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Andrea Robinson

Andrea Robinson is a Wellington artist whose creations celebrate nature. Her artwork explores the relationship between nature and the human world connecting viewers through beautifully composed, imaginative, playful paintings. Describing her work, Andrea says she uses colour, imagery, and composition to create narratives around nature. Many of her artworks are created from her imagination straight Read more…

Sarah Hargrave

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

Harriet Selfe

Harriet is primarily interested in the human figure, nature and classical portraiture. She uses colourful elements in her artworks to portray how she views the world. Harriet is heavily inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites; in particular, Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with their style of dramatising a traditional portrait painting. Their works show Read more…

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…

Lynette Holschier

Lynette always wanted to be an artist when she was growing up. Then along life’s journey she discovered that … she already was an ‘artist’. Lynette lost her father a couple of years ago, and her mother was diagnosed with dementia, so went into a special care unit. Despite usually enjoying arts and crafts Lynette Read more…