The 82-year-old expat artist and Zen master turns towards a shrine of Buddhas sitting on a paint-splattered palatte table covered with paint pots. His soft, grey-blue eyes fill with tears. White studio walls are dotted with colourful Gimblett works — a green rectangular work sits on one wall between two signature quatrefoil artworks. As fans whir to push away the 30-degree heat, artworks wrapped in packaging lean against the walls, preparing to shift to a new space.
Kiwi star of the art world: Max Gimblett on keeping the faith and wearing the silver fern
NZ Herald, September 7, 2018