Sarah’s love of pattern and the natural world is juxtaposed in painting and mixed media works. The animals have a sense of realism that merge and transform with the patterns around them, creating layers of meaning and discovery. Sarah is a local Art Teacher and Artist from the Hawke’s Bay. Email: hennyburg@xtra.co.nz
Jessie is based in Christchurch where she discovered in 2019, whilst recovering from an accident, the wonderful therapeutic nature of poured acrylic abstract art. Jessie loves the freedom of this art form, the constant need to let go of any preconceived ideas of what it may become, and allow it to evolve. She wants to Read more…
Beth’s painted feathers capture the detail and personality of common and endangered birds, plants, scenes and trees of New Zealand. Ko Ngati Maniapoto. Ko Ngati Ruanui ki Taranaki. Ko Te Rarawa, Ko Te Aupouri, Ko Ngati Whatua, nga iwi Beth has painted on canvas in oils and acrylic dabbled with basic printing technics and sculptured Read more…
Sharon is inspired by her passion for flowers, plants and trees. Through her love of gardening and being in nature she has developed an innovative and expressive approach to traditional subjects. By experimenting with ink, watercolour, collage and mixed media on paper she explores ways to interpret flowers and landscapes by breaking all the rules. Read more…
Napier based artist and primary school art teacher, Catherine enjoys the best of both her creative worlds. Always motivated by bright beautiful layers of colours, bold brushstrokes and floral abstract designs based on nature, Catherine is currently creating a new series of textured mixed media paintings. Catherine specialised in painting and photography at Teachers College Read more…
Rae began her career as a graphic designer based in Sydney, where she developed an eye for composition and design. Rae eventually returned to New Zealand and moved toward fine art, following in the footsteps of her grandmother who she had watched as a child painting and creating. She began experimenting with resin and inks Read more…
“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…
Mat Scott’s creativity and aptitude for design has, over the past two decades, encompassed landscape and interior stone sculptures, invention of a new type of skateboard, abstract acrylic paintings and more recently feathers and shells carved from New Zealand native timbers. From an inter-generational family of designers and artists, Mat’s work reflects not only his Read more…
Tony is a New Zealand Pakeha Artist first & foremost. His art practice has grown out of his direct affiliation & experiences gained from the people & places of this land . Tony’s artworks are a representation of our cultural landscape here in Aotearoa. Tony’s love for art has developed from as far back as Read more…
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…
Anita is a self-taught artist and has been creating art for all of her life. Anita’s creative flair reflects her personal style and has varied over the years as her vision has developed. Anita works as a full-time artist from her Home Studio and has been painting for over 20 years. Anita has a mix Read more…
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 (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…
Kylie Law creates her unique mixed media art work from her hilltop home in Wellington. Kylie spent 25 years focusing on a career in marketing and communications. During this time she raised her family and continued painting whenever she could grab an hour or two – often painting late into the night to keep her Read more…
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…
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…