Pieter Zaadstra Art Studio

Pieter Zaadstra Art Studio News – Featuring art in progress

Geoffrey Nicholson QC graphite set-up on canvas.
This commission is oils on Belgian Linen.
Enquiries for portraits are welcome.

Falcon attack – South East Coast
Undercoat on Gessoed Panel
approx: 91 x 122 cm

An exciting design full of drama that
comes with the chase. A pigeon flares
away to escape the falcon in its dive.

Shown here in 1^st set-up.
Artwork $3300 when finished.
Enquiries welcome.

Wild Shores – Beachport
Undercoat on Gessoed Panel
approx: 91 x 122 cm

The boil and froth of a wild sea on rocks.
A lonely gull veers past the cliffs.

Shown here in 1^st set-up.
Artwork $3300 when finished.
Enquiries welcome.

Bathers on Southern Shores
Undercoat on Gessoed Panel
approx: 91 x 122 cm

Continuing my figures in a landscape series.
Bathers on a Southern Beach with moods
and extensive foreshore action & drama.

Shown here in 1^st set-up.
Artwork $3300 when finished.
Enquiries welcome.

2010 – July

During the past month(s) phantom clients with stolen identities have used their skills in chalking up a bunch of purchases via our credit card facility which is supplied by the ANZ bank to merchants at a steep annual fee.

All credit card sales paid into our business for these purchases has been raided by the ANZ bank's merchants risks department on 1^st July 2010.

Needless to point out that all our goods and artworks are lost, as are all fees and costs which are ongoing.

To those people who have had their identity abused by these events I offer my sincere apology and please contact your credit card supplier or contact the ANZ here in Australia and I'm sure you'll be refunded.

Meanwhile, it is pointless phoning me personally as I cannot do anything to assist you. Protect your cards is my only comment.

2010 – July

Our online credit card facility with the ANZ is called eGate and we used it to transact sales from around the globe. I've taken it off to begin a new financial year with PayPal only.

The ANZ eGate eCommerce gateway is a vehicle for accepting credit card payments and notifying the business of transaction approvals which are trusted by the merchant and then goods are freighted out.

To our dismay our business has copped fraudulent transactions which are automatically dis-approved on discovery and payments are instantly retrieved from the merchant's account without his consent or, as is in my case, personally informed.

As a result of these credit cards frauds on our business we place this notice here. The merchant is at the mercy of fraud from phantom clients. Obviously the ANZ bank's eGate is a vehicle for easy credit card fraud by skilled identity thieves. Neither does the ANZ bank appear to care much for its merchants who get conned. I'm personally still waiting to be told what is going on.

2010 – July

We have notified the police, and all relevant bodies of the issues regarding this international credit card abuse.

Any further information will be posted here.

9^th July 2010 –
I have received info about the situation. Doesn't look pretty from my standpoint as I view the dismal scene. Merchants get to pick up all the costs. The bank that sets up the payment gateway is not responsible for the credit card abuse. They say that we had a visit from one of their staff explaining our responsibilities when we got into the online trading thing. But I have yet to see one of their staff and we were never visited by anyone to do with trading online.

So, we muddle on....

The Fraud Tale – fact and conjecture

2010 – June

Triptych tells story of the Tamar
by Richard Pree

Tamar Valley artist Pieter Zaadstra has put together a huge six metre wide triptych featuring scenes of the Tamar. The work will be featured at the West Tamar council chambers after its unveiling by the mayor on Thursday June 3rd.

The triptych has a companion book of art called Tamar valley - An artists Journal. In this video Pieter Zaadstra takes us through the inspiration, creation and details of his work.

Click here

to see

ABC Video