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September 27th 2023 Sandra Turner-Barlow's art continues to appear on the weekly list of items sold in the gallery. In this case her delicate watercolour brush presented Winter Rose, from the Resident Artists Gallery, Read more

New Showcase!

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September 20th 2023 From the Resident Artists’ Gallery, Gallery artist Maggie Sullivan has sold her attractive Oil on Panel, Still Life composition, Blue Vase with Oranges. Read more

The Senior Team

September 13th 2023 In our quest to raise funds for children leading incredibly tough lives, our volunteers are everything to the work of the gallery and gift shop. They are dedicated, determined and frankly Read more

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September 8th 2023 Sold from the Winter Collection 2023 is the magnificent digital photograph, Golden Peaks by gallery artist, Stephen Milner  Read more

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September 7th 2023 A Bridge Through Time, by gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo from the Structure & Place exhibition is soon to be re-positioned. In which time zone we cannot say, as this fabulous watercolour Read more

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September 6th 2023 A beautiful delicate graphite by gallery artist Sandra Turner-Barlow, entitled Lake and Tree from the Resident Artist's gallery, has found an appreciative home.  Read more

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September 6th 2023 Originally part of theWaikato Watercolourist I exhibition that was interrupted by the first covid lockdown, this composition, St Peter's Door by gallery artist Sandra Turner-Barlow, has now found a Read more

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September 6th 2023 Alongside the Sandra Turner-Barlow's Audi Five Cities Showcase, the gallery continues to sell her work located in the Resident Artists' gallery. On this occasion her whimsical watercolour study, Stol Read more

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September 6th 2023 Hong Cumming continues to attract buyers for her compositions that form part of the Structure & Place exhibition that is running parallel with the Audi Five Cities Showcase. When the exhibition clos Read more

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September 3rd 2023 From the Structure & Place exhibition, Sandra Turner-Barlow sells Homage to Rita. This is an evocative oil on board composition that is curated alongside Turner-Barlow's Audi Five Cities Showcase. Read more

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September 3rd 2023 Gallery artist Julie Mello uses a florid intuitive impressionist style to capture her subject. This is very evident in her composition, Waikato Life Blood, sold to American expats from Pennsylvania, Read more

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September 2nd 2023 Returning to her watercolour roots, gallery artists Sandra Turner-Barlow presents a sublime botanical art composition, English Oak , sold from the Resident Artist's gallery. Read more

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September 1st 2023 Sold from the Structure & Place exhibition, the remarkable edifice of the Public Trust building, Wellington by gallery artist Hong Cumming. This beautifully structured intimately technical Read more

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September 1st 2023 Christchurch is the last painting in the series, the Audi Five Cities Showcase and was possibly the most challenging. I wanted the composition to recognize the tragedy of recent events that included Read more

Audi Five Cities Showcase: Moving Towards by Sandra Turner-Barlow - media coverage

August 30th 2023 Gallery Curator, Clive Gilson was interviewed by Jesse Mulligan regarding the upcoming Turner-Barlow Showcase. Click below to hear the interview: Read more

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August 28th 2023 Sold from the Waikato Watercolourists III exhibition, the magnificently moody watercolour composition, Coromandel, by gallery artist Bernadette Parsons. A visual loss to the gallery a wonderful gain Read more

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August 28th 2023 New gallery artist, Chris Greenslade has quickly established his work @ Welcome Swallow with Winter Morning at Gordonton, Waikato, finding an avid buyer for his watercolour style. Read more

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August 28th 2023 Gallery artist Diana Seavill continues to attract buyers for her intriguing abstract compositions. In this case, it is the Sea Bed  that has been moved to another property, beyond its time in the Read more

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August 25th 2023 Sold from the Resident Artist’s Gallery, the charcoal composition, Nocturnal Whispers by gallery artist Hong Cumming, has attracted considerable attention. While viewing, there is, at some point, Read more

Rising Star

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August 20th 2023 Sold from this year's Waikato Watercolourists III exhibition, Lemonade Fruit, by Italian gallery artist, Elena Brambilla. As a watercolour botanical artist Brambilla is able to demonstrate discrete, Read more

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August 18th 2023 The Welcome Swallow Gallery announces it's next major event - the Audi Five Cities Showcase: Moving Towards, by gallery artist Sandra Turner-Barlow. Four of the city paintings have been seen and Read more

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August 17th 2023 Elena Brambilla has attracted much interest in her residency at the Ward St. gallery, While working on new compositions has sold these two beautiful botanical watercolours, Jasmine Leaf and Three Read more

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August 12th 2023 Gallery artist, Stacey Moore has produced two very attractive abstract compositions, namely Milky Way and In the Stillness, now sold from the Resident Artists’ Gallery to a local collector. The hap Read more

Artist in Residence

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August 7th 2023 Hong Cumming's fabulous watercolour, Bad Hair Day from the Waikato Watercolourists III exhibition has taken flight and will now, hopefully, finally settle down in its new home to be. Read more

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July 31st 2023 Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo's watercolours have been gallery favourites across all exhibitions that feature this medium. The Winter Collection 2023 is no exception. Foreshadowing warmer times ahead, Herald Read more

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July 31st 2023 Gallery artists Kirsten McIntosh continues to attract buyers to her compositions that demonstrate mastery of the use of light, as seen  once again with the mystical landscape, Whisper of Light Read more

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July 28th 2023 Audrey was never going to languish on the gallery walls... From the moment Debra Thompson's mixed media composition entered the Resident Artists' Gallery, it was only a matter of time before this Read more

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July 19th 2023 Juliet Roper's Same But Different series continues to attract buyers. On this occasion it is woman #1 (of 9) that has moved to another place and space. Life's journey continues. Read more

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July 19th 2023 Gallery artist Juliet Roper has produced a wonderful expressionist composition entitled Bird Song, now sold from the 2023 Winter Collection. Read more

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July 19th 2023 Gallery artist Toni Kingstone continues to develop the New Zealand rebirth of the Magical Realism movement that existed between the first and second world wars. Using acrylic and resin, Toni weaves Read more

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July 18th 2023 Stephen Milner's inspiring photographic canvases continue to attract awe and amazement from those visiting the gallery. Sold today the Punakaiki Sculptures, from the Winter Collection 2023. Read more

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July 18th 2023 Sold from the Winter Collection 2023, is the sumptuous composition Homecoming Part I by gallery artist, Charlotte Giblin. This impressionist painting has fascinated gallery visitors, finally Read more

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July 18th 2023 Toni Kingstone continues her development and regeneration of the inter-war period magical realism genre applying it to Maori legend. This magnificent 1.2m roundel from the 2023 Winter Collection will Read more

Kirsten McIntosh, Artist in Residence, Welcome Swallow in the City

July 17th 2023 We are please to announce that from 24th July, gallery artist, Kirsten McIntosh will be taking up a two week residency at Welcome Swallow in the City. Kirsten will be displaying many of her magnifice Read more

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July 13th 2023 Gallery artist Sandra Turner-Barlow continues to delight with a diverse compositional subject range . Floating Plankton provides a simple sense of flow and beauty. Now swimming in a new ocean. Read more

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July 12th 2023 New Gallery artist, Chris Greenslade has wasted no time in attracting buyers. His tranquil watercolour, End of a Good Day, from the Winter Collection 20023 is set row to another land. Read more

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July 12th 2023 From the Waikato Watercolourists II exhibition, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo’s, composition, Our Cook, has been purchased by a local collector. The Cook has long been a significant landmark for the Read more

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July 12th 2023 A flower not previously seen in the gallery and now not long in the gallery, Wind Clover, a spectacular watercolour composition from the Winter Collection 2023 by gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, Read more

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July 8th 2023 Bernadette Parsons's impressionist brush was no more evident than in this startling composition, Finding Pathways that was painted on 100 year old art paper. From across the years, bought from the Read more

A Magnificent Obsession

July 3rd 2023 The Welcome Swallow Gallery embraces diverse artistic endeavour.   The Gate, that recently won the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art, Peoples' Choice Award, now resides, for the month of July, in Read more

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July 1st 2023 Sold from the Resident Artists' Gallery, Diana Seavill's fun abstract composition, Connections. This particular piece of art has been a favorite of gallery goers, now part of a local collector's Read more

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June 24th 2023 This delightful watercolour, Zenders Café, by new gallery artist Chris Greenslade, has quickly sold from the 2023 Winter Collection. As with his other compositions in this collection, Chris captures Read more

New Exhibition

June 21st 2023 This new fine art collection will present three artists new to the Welcome Swallow Gallery. Bernadette Ballantyne, Chris Greenslade and Renata Nemeth, who join, Sue Currie, Charlotte Giblin, Toni Read more

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June 19th 2023 One of Juliet Roper's women from her Same But Different  collection (#4) in the Resident Artists' Gallery, has just left for her new home in Christchurch.  Read more

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June 9th 2023 Ron Stenberg (1919-2017) had a long distinguished career as an artist, teacher and illustrator, carrying our his practice in New Zealand and Scotland where he spent his last 30 years as a Professor Read more

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June 8th 2023 Sold from the Resident Artists' Gallery, this fun piece from Sandra Barlow would grace any Conference, Board room or gathering of 'very important' people. Read more

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May 24th 2023 Juliet Roper's splash of colour, Same But Different collection of deco-inspired portraiture of nine women brightens the gallery and demands attention. Number 8 in the collection quickly sold. Read more

Mountains on Wards St.

May 23rd 2023 Stephen Milner's supreme photography is on display at Welcome Swallow in the City. Now in situ on Ward St., Mitre Peak and Ruapehu. If you are in the cbd drop by and take a peek at the peaks. Read more

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May 17th 2023 From the Timeless exhibition catalogue. Stephen Milner's magnificent Golden Peaks and Mitre Peak sold to a company for display in their Auckland offices.  Read more

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May 16th 2023 From the Drawn From Life exhibition, this figurative study by Ron Stenberg captured the imagination of attendees at the opening night of the exhibition, now sold to a collector of fine art. Always Read more

Trust CEO, Dorothy Gilson introduces the Drawn From Life exhibition

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May 12th 2023 From the Waikato Watercolourist III catalogue, Martin Necas continues to attract buyers for his watercolour compositions, His painting, Sanctuary Mountain across Lake Karapirō, has been admired by Read more

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May 12th 2023 Juliet Roper's evocative composition, I've Got This, from the May-June Resident Artists' Gallery at Welcome Swallow, sold within a day of display. Quite right too. Read more

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May 12th 2023 On opening night, Tim Quirke's wonderful composition Bachantes, Dancing Girls, from the exhibition Drawn From Life, was quickly snapped up by a local collector. Earlier, the Volunteers' had already Read more

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May 12th 2023 Sold from the Our Times exhibition catalogue, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo's luscious bouquet of flowers, entitled Welcome Home, is another exquisite watercolour from a long standing gallery artist. Bought Read more

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May 11th 2023 Tim Quirke studied the work of Rita Angus and Colin McCahon closely enough for them to have a formative impact on his own artistry. This depicted by showing their presence in his Rotorua studio. Read more

Stamps galore

May 9th 2023 At Welcome Swallow, our volunteers carry out a vast range of activities that enable the Trust to raise funds for children leading incredibly tough lives.. Trish Grantham collects all the stamps that Read more

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April 24th 2023 Sandra Barlow’s apparently simple solitary tree watercolour, has intrigued many gallery visitors. With a title, Going With The Wind, speculation centres around the impact of a constant westerly Read more

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April 22nd 2023 This extraordinary art piece from gallery artist, Jing Liu has sold from the Autumn Collection.  The narrative behind the fan is equally irresistible.  The Story of the Fan According to Chinese le Read more

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April 19th 2023 From the Timeless exhibition, Stephen Milner is now, all but sold out bar one piece. Not many artists are accused of that. Here, is the pristine photograph, To a Point. And this is a question to be Read more

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April 19th 2023 From the Autumn Collection, gallery artist Jing Liu's supreme watercolour composition, in the Chinese Claborate style, Cyclamen, is off to be planted in the garden of a true art connoisseur.  Read more

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April 19th 2023 Sold from the photographic exhibition, Timeless, Stephen Milner’s fabulous tree-inspired photograph, Transition. Now destined for a corporate office, Auckland. Read more

Advanced Notice

April 15th 2023 We are pleased to present this exhibition, Drawn From Life, featuring works from Fine Art Society New Zealand. With this exhibition, the Welcome Swallow Gallery continues to present fine art Read more

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April 13th 2023 From Misty Trees to Misty Hills, Sandra Barlow's watercolour artistry exquisitely captures the mood and atmosphere that in this composition envelops the distance hills and trees, also reflected in Read more

Autumn Collection 2023

April 2nd 2023 With the Waikato Watercolourists III and Timeless exhibitions coming to a successful close at the end of March, the gallery has curated an Autumn Collection that will feature for the next 6 weeks Read more

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April 1st 2023 Consisting of as King, a Queen and a Pawn can be interpreted as a little family or unit if you will, where the King and the Queen have the little one’s back But there again, in the game of chess a Read more

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April 1st 2023 Kirsten McIntosh has produced a superb composition of Fairy Glen, Betws-y-Coed in North Wales, entitled, A Peaceful World. Sold immediately upon presentation to the gallery. Read more

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March 31st 2023 Hong Cumming's 596 Victoria Street from the Waikato Watercolourists III exhibition has been sold to a local collector. Now the site of the Londoner pub and restaurant, the building has gone through Read more

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March 30th 2023 In addition to her signature cityscape oil compositions, gallery artist, Sandra Barlow is also a fine 'Waikato Watercolourist'. Her broody painting, The Sounds from the As you Like it Exhibition has Read more

Sandra Barlow's five cityscapes

March 29th 2023 Whereas many New Zealand artists rightly turn their brushes towards capturing the majestic scenery of iconic New Zealand landscapes, gallery artist and Trust Board member, Sandra Barlow has embarked Read more

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March 27th 2023 Wellington is the fourth painting in Sandra Barlow’s set of five New Zealand cityscapes. Whereas the Auckland composition contained a bifurcated ‘crossroads’ narrative, both literally and Read more

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March 21st 2023 This 'evocative in nature' monochrome composition, Together, from Stephen Milner's Timeless photographic exhibition proved to be highly desirable for a local collector, who bought immediately on Read more

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March 21st 2023 Stephen Milner's photographic artistry is proving a major hit with visitors to the Welcome Swallow Gallery. His monochrome work seen in the form of And Child, from the Timeless exhibition has won Read more

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March 21st 2023 This a beast. Ruapehu is a 3m art composition from Stephen Milner’s solo photographic exhibition, Timeless. Since the opening of the exhibition it has dominated the space that it occupies (see Read more

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March 21st 2023 Using a novel vantage point for her composition Victoria’s Curve, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo has captured in detail the intricate nature of this bridge structure while presenting its inherent strength. Read more

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March 14th 2023 Wellington and gallery artist Helen Cairney's Bubbling Up II is a fun acrylic on board roundel inspired by thoughts of travel while facing a prolonged period of inactivity! Sold from our Ward St, Read more

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March 13th 2023 The current exhibition, The Waikato Watercolourists III continues to attract critical acclaim in the form of ongoing sales. Long time gallery artist Martin Necas has a strong following for his flori Read more

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March 11th 2023 Of Herculean dimensions, this mighty, at 1.4 x 2.5m digital art photography, Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, by Stephen Milner from his Timeless exhibition, demands the viewer's attention. The Read more

New Exhibition

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February 21st 2023 From the As You Like It exhibition, gallery artist, Toni Kingstone continues to attract buyers who resonate with her growing development of the Magical Realism theme within her roundel acrylic and Read more

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February 21st 2023 Wild Flowers - Close to My Heart, from gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh quickly became a gallery favourite when it debuted in the Our Times exhibition, taking out the Volunteers’ Choice Award. Admir Read more

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February 18th 2023 Sue Currie’s magnificent watercolour, North West Light, Lake Pearson, from the As You Like It exhibition has been acquired by a local collector. This signature landscape painting from an award Read more

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February 18th 2023 Gavin Smith’s wonderful expressionist watercolour, Morning Walk, Pirongia from the Waikato Watercolourist III exhibition has been sold to a local collector who greatly appreciated the artist’s Read more

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February 17th 2023 Port Waikato, currently cut off to the world at the time of writing, courtesy of Cyclone Gabrielle, has, nevertheless, been brilliantly captured by gallery artist, Bernadette Parsons. The painting th Read more

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February 16th 2023 The Story behind the making of Totem Woman My Mum used to take us to the Auckland Museum in the school holidays by way of the train and a long walk or a bus via Queen Street. My favourite area was Read more

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February 16th 2023 It is always exciting for a new gallery artist to sell for the first time. Jieyi Liang's exquisite watercolour, Hamilton Gardens in January from the Waikato Watercolourists III exhibition has been Read more

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February 16th 2023 From the Waikato Watercolourists III exhibition, the Martin Necas stunning composition, depicting Raglan Shore has found favour with buyers who have recently moved to the Waikato from Wellington. Read more

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February 10th 2023 The Gallery, artists and buyers love signature pieces. Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, selling from the opening night of the Waikato Watercolourists III, has again demonstrated that capturing the Waikato can Read more

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February 10th 2023 New gallery artist, Stephen Milner wowed the crowds on opening night with his solo photographic exhibition, Timeless, from which the astonishing 1.2x2meter composition, Stirling Falls, Milford Read more

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February 10th 2023 Woolshed, If The Walls Could Talk, by gallery artist Sandra Barlow, from the Waikato Watercolourists III exhibition, beautifully captures an era that is quintessential, rural New Zealand. It is Read more

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February 10th 2023 Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo's superb composition Te Rohe Potae, a term used by the Maori King, Tawhiao to define the area of land European settlers call the King Country, has been sold to a discerning buyer Read more

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February 5th 2023 Debra Thompson’s contemporary composition, Let’s Party from the exhibition, As You Like It, has drawn many admiring comments from visitors to the gallery. However, it is now time for Andy Warhol Read more

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February 1st 2023 Janet Marshall's beautiful watercolour Swallow on Camelia takes flight from the Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition, As You Like It. Swallow leaving Swallow, as it were. Janet is the illustrator of Read more
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January 28th 2023 From the Our Times exhibition. Sue Currie's evocative and highly stylized composition, Early Winter, Lake Hayes has now found it's forever home. This is not surprising for the buyers who are very Read more

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January 26th 2023 Toni Kingstone's magnificent acrylic and resin composition, Ghost Town from the As You Like It exhibition has passed into ownership in the city of Hamilton. Greatly admired by all gallery visitors, Read more

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January 24th 2023 From the As You Like It exhibition, Italian artist Elena Brambilla's exquisite watercolour, Tui & Kowhai, has taken wing across the Tasman to take up residence in Sydney, Australia.  Read more

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January 23rd 2023 From the Botanica exhibition, this gorgeous, vibrant composition, Tulipa, by Lisa Dickson has been much appreciated and now replanted in it's permanent garden. Read more

Announcing side by side exhibitions, arriving in February

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January 17th 2023 Always a gallery favourite, Toni Kingstone's acrylic & resin roundel, entitled Mirage, from the exhibition, As You Like It, was witnessed and seen very clearly by a local collector whose admiration Read more

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January 5th 2023 'Flood of sales' for Julie Mello's gorgeous Darling river compositions; Judd's Lagoon, from the As You Like It exhibition now on its way to a home in the Waikato, purchased by a discerning art Read more

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January 5th 2023 It is always a wonderful occasion when an artist, new to the Gallery sells their work for the first time. From the exhibition, As You Like It, Julie Mello's atmospheric Queensland composition depicti Read more
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December 31st 2022 Selling from the As You Like It exhibition, Toni Kingstone's, beautiful resin on acrylic composition entitled Winter's Approach. Destined for its new home in Boston, USA. Read more

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December 23rd 2022 Simply entitled, 1961, this incredibly powerful acrylic and mixed media on board composition of Jackie Kennedy, by gallery artist Debra Thompson has sold to a local collector and will be shown in Read more
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December 22nd 2022 At this time of year, Yasmin Davis has, for many years presented her signature Koru with original watercolour ceramics that are much loved by gallery supporters. Featured here is her magnificent Read more

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December 21st 2022 Gallery artist, Juliet Roper works across several media and styles. This Is Me is a superb illustration of her fine contemporary mixed media art work. Bought as a family gift to be treasured forever. Read more

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December 14th 2022 From the As You Like It exhibition, gallery artist Maggie B. Sullivan's compositions entitled Passages: Hearing the Call and Glimmer of Light have added an atmospheric cadence to gallery for Read more

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December 14th 2022 In the word of the sculptress, Sylvia Sinel,  This regal lady emerged from the kiln pretty much as I had imagined her during the making. It doesn't happen all that often so I'm super happy. Read more

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December 13th 2022 It is always an important occasion when the gallery sells an artist's work for the first time. In this case Li-Swan Lim's composition, Shinrin-Yoku - (Forest Bathing) Tranquility, an original Read more

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December 13th 2022 Sandra Barlow's watercolour Fog Flowers have been gallery favourites; these two beauties sold together today to a discerning local collector who pounced on them within an hour of being hung. Quite Read more

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December 13th 2022 Kirsten McIntosh's brilliant composition, Light on the Dunes, has sold to a local collector. Much admired by all gallery goers, for this painting Kirsten used many acrylic and oil layers to build up Read more

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December 11th 2022 Shafts of sunlight highlight Charlotte Giblin’s wonderful expressionist composition, Safe Passage II, from the Gallery exhibition, As You Like It. A piece of the ‘Forest of Arden’ now owned by Read more

Join us!

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November 16th 2022 This magnificent sculpture, Totem Woman,  from gallery artist Jenni Taris, was brought into the gallery this morning and GONE by early afternoon. Now the story behind this special piece of art is Read more

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November 16th 2022 The wonderful composition, The Golden View in the As You Like It, exhibition, from gallery artist Charlotte Giblin has been snapped up by a local collector. Charlotte's expressionist use of vivid Read more

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November 14th 2022 These two very special scrolls by gallery artist Yong Ming Liu for the Exhibition, Chinese Art: Inheritance & Innovation have been sold to a European collector who recognizes their intrinsic value Read more

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October 19th 2022 Hong Cummings' romantic composition, NAC DC-3 HLZ, evokes a bygone era. First presented at the Waikato Watercolourists II exhibition earlier in the year, this fine watercolour will soon take pride of Read more

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October 1st 2022 Gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo has provided the Our Times exhibition with her wonderful signature watercolour compositions that reflect how connections between people are often said most Read more

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September 24th 2022 Watercolours in the Our Times exhibition continue to attract buyers. On this occasion a prominent local collector has acquired the superb impressionist composition by gallery artist Martin Necas, Read more

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September 15th 2022 Fine Country by gallery artist Martin Necas presents a reminder for viewers of the exhibition, Our Times that whatever the trails and tribulations that society has accumulated in the past few years, Read more

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September 15th 2022 Fairlie Time by Bernadette Parsons catches the impressionist Turneresque style that Welcome Swallow Gallery regulars love. This composition projects into the future, not just anchored in the past. Read more

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September 9th 2022 There is no denying that Parsons's atmospheric watercolours frequently draw sharp intakes of breath from gallery visitors. This is definitely the case for the composition Drawing Us Back, from the Read more

New Arrival

September 5th 2022 After several years in storage, a voyage of many thousands of miles, some polishing and careful carpentry repairs, we present the new addition to our display inventory. This China cabinet from the Read more

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September 5th 2022 Sandra Barlow's contemporary composition, A Peaceful Time, takes the exhibition title Our Times, quite literally by inserting a time-piece into a solid wall that opens a window looking towards the Read more

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August 31st 2022 Tui and Wisteria is part of the Janet Marshall collection of watercolours that the Welcome Swallow Gallery is proud to have on display. This gorgeous original composition will soon be winging its way Read more

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August 27th 2022 From the exhibition Our Times, gallery artist Bernadette Parsons's much admired watercolour composition Of Simpler Things has found its forever home in the Waikato. Quite right too. Read more

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August 24th 2022 Letterbox is a lovely watercolour from gallery artist, Sandra Barlow who has delicately captured, in soft variegated hues of pink, brown and blue, a deceptively complex composition that offers a subt Read more

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August 20th 2022 It's certainly coming home for gallery artists Toni Kingstone who has again sold from the latest exhibition, Our Times. Her beautiful composition, Homecoming has taken flight having been acquired by Read more

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August 18th 2022 From the latest Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition, Our Times, Toni Kingstone's roundels of acrylic and resin continue to enchant gallery goers. On this occasion her delicate yet vibrant Read more

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August 12th 2022 Sandra Barlow continues to attract buyers for her complex compositions that are reflective of the meaning of life and perhaps even beyond. Here we have a transfer of water partially impeded, from one Read more

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August 11th 2022 Gallery artist Toni Kingstone has been both perfecting and then selling increasingly complex acrylic and resin compositions. Add to the list this magnificent 1000mm roundel Read more

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August 8th 2022 Sold from the Resident Artist's Galley this exquisite botanica-inspire leaf composition by gallery artist, Sandra Barlow.  Read more

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August 6th 2022 The Final Frontier by gallery artist Sandra Barlow has boldly warped off the the walls from the Our Times exhibition recently opened. Destination, presumably where no-one has gone before... Read more

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August 4th 2022 We are delighted that Sue Currie, from the South Island, and new to the Welcome Swallow Gallery, has already recorded her first sale from the Our Times exhibition, recently launched. Her beautiful Read more

Busy time at Welcome Swallow properties!

July 31st 2022 During the first week of August @ Welcome Swallow we are launching a new Gallery in the CBD that will have it's own CBD collection, while in Hamilton East the August Resident Artists' Gallery will be Read more

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July 30th 2022 This magnificent pencil drawing, The Journey Home, by 15 years old Amy Hou has entranced gallery visitors for the length of the exhibition. This is her narrative: "The Journey Home tells the story of Read more

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July 29th 2022 From the Resident Artists' Gallery, Sandra Barlow's fine still life oil painting Mantel & Coal Bucket has been sold to a discerning local collector. The composition is noteworthy for is monochrome Read more

New Exhibition: Our Times

July 26th 2022 Read more

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July 25th 2022 The acrylic and resin compositions by gallery artist Toni Kingstone continue to attract buyers; especially on the same day. Second sale (of the day) has gone to a very discerning New Zealand Read more

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July 25th 2022 Ironsands, a fine Acrylic and Resin composition by gallery artist, Toni Kingstone has been greatly admired since it entered the gallery collection and has now been acquired by a local collector. Read more

Time to Give

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Celebration

July 11th 2022 Celebrating Heather's 90th birthday in the gallery. Heather is one of the 'gallery and gifts' volunteers who are all committed to raising funds for children leading incredibly tough lives. Community Read more

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July 8th 2022 “You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off…” The distinctive tones of Oscar winning actor Michael Caine resonate from the East End of London and across the entire world. The voice, Read more

Showcase

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July 7th 2022 Sarah-Grace Jones, has set the standard for the recently installed Rototuna High School exhibition, selling her composition on day one of the exhibition. In her own words: " A wide range of vibrant Read more

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July 6th 2022 Birgit Rhode's beguiling watercolour composition Kamahi Leaf II, has been sold to a discerning local collector. The 3-D effect of this work has been noted by many, with some insisting that it was a Read more

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July 5th 2022 So exquisite, so delicate, so beautiful, is Annette Judd's Springtime Flowers, sold from the Botanica exhibition that has graced the gallery for the past 2 months. This graphite and colour pencil Read more

News from the Gallery

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