25 - 27 JULY 2025
25 - 27 JULY 2025
Kylie Parish, a graphic designer and abstract artist, primarily works with acrylics, oil pastels, charcoal, and pencil. Her expressive, gestural style embraces ‘happy accidents’ to guide her creative process. Kylie’s fluid approach involves layering, overpainting, and adding detail to create depth and texture. Her work celebrates the beauty of imperfection, reflecting a value she holds Read more…
Lee’s work has been commented on as “paintings that reflect the essence of the subject enlivened with many subtle details, whilst creating imaginative colourful artworks”. He is an Elected Artist member of the NZ Academy of Fine Arts. Lee paints in acrylics and other media, and his earlier work was featured as published illustrations. More recently Read more…
Verity’s artwork reflects her passion for colour, nature, and native New Zealand flora and fauna. She holds a degree in “Visual Arts and Design” and has participated in both public and private art exhibitions across New Zealand. The medium she feels most comfortable working with is acrylic, primarily because of the vivid colour and intricate Read more…
Lucie Anderson is a contemporary artist based in Napier, specialising in dynamic and vibrant alcohol ink art. Inspired by the natural beauty of New Zealand, her work captures the fluid movement of ink, often enhanced with shimmering gold and silver. Originally from Belgium, Lucie grew up surrounded by art and studied photography before transitioning to Read more…
Sarah is a Hawke’s Bay based Artist and Art Teacher who has been teaching, painting, and creating in Napier since 2005. She originally studied and exhibited in the UK, specialising in Ceramics and Glass. Her work is a celebration of the connection between Nature and Design. She incorporates bold colours, layered textures, and rhythmic compositions Read more…
Irina Velman’s expressionist style explores her interest in shapes, lines and colours of nature combined with emotional responses and memories. Irina uses both traditional and experimental painting techniques. Combining acrylic paints with different polymers and resin, the artist creates unique texture and organic earthy feeling. In addition to painting, Irina loves designing. Her art is Read more…
Beth is a professional artist whose painted feathers beautifully encapsulate her deep love for New Zealand’s landscapes and birdlife, elements that continually uplift and inspire her. Each piece is a unique creation, blending intricate detail with fluid expression as she works with acrylics on the delicate, natural canvas of feathers. Her art is ever evolving, Read more…
My aim is to showcase my artwork to everyone interested. Clayton is a Napier artist and has lived there most of his life. He loves the place in which he lives, with its warm weather climate allowing him to enjoy the stimulating music scene and the generally vibrant local environment, including the art and wine Read more…
As an artist of over 20 years, Christine has been on an interesting art journey, first using acrylics and painting quite realistic scenes followed by an investigation into the vagaries of watercolour. More recently, she has been fascinated by the endless possibilities of mixed media where ‘anything goes’. Making art is a totally absorbing activity, Read more…
Hawkes Bay artist Catherine Jurgens creates joyful floral paintings, layering vibrant colors with delicate touches of mixed media elements. Her art studio welcomes visitors as part of the Hawkes Bay Arts Trail, and she showcases her work in art shows and galleries throughout New Zealand. With a diverse background spanning 30 years as a primary Read more…
Drawing inspiration from the world of pop art, Debra delves deep into the legacies of iconic figures such as Takashi Murakami, Andy Warhol, and Wayne Thiebaud. She synthesizes these influences to create a visual language uniquely her own, where vibrant colours and pop culture collide in a contemporary fusion. She uses many materials, including spray Read more…
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 a creative collaboration of Mixed Media Painting and her own Photographic Imagery, the result being an intriguing blend of these visual art mediums. Evoking themes of nostalgia with tones of Read more…
With a career spanning almost thirty years, I have dabbled in almost every medium and experimented with many styles. Whether I am creating joyous illustrations, icon driven abstracts or stylized landscapes, I am driven by a love of good design and composition. Her landscapes are done in oil pastels. They focus on colour and patterns. Read more…
