{"title":"Merthyr Ruxton","description":"\u003cp\u003eMerthyr Ruxton completed a Diploma of Visual Communications in Wellington in 1975, studying graphics, print-making, photography and life drawing. In 1976 and 1977 she worked as a freelance illustrator in Europe. She continued to create works on paper, mainly in gouache, and to work on ceramics, with an informal exhibition at the New Zealand Embassy in Santiago, Chile. She has exhibited extensively across Auckland in both a solo and collaboration capacity. Her work is abstract and gestural in nature and the medium she currently uses is oil paint on gesso on board.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAwards\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Parkin Drawing Prize - 2018\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Parkin Drawing Prize – 2019\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Parkin Drawing Prize – 2020\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted NZPPA award - 2020\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted National Contemporary Art Award 2022\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"courtyard-watercolour-14","title":"Courtyard Watercolour 14","description":"\u003cp\u003eWater Colour - Height 55cm x Width 76cm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFramed in a dark brown frame, white mat and standard glass - H 82 x W 100cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art For Hire and Sale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43050772365423,"sku":"6640","price":739.13,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/2719\/7551\/files\/a-courtyard-watercolour-14-merthyr-ruxton-art-bureau-nz.jpg?v=1750138894"},{"product_id":"abstract-boat-12","title":"Abstract Boat 12","description":"Oil on Board - Height 60cm x Width 80cm","brand":"Art For Hire and Sale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43050839507055,"sku":"8929","price":1608.7,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/2719\/7551\/files\/a-abstract-boat-12-merthyr-ruxton-art-bureau-nz.jpg?v=1760318548"}],"url":"https:\/\/artbureau.co.nz\/collections\/merthyr-ruxton.oembed","provider":"Art Bureau Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}