Exhibition a mother-daughter effort

Two Taranaki artists, a mother and a daughter, are uniting for a single art exhibition in New Plymouth.

Maree Horner and Teresa Peters will present Ground Zero at Contemporary Art Space Gallery in New Plymouth from today.

The exhibition features more than 200 works including ceramic pots and media reproduction of ceramic works by Peters, as well as a fusion of painting and printmaking by her mother, Horner.

Peters said growing up under an active volcano had a huge influence on her understanding of art.

‘‘Every ceramic artist would tell you that their work is partially geological, but I have been thinking about volcanic eruptions since I was a kid, literally,’’ Peters said.

Being fascinated from an early age by eruptions and working with clay drove Peters into exploring kiln firing and ceramic practices later in life.

Having an artistic mother also influenced Peters and after barely seeing her mum for three years, she discovered there was a common thread uniting their recent artworks, which is how the exhibition came about. ‘‘When we first met after Covid lockdown for a few days in 2021, I was really surprised. There was an uncanny thread between our works, which was strange,’’ Peters said.