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Karen Hamilton-Smith

Karen Hamilton-Smith is a Wellington artist who paints in a slightly quirky and abstracted style, weaving allegoric elements through richly layered patinas. Her style is described as bold and warm. Her themes span a wide gamut – from fresh, memory-evoking seascapes; nostalgic objects of old; the powerful and summoning world of music; and families of Read more…

Debra Thompson

Debra has painted as a traditional artist for many years doing mostly post-impressionist styled acrylics on canvas inspired by the Fauvists and the Post Impressionists. Since 2017 she has been working in a new style of urban inspired works in the subject of popular culture and iconic people. The technique is mixed medium on board. Read more…

Nancy Tschetner

“Nature and art, are my stimulus and motivation for what I create and who I am today. Experimenting the outdoors give me great inspiration.” Over the last 18 years, Nancy has developed an eccentric style & presentation of art. The majority of her work is created solely with the pure and natural shades of New Read more…

Ricc Buttle

After Ricc Buttle had experimented with multiple art styles, the discovery of digital art proved to be the most satisfying and creative of all. This cutting-edge art-form allows Ricc to pursue the range of expressions and concepts that would be near-impossible in the more traditional styles. Ricc has been working at his digital art portfolio now Read more…

Heather Wilson

Much of the inspiration for Heather Wilson’s work is drawn from her memories of a happy and carefree Kiwi childhood growing up in the 60s and 70s in Lower Hutt, Wellington. Heather’s art explores New Zealand’s iconic scenery and symbolism connected with 1970s geometric patterns. Her work often has a retro vibe inspired by Gio-Ponti, Read more…

Barbara Franklet

All Barbara Franklet ever wanted to be was an artist. But life’s not that simple. Before launching her career in 1999, she slung whiskey, taught wild and woolly adolescents and did a stint in advertising. Barbara began her career as a printmaker, but has branched into oil pastels and mixed media. Her work hangs throughout Read more…

Justin Kite

Justin Kite (Ngati Kahungunu) – a creative that loves to explore all the arts. Justin brings together his interests in a range of genres, subject matter, and media to create his new series of compositional paintings. Themes of domesticity, relationships, games, and nostalgia. Justin draws on social commentary and popular culture. His initial concepts are Read more…

Donna O’Donoghue

A chef by trade, Donna traded pots, pans and a frenetic kitchen environment for a camera, art supplies and creative studio in 2004. Based in New Plymouth Donna is a self-taught artist who creates because she loves to play. Armed with a subscription to photoshop and a vivid imagination, Donna’s images focus on surrealism and Read more…

Jason Megchelse

It was the encouragement of a kindergarten teacher that led Jason Megchelse into the world of art. From cartoon characters in the margins of his school books, to a degree in Media Arts, Jason has experimented with a range of modes and media. His current work brings the unnoticed and abandoned patterns, geometries, and shapes Read more…

Hope Gibbons

Hope Gibbons is a contemporary New Zealand painter with works held in private collections here and throughout the world. Born and bred in beautiful Northland, Jody Gibbons is her name originally, but she uses her family name of HOPE GIBBONS as her artist signature to honor the passing of her father and as she already Read more…