Justin Summerton -
Artist Justin Summerton
Justin Summerton is a surrealist painter who often depicts a dreamlike world in his work. Summerton reveals a fascination with New Zealand and its natural elements, such as the sea, volcanic cones, mountains and cloud formations, which constitute the basis of all his work. He makes the landscapes his own, by rearranging and/or adapting them to his vision.
Justin favours a utopian New Zealand: "Most of my art is related to the ecology of the world," Summerton says. "I'm not a hippy, greenie painter who rants on, but maybe I am an environmentalist. New Zealand is a bit of an oasis like that and I've have had that that theme running through my works for a while.
Justin Summerton has been identified as one of the New Zealand contemporary artists whose work was thrown into the investment fine art market within only a few years of being produced.