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June 14th 2022 While the Hamilton East property continues to grow and develop, The Trust Board that runs the business has decided to expand its operations. From 1st August Welcome Swallow in the City will be Read more
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June 4th 2022 The number one watercolour painting in the Chinese Inheritance & Innovation exhibition, the scroll by Chinese artist Yong Ming Liu, Morning Reading into the Autumn Mountains, has been acquired by Read more

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June 2nd 2022 Jennifer Duval-Smith's wonderful Glory Flower, winner of the Welcome Swallow Volunteers' Choice Award for the exhibition, Botanica, has been sold to a discerning local collector.  Read more

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May 27th 2022 In the first year of the Welcome Swallow Gallery the artistry of Marilyn Rea-Menzies graced the walls leading to a flurry of sales that helped to establish the gallery footprint in the community. Thr Read more

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May 21st 2022 Helen Cairney's three pieces from the Still Slices of Life exhibition were snapped up by the same buyer as a secret family gift, purchased while the receiver was in the gallery. Much distraction was Read more

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May 19th 2022 Lesley Alexander's super delicate composition, On the Verge, has an edgy feeling to it that has entranced many art aficionados' in the gallery. Now sold to a discerning buyer enchanted by this Read more

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May 19th 2022 Lesley Alexander's graceful and refined composition, Pig's Ear belies the brusque and inelegant name and clearly not a factor in its purchase! Sold today from the Botanica exhibition that continues Read more

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May 16th 2022 As the highest form of Chinese art, landscapes can be majestic and alluring. Yong Ming Liu's compositions have this stature as was seen in the Chinese exhibition: Inheritance & Innovation, that Read more

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May 16th 2022 The Botanica exhibition continues to attract buyers. Annette Judd's vivid composition, Magnolia Seedhead is the most recent piece to find fertile soil with an avid collector. Read more

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May 16th 2022 Marzena Wilkes, Welcome Swallow Gallery artist from the UK has experienced success, with all her paintings now sold. Silent Love, from the Resident Artists' Gallery has found favour with a romantic Read more

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May 10th 2022 The exceptional artistry of Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, consistently seen in the Welcome Swallow Gallery, has never been more evident than in her splendid watercolour composition, Tui in Pink Blossom III, Read more

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May 7th 2022 The See One See All, composition comes courtesy of Lucy Downing and the series of paintings presented by the Hamilton Girl High School alongside the Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition, Still Slices Read more

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May 7th 2022 Lisa Dickson's delicate and delightful composition, Apple Blossom, was the final sale on the opening night of the Botanica exhibition at the Welcome Swallow Gallery. Read more

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May 7th 2022 Apparently, with the new Botanica exhibition at the Welcome Swallow Gallery, no leaf is being left unturned, as it were. This visual watercolour stunner from artist Claire Broughton presents a Read more

From London Art Lover, Barbara Brown

May 7th 2022 In collaboration, ‘Studio Proba’ and ‘Enjoy the Weather’ transformed the Miami Design District that is already famous for its many galleries and contemporary art installations. With large Read more

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May 6th 2022 The Himalayan Strawberry Tree.  This is Janet Marshall's magnificent visual feat of Botanical art that includes cross-sectional studies with measurements and data, together with growth patterns and Read more

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May 6th 2022 Birgit Rhode has produced an astonishingly powerful composition in the form of a Hydrangea Autumnal Leaf at the end of its life cycle. The texture and tint of vibrant colour belies the onset of Read more

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May 6th 2022 A most exquisite Lacebark rendition. Gillian Receveur continues to appeal to Welcome Swallow Gallery patrons with her third sale on the first day on the Botanica exhibition. Read more

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May 6th 2022 Two fabulous Giclee compositions illustrating Harakeke on Harakeke from artist Vicki Jones have quickly found favour with local collectors; both selling within hours of each other. Read more

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May 5th 2022 Janet Marshall who stands as a significant contributor to New Zealand art with inter alia thirteen stamp illustrations to her name, has presented to the Botanica exhibition a stunning science-led Read more

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May 5th 2022 Botanical artist Jennifer Duval-Smith has joined the early sellers from the preview day of the Botanica exhibition. Supreme depictions of scientific value do not preclude artistic license. Here we ha Read more

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May 5th 2022 Gillian Receveur's Pohutukawa and Kaka Beak and Yellow Admiral are early sellers on preview day of the new exhibition at the Welcome Swallow Gallery, Botanica. Gorgeous compositions. Irresistible. Read more

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April 13th 2022 Gallery artist Juliet Roper continues to find buyers for her work. From the exhibition, Still Slices of Life, a local collector has uplifted House Plant I. An oil and cold wax with acrylic on canvas Read more

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April 9th 2022 This group of sculptured chess pieces by gallery artist, Sylvia Sinel, consists of Queen, King and Pawn. It is part of the gallery exhibition, Still Slices of Life. Entitled I Have Your Back, these Read more

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April 8th 2022 The second of Helen Cairney's beautiful fig illustrations has found favor with a buyer. Still Life with Figs I, will soon be on its way back to Wellington, appropriately, also the home of the Read more

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April 7th 2022 Sandra Barlow's  composition AF1s follows a Still Life tradition that stretches back to van Gogh's 1888 painting, Shoes. This contemporary, delicately illustrated watercolour, invites the viewer to Read more

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April 5th 2022 Two wonderful photographs from the Hamilton Girls' High School exhibition by Lilly Anderson and Tierney Tremewan are latest photographs to attract buyers.  Read more

Exhibition Review from Maryline Panis, New York

April 2nd 2022 For its inaugural exhibition, the Hunter Dunbar Gallery in Chelsea, NYC has honored abstract women artists - Ninth Street and Beyond: 70 Years of women in Abstraction - Part 1: The Gestural is a Read more

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March 31st 2022 Gallery artist Debra Thompson continues to sell all her compositions at Welcome Swallow. On this occasion, from the March 2022 Resident Artists Gallery, the stunning Twiggy has found a new home in t Read more

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March 19th 2022 From the exhibition, Still Slices of Life, gallery artists Hong Cumming's outstanding composition Crack-up has been sold to a local collector who found the piece to be egg-citing. Its purchase poach Read more

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March 14th 2022 Selling on the opening night of the Welcome Swallow Gallery Exhibition, Still Slices if Life, these photographic compositions pace a new creativity for gallery visitors to reflect on and enjoy. Read more

Gallery sales from Hamilton Girls' High School

March 14th 2022 With both painting and photography, Hamilton Girls' High School are showing the creative cadence of the new generation of local artists. Bring it. Read more

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March 11th 2022 This beautifully coloured and highly stylized composition, Autumn Mosaic, is presented by SANDZ and Welcome Swallow Gallery artist, Deshan Walallavita. This painting quickly picked up the first red Read more

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March 11th 2022 Helen Cairney has five such delightful compositions in the Still Slices of Life exhibition. Early on in the launch evening, Still Life with Figs II was the first to be sold. Read more

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March 11th 2022 The composition, Last Light in a Kanuka Swamp is rich yet mellow example of Martin Necas’s work. It combines a tranquil setting with a colour palate that stresses the interplay of sunset on both Read more

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March 10th 2022 As the Waikato Watercolourist II exhibition takes its leave from the Welcome Swallow Galley, buyers' interests do not necessarily expire within the same temporal parameter. Sold today, Sandra Read more

Audrey Hepburn by Debra Thompson

March 9th 2022 There are some paintings in the gallery that are not possible to hang onto. People come to admire, but they also are determined to buy. Audrey Hepburn by gallery artist Debra Thompson is just such Read more

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March 9th 2022 There are some paintings in the gallery that are not possible to hang onto. People come to admire, but they also are determined to buy. Frida Kahlo by gallery artist Debra Thompson is just such a Read more

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March 7th 2022 Gallery artist Sandra Barlow continues to find buyers for her work. On this occasion, sold today from the Waikato Watercolourists II exhibition, is Fog Flower I. No doubt this sale foreshadows the Read more

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March 4th 2022 Juliet Roper's contemporary pop art, in the current Resident Artists' Gallery, continues to attract buyers. On this occasion it is the Homage to Warhol composition that has found a home. The buyer is Read more

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March 4th 2022 Spanning Time, by gallery artist Sandra Barlow, is leaving Hamilton on its way to join the portfolio of a Wellington collector. Sold today. Read more

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March 4th 2022 Aston Martin DB5, by gallery artist, Debra Thompson has now been driven off to join a distinguished portfolio owned by a local collector. Can you hear the music? Read more

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March 3rd 2022 Juliet Roper's intense portrait of Marilyn, from the Resident Artists' Gallery, proved irresistible to an east coast buyer. Now on its way home. Read more

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March 1st 2022 Juliet Roper's composition, How Can I Trust Him? from the Resident Artists Gallery has just sold to a local collector who is currently building a portfolio of contemporary art from the Welcome Read more

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February 26th 2022 Sylvia Sinel's sculptured brilliant chess pieces in the Resident Artists' Gallery that form the Game On collection, have just made some moves, with the King and Queen off to explore new Read more

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February 24th 2022 Martin Necas's composition, Hakarimata by Lake Kainui, sold from the Waikato Watercolourists II exhibition, demonstrates the continuing attraction of gallery clients towards majestic expressionist Read more

Exhibition review: Realismo Magico

February 23rd 2022 The Realismo Magico exhibition took place at the Palazzo Reale, Milano between 19th October 2021 and 27th February 2022. This movement lasted a defined period between 1920 and 1935, although there Read more

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February 18th 2022 Of the many artistic renditions of the iconic Fairfield Bridge in Hamilton, a focus on the walk-way rather than the arches and roadbed, is rarely captured. Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo's watercolour Read more

Constable exhibition in London

February 3rd 2022 Late Constable The Royal Academy of Arts show, the Late Constable exhibition, is dedicated to the last decade of his life. It was sad part of his life, as his wife Maria had died leaving him with 7 Read more

London Calling

January 20th 2022 From time to time this blog will feature art reviews of exhibitions from around the world. Below, the first installment is from Barbara Brown, Art Lover from London. Light Lines: The Architectural Read more

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January 15th 2022 Sandra Barlow's highly delicate Waikato fauna-inspired petal studies continue to attract active interest. Now sold, from the Waikato Watercolourists exhibition is her Fog Flower III painting. Read more
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January 15th 2022 One of the defining features of a watercolour exhibition is going to be a composition that demonstrates the skills required with fine delicate brushstrokes. Sandra Barlow's, Fog Flower II painting is Read more

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January 14th 2022 The aptly titled Waikato in Watercolour, by gallery artist, Bernadette Parsons has been quickly acquired on the opening night of the Waikato Watercolourists II exhibition. True to Bernadette's Read more
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January 14th 2022 Hong Cumming, new  Gallery artist has wasted no time in establishing her footprint at the Waikato Watercolourists II exhibition, selling the Catalogue cover composition, Romancing the Read more

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January 12th 2022 Red dotting a painting that has barely been hung in the new exhibition, The Waikato Watercolourists II, is always a delight for the  exhibition curators. Bernadette Parsons, long established Welcome Read more

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January 10th 2022 Martin Necas's, watercolour composition, Last Light on River Bank, has just sold from the Resident Artists' Gallery. Martin's paintings always capture a magnificent mood that enables the Read more
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January 6th 2022 Gallery artist Robyn Ninnes donated her calm and serene composition In the Nikau Grove to the gallery, so that in sale, all proceeds would go to the children's programs supported by the Trust. Thank Read more

New Exhibition!

December 20th 2021 The countdown begins for the Craig's Investment Partners sponsored, Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition, "The Waikato Watercoloursits II".It is now two years since the Welcome Swallow Gallery launched Read more

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December 16th 2021 Toni Kingstone's spectacular 800mm acrylic and resin composition, The Island, has been 'castaway' to its forever home. For the buyer, their 'Christmas' Island.  Read more
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December 12th 2021 Marise Rarere's composition, Woven With a Blue Note, from the Ambiguity exhibition has attracted much admiration from gallery visitors and has now sold. This piece is a  spectacular, beautifully Read more

Claudia Grutke sells out

December 3rd 2021 Claudia Grutke's return to the Welcome Swallow Gallery has been rewarded with all her works being sold. These two abstract compositions challenge our sense and sensibility regarding how far 'reason' Read more
Gallery Commission

Gallery Commission

December 3rd 2021 From time to time, the Welcome Swallow Gallery is commissioned to provide bespoke art for gallery clients. Seen here is a beautiful composition from gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh. Typically, Read more
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December 3rd 2021 Mana is a superb resin on acrylic roundel from gallery artist, Toni Kingstone that demonstrates her painterly craft in brilliant yet discrete swirling colours. The viewer is able to discern Read more
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December 2nd 2021 From the Resident Artists' Gallery (RAG), Helen Cairney's exquisite study, Kereru Alone, has quickly taken wing after a brief perch in the RAG. Helen's compositions have long found favour with Welco Read more

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December 1st 2021 To a discerning local collector, Amongst Friends and From Memory, were the last two pieces from gallery artist Maggie Sullivan, in the current Ambiguity exhibition.  These wonderful impressionist Read more

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November 30th 2021 Cloudscape by gallery artist Claudia Grutke, is a quintessential representation of abstract Ambiguity that the current gallery exhibition is proud to display and sell. This has been sold to a local Read more

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November 27th 2021 First seen in the Welcome Swallow Gallery Exhibition in late 2020, Kirsten McIntosh's evocative New Zealand scene, Mai Mai at Rotoehu has been purchased by an Italian collector. This serene compositi Read more

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November 26th 2021 From the gallery back catalogue we are delighted to have sold Densie White's beautiful watercolour landscape, Pirongia that was originally shown in the Waikato Watercolourist's Exhibition that Read more

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November 22nd 2021 Jenni Taris's powerful Totem Woman, tells the story of all those women who have established their own great adventures. This Totem Woman is about to begin her adventures afresh now that she has Read more
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November 19th 2021 Debra Thompson has made a significant impact in her first showing at the Welcome Swallow Gallery, Ambiguity exhibition. The final piece to be sold from her collection, JFK Smokin' '63, found it's ho Read more

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November 10th 2021 Selling from the 'Art for Christmas' wall, and closing out the day are these two lovely compositions from Lorraine Bailey and Sandra Barlow. Read more
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November 10th 2021 The composition, Marilyn Gummy Bear, by gallery artist Debra Thompson, from the Ambiguity exhibition, has been sold to a local art collector. This gloriously variegated colourful contemporary Read more

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November 10th 2021 Not a day in the new Resident Artists' Gallery and Kirsten McIntosh's  Auckland Sky Tower composition has been snapped up. It is a remarkable painting that appears as a photographic negative but is Read more

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November 10th 2021 Debra Thomson's iconic composition But Ourselves, from the Ambiguity Exhibition, now sold, joins the proud gallery connection with Sir Edmund Hillary and the Hillary family. This painting is a Read more

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November 6th 2021 Maggie Sullivan's 'other world' composition, Observing the Observer, currently showing in the recently re-opened Ambiguity exhibition, has been sold to an Italian collector. This painting belongs to Read more

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November 5th 2021 Chosen as the Ambiguity exhibition motif, Juliet Roper's vibrant acrylic composition, Joy, has quickly kicked off gallery sales, post lockdown. The exhibition was only able to show for 2 days Read more

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October 21st 2021 Hannah Goodwin's delicious and delicate mixed media composition, Between, as seen in the latest gallery exhibition, Ambiguity, has attracted much attention on social media and accordingly has now Read more

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October 7th 2021 As the Welcome Swallow Gallery has had to shut its doors due to covid lockdown, one enterprising customer has decided to innovate his way out of the situation. The only legitimate solution, he said, Read more

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October 3rd 2021 Tilt, is the title of Diane Scott's, composition from the Ambiguity exhibition that creates a reality distortion field around illusion, colour, light, materiality and space. The viewer is naturally Read more

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September 30th 2021 Juliet Roper's composition Two of us, has attracted swift attention at the Ambiguity exhibition, selling inside the first hours of the opening of the preview day. Read more

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September 28th 2021 The sale of Dejin Lu's composition, Spring Wisteria & Fantails further establishes the artist's growing footprint at the Welcome Swallow Gallery.  Read more
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September 28th 2021 The Welcome Swallow Gallery is proud to be the location of Sandra Barlow's City Series that explores the identity of New Zealand's five largest cities. Previously displayed and sold in the gallery, Read more

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September 24th 2021 Dejin Lu's recent sale from the Permanent Collection to a South Island collector is another of his signature watercolour light expressive style compositions. In this case a beautiful, delicate flower Read more

Ambiguity, the next Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition opening night, Friday 1st October from 5.30pm

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September 11th 2021 Chloe Sutherland's final composition, Flowers, in the Winter Bright exhibition has now been snapped up by a local collector. As the Peoples' Choice Award winner from the school's exhibition, The Read more
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September 4th 2021 Las Vegas is the destination for the magnificent Winter Bright exhibition Volunteers' Choice Award winner, Washed with Sunlight, by gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh. The pathway though the portal of Read more

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August 28th 2021 Kirsten McIntosh's compositions splendidly draw the viewer in, inviting them to engage and imagine the vista, the pathway, the expereince. Winter's Aura - Mount Maunganui, is just such a classic Read more
Winter Bright exhibition now online

Winter Bright exhibition now online

August 23rd 2021 For expressions of interest please contact the Welcome Swallow Gallery directly at WelcomeSwallow.nz@gmail.com Rebecca  Dowman-Ngapo Watercolours 900x400mm  Price: $1100 each Read more

Winter Bright exhibition moves online

August 23rd 2021 For expressions of interest please contact the Welcome Swallow Gallery directly at WelcomeSwallow.nz@gmail.com Kirsten McIntosh Washed with Sunlight Oil  910x610mm  Price: $1700 Read more

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August 17th 2021 Gavin Smith's painting Wet Day, Victoria St. Hamilton has attracted consistent interest from gallery visitors who also recognize the artist's predilection for European tones in his street scenes. Read more

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August 17th 2021 Juliet Roper's evocative composition Covered in Colour that amply captures the curatorial theme of Winter Bright, will soon be on its way to the South Island. Roper superbly captures the Read more
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August 15th 2021 Not for the first time @Welcome Swallow, Helen Cairney has sold all of her gallery compositions. In this case it is the current exhibition, Winter Bright. The final painting to be sold is Waxeye Read more
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August 10th 2021 Jing Liu's Chinese inspired claborate method of painting beautifully captures the intricate dimensions of plant life, in this case a Crab-Apple and Peach Blossom composition that elicits involuntary Read more
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August 10th 2021 Gallery artist Toni Kingstone has developed her acrylic/resin craft to an exceptional level of artistry. Silhouette Dawn is a beautiful composition that magnifies the contrast between light and dark Read more
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August 6th 2021 Sandra Barlow's highly stylized composition, Auckland has just been relocated to a Hamilton collector.  To capture the essence of Auckland's identity, Barlow reflects on the feel of Don Binney and Read more

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August 6th 2021 Juliet Roper's delightful, colourful composition, Camelia, painted with pernach, strength, vigor and artistic confidence is soon to be planted in the environs of a local collector. Read more
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August 5th 2021 Waxeye Visitors III is yet another composition from Wellington artist Helen Cairney that has seen favour from an art lover who much appreciated this meticulous piece of art work. Across four Welco Read more

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August 2nd 2021 These two exquisite compositions by Helen Cairney and Chloe Sutherland were greatly admired on the opening night of the exhibition, Winter Bright. Waxeye Visitors III and Kingfisher both exemplify t Read more

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July 24th 2021 Kirsten McIntosh, long established gallery artist @ Welcome Swallow, as well as taking out the Volunteers' Choice Award at the Winter Bright launch, has further sold a wonderful composition on the Read more

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July 24th 2021 From the new exhibition, Winter Bright and the Permanent Collection, Martin Necas continues to attract a strong following for his art. Sold today, respectively, Mid Winter Christmas and Autumn Day Read more

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July 24th 2021 New gallery artist, Marzena Wilkes has just SOLD all three of her stunning compositions, now showing at the Winter Bright exhibition. These are My Very Own Rainbow, So Little So Much and That Sweet Read more

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July 24th 2021 Artist Arna Marshall, new to the Welcome Swallow Gallery, on the first full day of the new exhibition, Winter Bright, has wasted no time in appealing to gallery clients, selling her brilliant Read more

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July 22nd 2021 Stylized Tui's from Robyn Ninnes, here witnessed in the composition, Watchful Tui's, have long been favourites of the Welcome Swallow Gallery goers. Now sold from the Permanent Collection. Read more
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July 20th 2021 Exhibition: Chinese Art: Inheritance and Innovation Artist: Jing Liu This composition expresses the idea of being soft on the outside and strong on the inside. It is innovative to sketch on Chinese Read more

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July 16th 2021 Jing Liu's fine claborate style White Lotus composition has delighted gallery goers during the Chinese exhibition, Inheritance & Innovation that draws to a close this week. Now sold to a discerning Read more
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July 15th 2021 Dejin Lu continues to attract buyers as the Chinese exhibition, Inheritance & Innovation closes out this week. Spring Azalea & Silvereye, has attracted much admiration during the exhibition. Now Read more

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July 13th 2021 This beautiful composition, Fishermen was painted on rice paper using watercolour in the Chinese Xieyi or 'light expressive style' by Dejin Lu. It was donated to the gallery by the artist with all Read more

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July 7th 2021 Yong Ming Liu's beautiful landscape, Autumn Dawn at a Viewing Terrace, a watercolour on rice paper has just been sold from the Chinese Exhibition, Inheritance & Innovation.  Read more

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July 2nd 2021 The Pink Lotus claborate style composition by gallery artists Jing Liu, has been associated with many adjectives, from 'gorgeous' to 'wow' and beyond. Now sold to an ecstatic art collector. Read more

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June 30th 2021 From the Permanent Collection, The Koi Carp Catch by gallery artist Bernadette Parsons has always attracted admiration from visitors to the gallery. Now sold to a new local collector who is excited Read more

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June 24th 2021 This outstanding landscape, Towards Te Aroha by gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh demonstrates her ability to integrate detailed foreground with layers of intricate landscape. The central contours Read more
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June 14th 2021 Another of Yong Ming Liu's spectacular (Qian Jiang) landscapes has just sold from the gallery. Looking for a Pavilion on Summer Day, is a wonderful composition resplendent of traditional Chinese Read more
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June 12th 2021 Dejin Lu's artistry continues to attract buyers at the Welcome Swallow Gallery. His exquisite composition in the Chinese light expressive style, Xieyi, The Lone Tree of Lake Wanaka, has been sold Read more

New gallery addition

June 12th 2021 Amy Krauss The Orchard Watercolour 130x165mm Exhibited: Royal West of England Academy 1919 Private Collection Amy Krauss was born in Bristol to a German father and an English mother. She Read more

New in the gallery

June 12th 2021 Katherine Church June Evening in Buckinghamshire Watercolour 320x520mm Private Collection Katharine “Kitty” Duff Church was a British neo-romantic painter. She was born in Highgate in north L Read more
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June 8th 2021 Spring Iris, by gallery artist Dejin Lu has attracted considerable admiration since the opening of the exhibition, Chinese Art: Inheritance & Innovation. Now sold to a local collector. Read more

Rita Angus @ Welcome Swallow

June 5th 2021 The framed poster of the 2008 Te Papa Rita Angus exhibition, Life & Vision, sits alongside her exquisite watercolour composition, Wainui mid-summer Banks Peninsula (1943) This painting was part Read more

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May 29th 2021 Lake Ngaroto Wetland a superb watercolour from gallery artist Martin Necas, captures billowing cloud atop a calm reflective lake, overseen by Mount Pirongia in the background. Now sold. Read more
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May 27th 2021 Since the opening of Chinese Art; Inheritance and Innovation on 14th May, over a thousand people have visited the gallery to enjoy this unique exhibition. In less than 2 weeks 50% of the paintings Read more
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May 27th 2021 First seen in the exhibition, Joy of Humanity: People & Place, this evocative impressionist work by gallery artist Juliet Roper, has been bought by a discerning local collector.  Read more
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May 26th 2021 At Rest, by gallery artist Gavin Smith is a beautiful watercolour composition from the Permanent Collection that demonstrates Smith's artistry in representing harbour scenes from around the world. Read more

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May 25th 2021 The Chinese Art: Inheritance & Innovation exhibition, has brought many new people to the gallery who spend lengthy contemplative moments reviewing the fast selling compositions not typically seen in Read more

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May 24th 2021 Toni Kingstone's acrylic / resin compositions continue to attract buyers. Mining for Gold, with rich textural contrasts, including strong reflective properties, has now found its new home. Read more
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May 21st 2021 Dejin's Lu's practice as a Chinese light expressive style artist is generating much admiration and purchasing at the Chinese Art: Inheritance & Innovation exhibition. Spring Magnolia & Kereru is a Read more
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May 15th 2021 With four sales in less than 24 hours at the Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition, Chinese Art: Inheritance & Innovation, Yong Ming Liu from the Chinese mainland has established a firm New Zealand Read more
In Our Memory

In Our Memory

May 15th 2021 Denise White, who passed peacefully at home on 14th May 2021, was a wonderful artist and a gallery stalwart. Her art was much loved and sold often at Welcome Swallow. She presented with the Waikato Read more

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May 13th 2021 Jenni Taris's powerful Totem Woman, tells the storey of all those women who have established their own great adventures. This Totem Woman is about to begin her adventures afresh now that she has Read more

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May 8th 2021 It is perhaps fitting that when days with cooling wispy breezes bring strange premonitions of Summer's final end that Martin Necas's reflective rendition, Autumn River Bank should find its way into Read more

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May 6th 2021 Sold from the Permanent Collection, Sky Lines, by gallery artist Martin Necas is a rich watercolour composition that takes a common urban setting and infuses it with cloud-filled sunset colours as Read more

The Artful Four: 40 shots

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Chloe Sutherland, Peoples' Choice Award Winner

Chloe Sutherland, Peoples' Choice Award Winner

May 3rd 2021 Winner of the People's Choice Award from the schools' competition, The Artful Four: 40 shots, is Chloe Sutherland's beautiful watercolour, Tui with Kowhai. Congratulations to her and Hamilton Girls Read more

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May 3rd 2021 Sold from the Permanent Collection to a local collector is the acrylic / resin composition Distant Moon. In recent times Toni Kingstone has attracted significant interest in this aspect of her art. Read more

A Gaye Jurisich installation

April 25th 2021 A Gaye Jurisich installation typically demands your attention. Tracce, one of her well recognized works that is once again available for viewing at the Arts Post, dramatically achieves this Read more

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April 24th 2021 Toni Kingstone's 800mm acrylic and resin roundels continue to attract buyers. Her latest composition Emerald Isle has just been sold to a local collector. It is a powerful piece that carries stunni Read more
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April 18th 2021 Holes in my Oranges - Tui, from gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, has sold to a local collector. Typically the Tui is painted posing on Kowhai branches or in flight, but rarely, as in this case, Read more

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April 14th 2021 The Schools Competition exhibition, The Artful Four: 40 shots, is off to a splendid, super, stellar start! By Day 2, 14 compositions have already been snapped up! There has been universal praise for Read more

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April 14th 2021 Gallery artist Toni Kingstone continues to attract buyers with her acrylic and resin compositions. From the Permanent Collection, Metamorphosis, has recent sold to a local collector. The piece Read more

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April 7th 2021 In Pathfinders, gallery artist Bernadette Parsons has produced a composition that demonstrates her technical mastery, capturing a vibrant yet delicate cadence. We are invited to walk a pathway that Read more

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March 31st 2021 One of the most talked about compositions in the exhibition, Joy of Humanity: People & Place, has been Sunflower Peek, by one of the gallery original artists, Rebecca Dowman Ngapo. Ideally Read more
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March 31st 2021 The watercolour composition, Moonlight, by Martin Necas, cleverly uses an interchange of dark and light to to create a mystical mood atmosphere. Recently sold from the Joy of Humanity; People & Read more

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March 27th 2021 Bird's Eye View from gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh, sold from the Permanent Collection, is on its way to an overseas collector in the UK. While in the gallery, this acrylic composition has Read more
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March 25th 2021 This acutely stylized oil composition from Sandra Barlow, entitled, Dunedin Street, challenges the modern city architecture that sits alongside more settler-styled buildings. The grey cube in the Read more

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March 9th 2021 Lake Arapuni, a beautiful watercolour from Martin Necas, and long appreciated by gallery visitors, now sold! Read more

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March 5th 2021 I Can Fling a Rainbow by gallery artist, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo is an essential watercolour composition for the exhibition, Joy of humanity: People & Place. Not only does it powerfully resonate with t Read more

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March 1st 2021 The Mighty River, is a superb watercolour by Martin Necas, now sold from the exhibition, Joy of Humanity: People & Place. Martin's evocative compositions continue to attract plaudits from our Read more

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February 23rd 2021 From the Permanent Collection, Lake Edge, by Gallery artists Kirtsen McIntosh, is a superb roundel in oil, hand-painted on box canvas with several acrylic and oil layers that build colour and Read more

SOLD!

February 20th 2021 The magnificent highly reflective acrylic and resin composition, Beyond the Lagoon, by artist Toni Kingstone proved irresistible this weekend, leaving the Permanent Collection to take up residence Read more

This is what we do

February 19th 2021 The primary purpose of our Trust is to raise funds and donate them to children in the Waikato who lead incredibly tough lives. Despite the pandemic that has interrupted our world, we have been able Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

February 11th 2021 Gallery artist Toni Kingstone, continues to attract buyers, currently by the day. Her dramatic acrylic / resin composition, Golden River, now sold to a local collector. Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

February 10th 2021 Toni Kingstone's, Rock Pool Reflections that has recently been sold from the Permanent Collection is one of her signature Acrylic / Resin compositions that has delighted Gallery goers and now as part Read more

SOLD!

February 10th 2021 Robyn Ninnes, is one of the Welcome Swallow Gallery original artists who continues to sell her beautifully stylized compositions. Seen here is Mount Karioi, sold to a local art collector. Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

February 9th 2021 Winter Catch-up, by Gallery artist Juliet Roper belies the current warmer climes by presenting a mood-inspired oil painting that captures a European winter using an impressionist flavoured brush. Read more

SOLD!

February 6th 2021 A discerning art collector saw much to appreciate in Gavin Smith's delicate watercolour brush strokes, evident in his composition Marseillan Harbour, first seen in the Welcome Swallow Exhibition Read more

SOLD!

February 3rd 2021 The watercolour composition Fairfield Bridge by gallery artist Martin Necas is an excellent illustration of using a vivid colour palette to bring a familiar subject to life. Necas presents sublime Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

February 2nd 2021 The Haast Beech Study watercolour, by Gallery artist Bernadette Parsons that took out the Volunteers' Choice Award for the exhibition, Joy of Humanity: People & Place, has just sold to a discerning Read more

For the Romantics

January 31st 2021 By Gallery or Gift say it with ART. They must be worthy of your time, money and intent; now is the moment to get it sent... Read more

SOLD!

January 29th 2021 Unsurprisingly, Gavin Smith's, joyful watercolour, Strike up the Music, has just sold from the Permanent Collection. The Gallery seems a little quieter now...  Read more

SOLD!

January 28th 2021 Toni Kingstone, continues to see her work sell from the Gallery Permanent Collection. Endless Flight, is a superb 600mm diameter Acrylic, Resin Collage composition that has attracted wide Read more

Opening Night!

January 22nd 2021 The Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition,  Joy of Humanity: People & Place had it's opening launch night, 22nd January 2021. There were 100 attendees who heard new Gallery artist, Juliet Read more

SOLD X 2

January 22nd 2021 The Welcome Swallow Gallery saw artists, Juliet Roper sell two more paintings that are featured below, respectively, Community and Bicycle.  The official first day of the exhibition, Joy of Humanit Read more

SOLD!

January 22nd 2021 In the lead up to the launch, Juliet Roper's, compositions are attracting the critical attention of those previewing the exhibition, Joy of Humanity: People & Place. On this occasion the painting Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

January 22nd 2021 A pre-launch sale of the iconic composition, Italia, by artist Juliet Roper. Destined to be sold quickly, this is truly representative of the exhibition, Joy of Humanity: People & Place.  Read more

SOLD!

January 21st 2021 Ahead of the launch of the Welcome Swallow Gallery new exhibition, Joy of Humanity: People and Place, this Friday 22nd January, the superb watercolour Matukituki Tops by Bernadette Parsons has been Read more

New Exhibition Catalogue!

January 14th 2021 The Welcome Swallow Gallery first exhibition of 2021, Joy of Humanity: People and Place is launching on Friday 22nd January from 5.30pm. Pictured below, the cover of the new Catalogue that will be Read more

SOLD!

December 21st 2020 Sandra Barlow's work doesn't spend too much time in the Welcome Swallow Gallery. Another of her superb watercolour compositions, Taupiri Mountain, has just left the building. Read more

SOLD!

December 21st 2020 Gavin Smith's Market Day in Firenze, has left the gallery into a private collection. It is a beautiful watercolour that captures the joy, energy and action of one of the centres of the cultural Read more

SOLD!

December 18th 2020 Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo whose art is soon to adorn the walls of the Auckland Museum with the spectacular portrait of June Lady Hillary, has demonstrated her fine art skills with the stunning Read more

SOLD!

December 18th 2020 Helen Cairney our well established gallery artist from Wellington continues to attract the attention of Waikato gallery goers. Buyers too. Sold today is the exquisite Light of the Tui.  Read more

SOLD!

December 15th 2020 Gavin Smith's, timeless watercolour, Road to Maungatautari has just been sold to an overseas buyer in the U.S. Gavin's work is greatly admired by gallery goers, as well as those buying from Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

December 14th 2020 Robyn Ninnes, long associated with vibrant stylised colours and compositions that vividly capture New Zealand bird life against a backdrop of azure inspired coastal waters has once again caught the Read more

SOLD!

December 14th 2020 Both Sandra Barlow and Kirsten McIntosh continue to attract collectors who are buying their compositions on a regular basis. Sandra Barlow's watercolour, Harakeke Whanau draws the viewer towards Read more

SOLD!

December 11th 2020 Kirsten McIntosh has quickly established herself at the Welcome Swallow Gallery as a much sought after artist. Her latest oil composition to leave the Gallery, Fencourt Hills, demonstrates a clever Read more

SOLD

December 9th 2020 Winter Moon, a stunning 800mm d. acrylic and resin roundel from Toni Kingstone sold at close of day. It's that time of year. Come to the Gallery. Get it as quick as you can... Read more

SOLD!

December 9th 2020 From the Permanent Collection, Robyn Ninnes has continued to delight Gallery goers with rich stylised studies of the iconic tui bird. The current sale, Tui Before Aotea Harbour, has just left to gra Read more

End of a Journey SOLD

December 2nd 2020 First seen in the Waikato Watercolourists exhibition earlier this year, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo's powerful composition, End of a Journey - Blackwater Rafting, Waitomo, has sold to a local collector.   Read more

Political Art SOLD

November 30th 2020 Throughout history, the separation between art and political commentary, implicitly or even explicitly has been, at best, thin. Artists are not immune to the context within which they bring their Read more

Sold on Sunday!

November 29th 2020 Summer Reflections at Lake Te Koutu, by gallery artist, Kirsten McIntosh has always attracted intrigue from gallery browsers who frequently study the rich mirror images portrayed in the lake. The Read more

'Beevolution'

November 28th 2020 The ever popular Melissa Sharplin, 'Beevolution' framed prints have just arrived in the gallery. A3 and A4 sizes, respectively $149 and $119. Read more

Welcome Swallow Gallery to host Schools Competition

November 27th 2020 In April 2021 The Welcome Swallow Gallery will be hosting a special competition for schools in the Waikato. In addition to raising funds that support charities for children, the gallery is also Read more
2021

2021

November 26th 2020 The first exhibition of the new year at the Welcome Swallow Gallery has a curated theme that aims to capture a positive post-covid narrative. The year 2020 has been challenging. Through art, the new Read more

SOLD on Saturday

November 21st 2020 The fine artistry of Wellington artist, Helen Cairney continues to delight patrons of the Welcome Swallow Gallery. The delicious composition, A Tranquil World has just been added to another private Read more

SOLD!

November 20th 2020 Painted on box canvas with several layers of acrylics and oils, this spectacular composition, Wairere Falls by Kirsten McIntosh has sold on the opening night of the F5 Exhibiting. It is a magical Read more

SOLD!

November 20th 2020 Gavin Smith's splendid composition, Old School House, Mystery Creek sold from the F5 exhibition launch. This watercolour with it's local antecedents has been admired greatly by gallery goers; no Read more

An important gallery painting enters a private collection

November 18th 2020 During the 1864 invasion of the Waikato by British troops, led by General Duncan Cameron, people of the village community of Rangiaowhia sheltered in what is now St. Paul’s Anglican Church (see Read more

New Catalogues x 2

November 17th 2020 The Welcome Swallow Gallery has always sought to enable art lovers to access important information about our paintings so that enjoyment can be maximised. With this in mind, full Art Catalogues have Read more

F5 Exhibition Catalogue now available online

November 15th 2020 The gallery is pleased to be able to present the full pictorial online art catalogue for our F5 Refresh exhibition that will now run through to the first week of the New Year. A pdf of the catalogue Read more

SATURDAY SALES...

November 14th 2020 Helen Cairney's superb artistry continues to appeal to Welcome Swallow Gallery art lovers. Featured here are delicate representations of the Puriri moth at rest and in flight.  Read more

SOLD on SATURDAY

November 14th 2020 For three weekends in a row, Gallery artists Sandra Barlow's watercolours have attracted buyers from overseas and in New Zealand. The most recent sale is Te Aroha that curiously captures, as the Read more

Welcome Swallow Gallery YouTube channel launched

November 13th 2020 Alongside our Website, Facebook and Instagram platforms, we have now added our own Gallery YouTube channel. The current inventory is represented by the speeches made at the unveiling of the June, Read more

Welcome Swallow Gallery Exhibition F5

November 8th 2020 It's encouraging to be able to attract art buyers to the point that the gallery has had to refresh a successful exhibition. Accordingly, this weekend has seen a root and branch upgrade of the Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

November 7th 2020 Peter Max was born in Berlin in 1937. He quickly became famous for creating ‘characteristic’ paintings and graphic prints. In parallel with Andy Warhol he became a visionary pop artist of the Read more

SOLD on SATURDAY!

November 7th 2020 First seen in the christmas in the gallery exhibition 2019, Sandra Barlow's intense study entitled, Apple Blossom has just sold. While the white tinged luxurious red blossoms in full bloom are Read more

SOLD!

November 6th 2020 Gavin Smith's watercolours continue to attract an interested audience. The latest painting to find a new home, being Arrowtown. Much loved by all who have passed through the gallery since the Read more

SOLD!

November 4th 2020 The exquisite watercolour, Spring Idyll by Gallery artist, Denise White has just been sold from the Permanent Collection. Similar to White's composition Spring Blooms in Ohaupo that earlier sold Read more

Welcome Swallow Gallery Exhibition - Refresh F5

October 30th 2020 The Welcome Swallow Gallery Exhibition has already sold over 50% of the paintings on display. This has caused the Gallery to return to the exhibiting artists to request new compositions. Seen here Read more

SOLD!

October 27th 2020 The Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo Collection, featuring @ Welcome Swallow Gallery this October continues to attract interest - and buyers. The glorious Tui in Pink Blossom II painting that has been admired Read more
Sold on Sunday!

Sold on Sunday!

October 25th 2020 Sandra Barlow's work continues to attract buyers, this time from overseas (UK). Solitaire is a watercolour composition that invites self reflection and determination as the viewer contemplates the Read more

A New Look!

October 23rd 2020 As the Welcome Swallow Gallery and Gifts continues to build its presence and strength in the local community and beyond, the Trustees have sought to invest in a better defined imagery that reflects o Read more

SOLD!

October 16th 2020 These exceptional feathered works of art, by Helen Cairney's, Waxeyes I and Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo's, A Long Awaited Visit - Morepork Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park, have taken wing to Read more

A Day to Remember

October 15th 2020 After an initial cancellation in August due to the virus re-emergence, the portrait unveiling event finally took place on 15th October. Friends and family jockeyed for position to get the best Read more

Frances Hodgkins @ Welcome Swallow

October 12th 2020 Frances Mary Hodgkins is arguably New Zealand’s leading expatriate artist. Her works capture the spirit of an era greatly influenced by Impressionism, en plein air painting, Post-Impressionism Read more

The New Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo Collection

October 11th 2020 The unveiling of the portrait of June, Lady Hillary at the Welcome Swallow Gallery, this October 2020, provides an opportunity to feature the work of commissioned artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo. The Read more

SOLD!

October 10th 2020 Sunset on Raglan Hills provides a gorgeous vista that takes the viewer through luscious greens to burnt orange fields, a delicate blue bay and finally distant hills tinged in pink.  Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

October 6th 2020 This composition, Bowen Falls - Milford reflects the style of the artist who prefers impressionistic features and imagination rather than detailed renditions. In this way the viewer is a participant Read more

Sold on Sunday!

October 4th 2020 This gorgeous roundel by artist Kirsten McIntosh invites the viewer to enjoy a constant journey of discovery. Read more

SOLD on Saturday!

October 3rd 2020 Either side of Sandra Barlow's evocative composition, TOUCH, are 4 paintings from the fine artistry of Helen Cairney, l-r, Tui in Tree I and II; Saddlebacks I and Waxeyes I. All sold within 60minutes Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

October 1st 2020 Gavin Smith Artist Corner, Montmartre Watercolour, 555x475mm Price: $760 Read more

Unveiling of June, Lady Hillary portrait

October 1st 2020 Pre publicity for this special event on Thursday 15th October at 1.00pm, can be found at: https://www.stuff.co.nz/entert... Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

September 28th 2020 With the sale of Sky Garden, from the Permanent Collection, Marise Rarere's work continues to attract, beguile and inspire Welcome Swallow Gallery patrons.  Read more

SOLD!

September 26th 2020 This evocative composition from the Permanent Collection, Marise Rarere's Patchwork #1 has found an art lover's home. Read more

SOLD!

September 26th 2020 Bought by Hamilton collector, Anne-Marie Wilsem, this stunning portraiture composition by Welcome Swallow Gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo. Read more

The Jurisich Experience - review

September 22nd 2020 In May 2019, the Welcome Swallow Gallery opened a new exhibition entitled celebration. Right in the middle of the main hall, hung directly from the ceiling were several dozen barely visible thin Read more

Volunteers' Choice Award Winners 2019-2020

September 22nd 2020 Read more

Gallery Sales in the last 24 hours

September 19th 2020 Clockwise from bottom left: Gavin Smith, Grounded, Helen Cairney, Dandelion VI, Sandra Barlow, Heart, Helen Cairney, Garden Visitor, Sandra Barlow, I want Your Love II, Denise White, Irises. Read more

A Super Stunning Welcome Swallow Gallery Exhibition Opening Night!

September 18th 2020 Staying just within the alert level guidelines for social gatherings, up to 100 people attended the opening night of the Welcome Swallow Gallery Exhibition. Artists Sandra Barlow, Helen Cairney, Read more

Exhibition launch night, Friday 18th September 5.30pm

September 18th 2020 Online Catalogue Read more

Gray's corner

September 16th 2020 As part of the new Permanent Collection, Ann Gray has exquisite originals and prints on offer. Come and see! Read more

Denise White - new arrivals!

September 11th 2020 More gorgeous watercolours from the brush of Gallery artist, Denise White. Two compositions for the Permanent Collection that feature a vibrant Irises painting and an impressionist promise of a Spri Read more

"It's all in the Mind" Final Days

September 10th 2020 If you have been contemplating a new look for your zoom colleagues to enjoy on your walls and you are shamelessly determined to impress, now is the time to show the scope of your art collection. The Read more

Sold on Sunday

September 6th 2020 Pandemic or no pandemic, the Welcome Swallow Gallery is helping people to infuse their homes with some loved-up art!  Read more

New Exhibition announcement

September 4th 2020 Read more

SOLD!

September 3rd 2020 Read more

A Welcome Swallow Gallery announcement: Unveiling of the portrait of June, Lady Hillary

August 30th 2020 Following the Prime Minister's announcement that Auckland will now be at level 2.5 lock-down, with the rest of the country at level 2, the Trust Board has decided to hold this event when Read more

The art of Marise Rarere

August 27th 2020 Shimmer (18), Ink, ink pen, acrylic, pencil 380x560mm, Price $750 Sky Garden (19), Ink, ink pen, pencil, 380x560mm, Price $595 "Thankyou", Print, 250x550mm, Price $390 Read more

From the Permanent Collection

August 26th 2020 Glenorchy is a superb watercolour that demonstrates the breath-taking artistry of Bernadette Parsons, complete with Italian framing. Since the Waikato Watercolourists exhibition in February and Read more

Gallery Catalogues I-VII

August 15th 2020 Since May of last year the Welcome Swallow Gallery has curated seven exhibitions, each captured in a catalogue that contains details of all compositions together with an art commentary and bio of ea Read more

A Welcome Swallow Gallery: Portrait of June, Lady Hillary - DEFERRED