Low Tide at Piha Seascape Painting Keith Townshend

Low Tide at Piha Beach
Keith Townshend 2005
Seascape oil on canvas 380 x 770 mm

External Links: Piha Beach

Translucent Opito Seascape Painting

Translucent Opito
Keith Townshend 2005
Oil on canvas 380 x 770 mm

A seascape painting in oil of Opitio Bay located on New Zealand's Coromandel Peninsula.

All Keith Townshend's seascape paintings of Opito Bay

See photos of sunrise at Opito Bay by John Corney

Isolation Waipataki Hawkes Bay

Isolation, Waipataki, Hawkes Bay
Keith Townshend 2005
Oil on canvas 500 x 1000 mm

A seascape painting of Waipatki Beach located in the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand where Keith Townshend lived in the 1960s.

External Links: Hawkes Bay region

Morning Storm Opito Bay

Morning Storm Opito Bay
Keith Townshend 2005
Oil on canvas 380 x 770 mm

Opito Bay is located on the eastern side of the remote and picturesque Coromandel Penninsula. Only a couple of hours drive from Auckland City, but worlds apart.

View all of Keith Townshend's seascape paintings of Opito Bay.

Other links: Coromandel Penninsula, Sunrise photos of Opito Bay by John Corney

Piha at Rest - Seascape by Keith Townshend

Keith Townshend 2005
Oil on canvas 250 x 510 mm

Piha Beach is located on the west coast of the Waitakere Range which divides Auckland City from the Tasman Sea. The southern end of the beach is dominated by "Lion Rock" which is featured in this painting.

External Links: Piha Beach

Keith Townshend Exhibiting at Waiheke Island

Exhibition announcement

Keith Townshend will be exhibiting the following two oil paintings at the Small Things Exhibition at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery this Easter.

Wild West 1 Nth of Raglan
Keith Townshend 2005
200 x 200mm Oil on Canvas

Wild West 2 Nth of Raglan

Keith Townshend 2005

200 x 200mm Oil on Canvas

Introducing Auckland New Zealand Artist Keith Townshend

Keith Townshend was born in Picton, in New Zealand's Marlborough region, in 1948. He spent his youth in Blenheim N.Z. He started painting in oils at the age of thirteen. During these early years of painting Keith was fortunate to be taken under the wings of three local artists who recognized his talent and tutored and guided him.

Keith moved to Napier in the Hawkes Bay region in the early '60s. He entered the printing trade as a Hand Typographer. Though still continuing to paint with oils, he began to work more and more with acrylics, watercolour and gouache.

He moved to Auckland in the late sixties and began working as a commercial artist after studying art and commercial art at Elam and the Auckland Institute of Technology.

During the eighties he became very involved with Computer Graphics but his love of painting continued. He received many commissions for his watercolours and acrylic work. With an eye for detail, he received many requests for native bird, insect and flora studies.

Now in his fifties, Keith concentrates very much on oil painting. His love of the sea is reflected in his prolific and enthusiastic approach to seascapes, but he is just as happy painting still life, figures, and portraits.

His impressionist style is quite unique and reflects his passion for action, reflection and colour. Keith’s style and approach to his painting is largely due to his love and studies of the great master, John Constable.

External Links: Marlborough region, Hawkes Bay region, Auckland