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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,
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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New Exhibition: Our Times
July 26th 2022
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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
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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.
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Time to Give
July 20th 2022
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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
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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,
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Showcase
July 8th 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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'
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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Ambiguity, the next Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition opening night, Friday 1st October from 5.30pm
September 21st 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Artful Four: 40 shots
May 5th 2021
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 &
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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
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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
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March 9th 2021
Lake Arapuni, a beautiful watercolour from Martin Necas, and long appreciated by gallery visitors, now sold!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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'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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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