Every week, we ask someone what their perfect weekend in the Whanganui region would be. This week, we speak to artist and painter Polly Cleverley whose work and ARTSO studio is on show for the Artists Open Studios on April 1-2.
My ideal weekend would start on a Saturday with a trip to Mischief cafe for a morning coffee which I would have with my crossword.
In the morning, the light streams into my upstairs gallery studio and it’s bathed in sun and very spacious. I’ll turn on my Spotify playlists and have my music blasting and then away we go. I’ve spent years putting together my ideal painting playlists, I listen to alternative rhythm and blues with melodic overtones; it inspires my creative energy. I do sculpting and painting in the ARTSO gallery above my shop Wolves in Chic Clothing.
I will paint until I can’t paint any more, just because I’m so committed to my art - it’s my whole life.
I return home to my outdoor bath which is situated so that the table beside it can take wine and hors d’oeuvre in the last of the evening warmth with the setting sun able to be seen from the bath. I soak all the paint stains off my body in this beautiful outdoor setting.
