023, oil on board, 220 x 270 mm $850
Pink shirt, blue beach, 2022, oil on board, 270 x 220 mm $850
Esther Bosshard, Group on beach with dog, 2022, oil on board, 220 x 270 mm $850
Esther Bosshard, Woman in trees, 2023, oil on board, 220 x 270 mm $850
Esther Bosshard, A crowd on the beach, 2023, oil on board, 60 x 170 mm $450
Esther Bosshard, Orchard, 2022, oil on board, 320 x 230 mm $850
Esther Bosshard, Two kids and a donkey, 2022, oil on board, 220 x 270 mm $850
Esther Bosshard, Friends 2022, oil on board, 270 x 220 mm $850
Esther Bosshard, Pair, tree, 2022, oil on board, 320 x 230 mm $850
Esther Bosshard, Summer in front of Port Chalmers, 2023, oil on board, 100 x 140 mm $650
Esther Bosshard, Purakaunui Road, 2023, oil on board, 100 x 140 mm $650
Esther Bosshard, Never-ending landscape of flax, 2023, oil on board, 320 x 420 mm $950
Esther Bosshard, Never-ending beach scape, 2022, oil on board, 245 x 435 mm $950
Esther Bosshard, Eucalyptus triptych, 2022, oil on board, 90 x 50 mm each panel $650