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Lucie Anderson

Lucie Anderson’s artwork has gained a reputation for being bold and vibrant, with a distinct style. Born to a family that ran a stationery and art shop in Belgium, Lucie was surrounded by creativity from an early age. This familial influence led her to art school, where she studied photography, a medium she cherished until Read more…

Jo Rankin

Jo became a full time artist after attaining her diploma from Artists University Network USA in 2015. Jo creates abstract works using acrylics and mixed media.  Her  techniques include translucency glazing and texture. This draws the viewer to experience their own unique interpretation of her work. Jo was chosen as one of five New Zealand Read more…

Lee Russell

Lee paints in acrylics and mixed media, and oils with brush and palette knife. Her original technique and style have developed through experimentation and extensive participation in many workshops and classes, spanning a period of over thirty years. Her paintings of landscapes, children and other subjects have hints of three dimensional qualities.  Being romantic and Read more…

Lee Pritchard

Lee Pritchard, Hawkes Bay local, artist and photographer is not new to creating, having made copper sculptures and photographic images for display in local galleries over the years.  In 2020 he self-published ‘A Couch Series’- a photographic showcase of 20 Hawke’s Bay creative men on their couches.  The book is available in the Pop Up Read more…

Kristin Hyde

Driven by a profound passion for colour and texture, Kristin Hyde expresses, “Colour energizes me, it feeds my soul.” Kristin Hyde is a full-time, multi-disciplinary artist who draws inspiration from a space she refers to as her inner being.  Although predominantly self-taught, she identifies as an intuitive artist, delving into various mediums and describing her Read more…

Megan Symon

Through my art, I celebrate what inspires me. Megan’s medium changes with inspiration, however, is dominantly drawn to the surreal and plus-sized female form. This is where she explores a variety of styles and exciting, vibrant colour choices. Her process of the painterly application shows how expressive nature through personal experience defines her work, treasuring Read more…

Sophie Blokker

“I am a Freelance Artist and Illustrator, working, living and gleaning inspiration in the beautiful Hawkes Bay NZ.” Sophie is a self-taught Artist who developed a passion for Art and Drawing from a young age. Her aspiration has always been to generate a living from creating works of beauty, while aiming to bring inspiration and Read more…

Gilly Bass

GILLY BASS  ‘Creative arts has been my lifelong journey’.  While Gilly was self-employed as a health professional, she found the freedom to bring a creative edge to her work, along with ‘time out’ to explore interests, travel and explorations. She has been influenced by several artists – Artist Kevin Oxley (winner of Queens birthday award Read more…

Sharon Wrigley

Sharon’s aim is to create a story of what’s to come. A pathway of infinite potential, gateways to the unknown, future mystery, and unlimited possibilities of ‘beyond’ the visual, within your own imagination.  She experiments, discovers and embraces the unpredictability of mixed media on paper.  Sharon likes to work with organic inks of rust, tea, Read more…

Rae West

‘I’m forever evolving with the shiny, translucent fluidity of resin, plump with possibilities’ Rae is a full-time artist and has been working with resin, ink and gold leaf for over eight years.  Her works pulse with the kinetic freedom of fluidity and light. She uses multiple veils of pigment, resin and ink, which blend and react Read more…

Nancy Tschetner

Nancy Tschetner, is driven by her deep connection to nature and art, and finds her inspiration and motivation in these two forces. For over 20 years, she has cultivated a unique artistic style that incorporates natural materials to create texture and depth. Using over 150 different shades and structures of sand as her primary medium. Read more…

Lynette Holschier

Lynette Holschier’s artistic journey began with childhood curiosity and a tin of watercolour paints. As a little girl, she revelled in the vibrant pans of colour, mixing them with water to bring life to paper and colouring books. Although watercolour isn’t her primary medium today, its immediacy still inspires her. Formal art training wasn’t part 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…

Deborah Fuller

A working Artist since 2000, Deb Fuller resides in the small rural community of Little River situated on Banks Peninsula. Her distinct artistic style is instantly recognisable – a creative collaboration of Mixed Media Painting and her own Photographic Imagery.  The result is an intriguing blend of these visual art mediums. Evoking themes of nostalgia Read more…

Holly Thomas

Holly is an artist based in Gisborne, Tairawhiti. She has a diverse and unique style of creative expression, blurring painting and drawing and investigating surface, edge, contour and colour with a variety of materials. Usually abstract or formless, she creates a visual language between artist and viewer ranging from bold works bursting with colour and Read more…

Justin Kite

Justin Kite (Ngati Kahungunu) I have taught Visual Art and Design in New Zealand and Shanghai, China since 2006. Living and working in a range of different countries has been a major stimulus in my art-making process. Taking observations of diversity and everyday situations. I play with the multi-layers of societal contexts, attempting to highlight Read more…

Kylie Law

Kylie Law is a New Zealand born artist. She works from her studio in Churton Park, Wellington.  Her authentic mixed media style artwork focuses on the beauty of nature: predominantly florals. Kylie translates delicate blooms using mixed media techniques and a feminine colour palette into vibrant and energetic pieces. Colour, shape and composition are key Read more…

Donna O’Donoghue

Donna’s images focus on surrealism and fantasy.  She will combine something ordinary with something imagined creating an image with a magic, dreamlike quality. Think floating islands with waterfalls, carousel horses frolicking in forests or a stag walking down the main street of New Plymouth.  Her use of colour and appreciation for beauty is seen in Read more…

Jordan Turner

Jordan Turner is a mixed media artist based in Cromwell, Central Otago, New Zealand. Her artworks incorporate bold colours, to bring a sense of empowerment and inspiration to the viewer.  Jordan creates widely – anything from canvas to public murals to body art.  She has been involved in the arts industry in some way for Read more…