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June 10th 2025 It's always a thrill to sell work by a young talented gallery artist. Cole Raithby's,  oil on canvas composition, Kiss of Winter Farmland has been quickly snapped up at the start of the Winter Read more

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June 10th 2025 The Winter Collection 2025 sees a diverse range of subjects and genre. Gaen's acrylic on board, Beyond the Woolshed is a case in point where a dramatic expressionist landscape is punctuated with Read more

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June 5th 2025 With a nod and a wink to a famous Toyota TV commercial, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo sells her watercolour painting entitled "Bugger", from the Winter Collection 2025. Copy / paste  Read more

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June 5th 2025 Sold on preview day of the 2025 Winter Collection exhibition; Aston Greathead's wonderful oil composition The Old Wharf from Armers Beach, Kaikoura.  Read more

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June 3rd 2025 Gallery artist, Dejin Lu, selling A Friendly Robin from the Waikato Watercolourists III exhibition, uses his unquie light expressive style to catpure the delicacy of the Robin atop a thrusting Read more

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May 28th 2025 Sold from the Out of Italy exhibition, Rosasrio, is a challenging visual perspective by Sandra Turner-Barlow, a powerful graphite composition that appears to be in danger of slipping off the art Read more

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May 28th 2025 Look closely at this acrylic composition, Forerver by UK gallery artists Marzina Wilkes. A tree that contains hearts and joyful colours to be enjoyed, especially by its new owner who was attracted to Read more

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May 9th 2025 Jing Liu's magnificant watercolour scroll, painted in the Chinese claborate style, from the exhibition, A Journey with Chinese Art, will soon be making it's way to Australia. Bought as a special fami Read more

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May 8th 2025 Sold from the Pepper exhibition, Evening on the Tairua River, by gallery artist, Martin Necas. Appreciated and bought by Wellington collectors who have taken a piece of the Coromandel to the Read more

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May 2nd 2025 Of the studies presented by Turner-Barlow at the Out of Italy exhibition, perhaps the Ponte Vecchio, Firenze, composition has been one of the most appreciated and recognized renditions. Now sold, Read more

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April 30th 2025 Debra Thompson's striking portrait of Sophia Loren captures her role from the film Arabesque, 1966. Set against Botticelli’s, The Birth of Venus, this composition honours her Italian heritage, Read more

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April 22nd 2025 Sold from the Winter Collection 2023, the beautifully moody Vanishing Mists from post impressionist gallery artist Sue Currie. Read more

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April 22nd 2025 Serenity - Lake Manapouri, from South Island watercolourist and gallery artist, Sue Currie, now sold from the Winter Collection 2023. Sue's post impressionist work has delighted gallery visitors in a Read more

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April 19th 2025 The Bull Pine Tree, sold from the exhibition, As You Like It, by gallery artist, Julie Mello. In her own words. "The tree in this painting reminds me of a time when I was a little girl and my Read more

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April 12th 2025 Sold from the Out of Italy exhibition is the watercolour composition by Sandra Turner-Barlow, entitled Via Rizzoli, Torre degli Asinelli, Firenze. In this painting, Turner-Barlow provides a moderne Read more

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April 9th 2025 Sold from the Out of Italy exhibition, by botanical artist, Elena Brambilla, are these two exceptional watercolour compositions, Amalfi Lemoni and Campania: Pasta al Pomodoro - the Flavour Embrace. S Read more

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April 9th 2025 K A T H E R I N E    F E L L* This Elizabethan or Early Stuart casket, meticulously stitched by Katherine Fell, was designed using techniques imparted by Maree Talbot, an Australian embroidery Read more

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April 9th 2025 Sold from the Structure and Place exhibition is Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo's wonderful watercolour, Blossoming Sanctuary. Sold to a collector whose parents were married in the church in 1952. An Read more

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April 7th 2025 Diana Seavill's two delightful, complementary coloured abstract pieces from the Yours Abstractly exhibition, One and Sun and Sea, now sold to a UK collector from Leicester.  Read more

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April 4th 2025 Measuring an eye-catching 1200mm in diameter, Song of the Sounds, from the 2024 Winter Collection, is now sold. This magnificent resin on acrylic roundel from Toni Kingstone, is a sumptuous Read more

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April 3rd 2025 One of Sandra Turner Barlow’s most powerful graphite study in the Out of Italy exhibition is her rendition of the Pantheon, Roma. Cradled by alleyways or sampietrini, the structure of the building Read more

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April 1st 2025 This study by Sandra Turner-Barlow as part of the Out of Italy exhibition, demonstrates movement through light and figurative illustration. Well liked by gallery visitors and now sold. Read more

Out of Italy: Meet the artists!

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March 29th 2025 Sold from the Out of Italy exhibition, Sandra Turner-Barlow's oil on canvas composition, Pasta Time! that simultaneously nods towards Hopper's Nighthawks by featuring a large window with expansive Read more

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March 21st 2025 From the Out of Italy exhibition, Sandra Turner-Barlow continues to attract buyers for her renditions of religious structures. The exquisite watercolour composition entitled, St. Peter's Basilica, Read more

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March 20th 2025 Turner-Barlow’s interpretation of Italia anchors the religious context that the exhibition partly represents. In this bold, remarkable composition, Turner-Barlow extends her expressionist Read more

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March 15th 2025 There are shoes and then there are shoes. And then there are shoes that gallery artist Elena Brambilla paints. It's in the name. Prada. So beautifully and skillfully 'washed' in watercolour. Entitled Read more

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March 15th 2025 Of all the subjects that are synonymous with Italy, the love of food has to be close to the top of the list. As a botanical illustrator and artist, Elena Brambilla superbly captures the pure essence Read more

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March 15th 2025 In 1819, during one of his many art journeys across Europe, JMW Turner visited Italy, sketching and presenting views of The Forum, most likely never seen by people in Britain; hence the signpost for Read more

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March 15th 2025 For the Out of Italy exhibition, gallery artists Elena Brambilla called on her skills as a botanical artists to capture the 'fruits of Italy', in this case, the beautiful ink and watercolour Read more

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March 15th 2025 The opening night of the Out of Italy exhibition saw many sales. The delicate graphite study by Sandra Turner-Barlow of St. Peter's Basilica Vaticano I, was one of them. Read more

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March 14th 2025 For the Out of Italy exhibition, Sandra Turner-Barlow presents a unique perspective through the Arco di Tito, combining views from both east and west, thus capturing the Roman Forum including the Read more

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February 28th 2025 Flowers that 'grow so incredibly high'. Sold from the Pepper exhibition that tracked' inter alia, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds as a form of visual art alongside the musical genius of Lennon & Read more

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February 21st 2025 Sue Wickison's Outrageous Plants exhibition has received enormous publicity since the  launch in January.  National radio and press coverage has led to a steady flow of admirers to the gallery; Read more

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February 14th 2025 Gavin Smith's post impressionist views of Arrowtown have always found favour with the gallery audience. Arrowtown I has now sold from the Pepper exhibition. Read more

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February 12th 2025 In keeping with Turner-Barlow's narrative discourse, the selling of Disparity from the Our Place exhibition showcase further deepens the social commentary that is evident in her recent compositions. Read more

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February 12th 2025 Sold from the Our Place exhibition, Juliet Roper's, acrylic on canvas composition Joan and Bob's Place. This Hockney pastiche-inspired painting has attracted great attention from the gallery Read more

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February 12th 2025 Twisted Flax Pods, sold from the Outrageous Plants exhibition profiles botanical artist, Sue Wickison's, supreme mix of art and science. This ink on Belgian Linen composition, so beautifully drawn, h Read more

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January 23rd 2025 Sold at Welcome Swallow, representing Aston Greathead's collection from Fine Art Society New Zealand. This oil on board composition Barney’s Rock Kaikoura III, is typical of Greathead's, light Read more

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January 20th 2025 Gallery artist, Sue Wickison continues to attract buyers for her incredible exhibition, Outrageous Plants. As with all her botanical illustrations the viewer is treated to forensic cross-sections Read more

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January 17th 2025 With her exotic and outlandishly wonderful composition, Ceropegia woodii, otherwise known as String of Hearts, gallery artist Sue Wickison, demonstrates the joy and pleasure of her art forms. This sa Read more

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January 17th 2025 On the opening night of the exhibition Outrageous Plants, botanical artist Sue Wickison quickly established her credentials with four sales of her delicate ink on Belgian linen compositions. Devilish Read more

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January 14th 2025 Gaen's expressive art continues to find favour with visitors to Welcome Swallow. On the final day of the Pepper exhibition, his composition, Swing With a Punch was quickly snapped up by local Read more

The Welcome Swallow Gallery gets community support

January 5th 2025 The new exhibition for January and February 2025 is sponsored by a recently formed group that is independent of the Trust Board that oversees the galley and gift shop. The Friends of Welcome Read more

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January 5th 2025 Gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo pushes her quest to mix histories and memories using special devices to immerse the viewer. Such compositions offer insight and depth to what might otherwise Read more

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January 5th 2025 Sold from the Structure & Place exhibition, this outstanding watercolour, Beale House, by gallery artist, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, captures the timeless cadence of the oldest structure in Hamilton. Read more

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January 4th 2025 As this contemporary composition, Pepper-Men, from gallery artist Debra Thompson naturally held dominion over the Pepper exhibition, the accompanying music of the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart’s Club Read more

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December 31st 2024 Aston Greathead’s (1921-2012) work is represented by Fine Art Society New Zealand. A sign-writer by trade, his artistic prominence dates from 1966 when he won the Sir Henry Kelliher's Dawson Read more

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December 17th 2024 By selling 97 Flat from the Pepper exhibition, new gallery artist Michele Rumney has established her artistry and technique in the face of the hot breath of the consumer. This exhibition celebrates t Read more

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December 16th 2024 Sold from the Pepper exhibition, most suitably, is the serene watercolour composition by gallery artist, Martin Necas, Lucy's Boat. So clearly linked to the lyrics, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Read more

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December 15th 2024 New gallery artists, Michele Rumney continues her  selling streak with the purchase of Citrus Monday from the Pepper Exhibition. A remarkable composition with origins that return the viewer to Read more

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December 14th 2024 Another Pepper piece from the exhibition of the same name has attracted a local art buyer who loves the ambience and feel created by gallery artist, Julie Mello. A beautiful post impressionist oil Read more

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December 2nd 2024 Elena Brambilla’s fine artistry with botanical watercolours is represented by her acorn series that has seen another sale; Acorn with Life Support I Read more

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December 1st 2024 Capturing a vivid scene from the 1930s, Hong Cumming expands the size of the steam train, crossing Victoria Street, Hamilton, to emphasise the sheer shock of just such an event. This magnificent Read more

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December 1st 2024 Bernadette Parsons is the consummate impressionist watercolourists, again cementing her reputation as the ‘Turner of New Zealand', with her sale from the Winter Collection 2024 of the atmospheric Read more

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November 30th 2024 Rosanne Croucher, new artist to the Welcome Swallow Gallery has wasted no time in establishing her gallery credentials to go alongside her substantial footprint in New Zealand art. Nearing Hush - Lew Read more

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November 29th 2024 Hong Cumming's charcoal sketches that creatively visualise four tracks form the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band Album were subjected to a swift onslaught of buying on the opening night of the Read more

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November 29th 2024 Sold on the opening night of the Pepper exhibition, Bernadette Ballantyne’s composition, Forgotten, in her signature soft pastel. A classic evocative rural piece of New Zealand real estate Read more

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November 29th 2024 New gallery artist Michele Rumney is quick off the mark with the sale of Take Five from the Pepper exhibition. With a very innovative super-evolved Fauvist style, Rumney’s compositions received Read more

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November 25th 2024 Sold from the Ambiguity exhibition, from gallery artist Diane Scott, is the geometrically mind bending mixed media composition, Fold. Scott's art challenges the whole concept of dimensions in time a Read more

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November 16th 2024 With his florid watercolours, Martin Necas has the ability to capture a moment in time. At the End of a Hard Day, is just such a composition. A tired bar that has seen many 'end of days' is presented Read more

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November 12th 2024 Kirsten McIntosh's lovely oil on canvas, Settler's Track has only been in the gallery for a few days and now sold and on it's way to permanent location.  Read more

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November 7th 2024 Sold from the exhibition, A Journey with Chinese Art, is Jing Liu's absolutely gorgeous watercolour on silk in the claborate style, Glowing Orchid. Eye-catching and quite irresistible.  Read more

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November 4th 2024 Sold from the Winter collection 2024, gallery artist, Elena Brambilla's watercolour botanical composition, Acorn with Life Support, Beautifully painted in exquisite detail, art and science now on Read more

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October 30th 2024 The geometry of Gaen’s expressive composition, Good Evening,  works well as a representation of Auckland’s variegated topography and indeed as a metaphor for the city’s diaspora. Now sold from Read more

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October 12th 2024 Toni Kingstone's magical realism compositions typically invoke narratives that are both insightful and challenging. In the case of Wild Horses, now sold, one cannot help but recognize the prospects Read more

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October 8th 2024 Gallery artist Maggie B. Sullivan continues to present intriguing, atmospheric compositions that are anchored in astronomic reference points. Her Postcards from Pleiades series offers immersive Read more

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October 4th 2024 Cartography is the grand narrative of land. Art also presents breathtaking landscape compositions that help the viewer appreciate and understand the vast expanses upon which civilisation is built. Read more

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October 1st 2024 Quite clearly, gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh is not able to keep her birds from flying away. Now, her composition Echoes of the Kokako has left the gallery, possibly in search of its Tui friend Read more

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September 28th 2024 Kirsten McIntosh's dark immersive composition, Tui's Song has quickly found favor with a local collector. After a short few days in the gallery this Tui has taken flight to a new home. Read more

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September 20th 2024 Gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh continues to attract buyers for her sumptuous autumnal  compositions. Sunset Serenade, Rome has only been in the gallery 48 hours, now destined to be relocated. The Read more

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September 20th 2024 Gallery artist Hong Cumming continues to attract buyers for her wonderful watercolour compositions. In this case, Te Koutu Domain Cambridge is moving to a new geographical location. Someone should te Read more

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September 18th 2024 Utterly exquisite. Dawn's Embrace, sold from the Winter Collection 2024, gallery artist, Bernadette Ballantyne's floral composition in soft pastel. More than admired, merely astonished at the Read more

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September 8th 2024 Geology of Karioi Volcano by Oliver McLeod, 2024 This intense portrait of Karioi Maunga depicts a landscape of volcanic silence and cultural tension between the Tainui-Māori and colonial experien Read more

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September 7th 2024 Chris Greenslade has amassed a loyal following for his watercolour style that tends to lead to his work being sold. In this case his Street Talking Priests from the Street Stories exhibition has tak Read more

Extensive coverage of the gallery activities in the Waikato Times

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August 26th 2024 Gallery artist, Kirsten McIntosh continues to attract buyers. From the Winter Collection 2024, her beautiful oil composition, Whispers of Winter Bloom has been a gallery favourite with many Read more

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August 22nd 2024 Gallery artist Miranda Caird who is also represented by Fine Art Society, New Zealand , presents a deeply immersive impressionist acrylic composition, Caught in the Headlights II that has now been Read more

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August 20th 2024 NZ Poppies by gallery artist, Kirsten McIntosh has found a new home;  a Waikato collector who much appreciated the vibrancy of this attractive oil on board composition. Read more

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August 17th 2024 Having sold five compositions in the gallery that featured the Murray River in Australia, gallery artist, Julie Mello now turns her attention to New Zealand real estate, selling to a local collector, Read more

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July 28th 2024 Brideshead Revisited by novellist Evelyn Waugh Presented by artist, Debra Thompson Brideshead Revisited was a novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. It follows, from the Read more

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July 26th 2024 Dusky is a powerful expressionist composition of Christchurch, by new gallery artists Gaen, sold from the Welcome Swallow Gallery, Winter Collection 2024.  Read more

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July 24th 2024 Expressive abstract art has the advantage of being able to provide the viewer with a sense of movement, anticipation and interpretation. So goes the sale of Juliet Roper’s Inside Looking Out I, Read more

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July 24th 2024 The Welcome Swallow Gallery represents the Fine Art Society of New Zealand, thus enabling the gallery to access the back catalogues of established New Zealand artists. This fine painting by Aston Read more

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July 24th 2024 The Welcome Swallow Gallery represents the Fine Art Society of New Zealand, thus enabling the gallery to access the back catalogues of established New Zealand artists. This fine painting by Aston Read more

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July 13th 2024 Morning Frost at Queenstown is a superb  painting by Chris Greenslade, gallery artist and winner of New Zealand’s watercolour painting of the year in 2023. Greenslade uses a masterful watercolour Read more

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July 11th 2024 Sold from the Botanica exhibition, Janet Marshall's Karamu is a superb ink an wash illustration of plant life-cycle that underpins the value and beauty of botanical art.  Read more

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July 11th 2024 As the artist for several New Zealand stamps, Janet Marshall's botanical compositions have graced the gallery to much admiration. On this occasion, her Coprosma Robusta watercolour is off to be Read more

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July 9th 2024 Intricate and intriguing expressive abstract compositions such as Lorraine Bailey's Indigo Landscape #1 are always enjoyed and purchased by art connoisseurs who forensically review what the gallery h Read more

Best Day of the Year

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July 2nd 2024 Unsurprisingly, Bernadette Parsons watercolour compositions often bring comparisons with JMW Turner. Night Rock Pools, sold from the Winter Collection 2024 has drawn such comments of late. Bought by Read more

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June 21st 2024 Toni Kingstone's resin on acrylic magical realism roundels have always enchanted gallery visitors. On this occasion, the irresistible draw of Purple Rain from the Winter Collection 2024 exhibition Read more

Volunteer's Morning Tea

June 20th 2024 Volunteers can never be celebrated in excess.  Read more

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June 18th 2024 Winter’s Veil is a supreme oil composition presented by gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh at the Winter Collection 2024 exhibition, now sold to a passionate art collector who appreciates the depth of Read more

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June 15th 2024 The wonderfully translucent watercolour composition, Plum Blossom from the Winter Collection 2024, by gallery artist Jing Liu is soon to be relocated to a new 'garden'.  Much admired by gallery Read more

Winter Collection 2024

June 9th 2024 Our Winter Collection 2024 is now available for viewing! 10th June - 31st August. The exhibition is a veritable smorgasbord of fine art in the form of expressionism, impressionism, magical realism, Read more

Remembering June, Lady Hillary

June 2nd 2024 Along with New Zealanders and many people from around the world, the Welcome Swallow Gallery is saddened by the passing today of June, Lady Hillary. An official portrait of June, by gallery artist, Read more

Fleeting Moments of Autumn

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May 23rd 2024 Using his signature post impressionist style, gallery artist, Martin Necas has sold his final piece, Morning on Pembroke Street from the Street Stories exhibition. Gracing the Catalogue cover, this Read more

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May 6th 2024 With that distinct Mediterranean ambience, gallery artist, Maggie B. Sullivan has superbly captured the dreamy nature of Luberon Village.. Using oil on panel this post-impressionist composition takes Read more

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May 6th 2024 Sold from the latest Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition, Street Stories, in Juliet Roper's wonderfully immersive expressive abstract mixed media composition, Street Steps.  Read more

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April 30th 2024 Hong Cumming matches her watercolour artistry with her interest in capturing Hamilton social history. The scene here is of Victoria Street that until 1964 saw steam trains crossing the town's main Read more

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April 15th 2024 Following on from her Five Cityscapes showcase, Turner-Barlow has further developed her expressionist methodologies with a unique composition entitled, New Zealand Street. This hypnotic triptych. in Read more

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April 12th 2024 Sold from the City Gallery, exhibition,  II FEMINAE is Joslyn Hobbis' brilliant sculptured composition work, Heaven's to Betsy. A great start to this new exciting exhibition! Read more

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April 10th 2024 Sold from the Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition, Street Stories on preview day, this fine post-impressionist watercolour composition from Gallery artist, Martin Necas immediately captures the Read more

New exhibition at the City Gallery

April 4th 2024 Running parallel with the Street Stories exhibition at the Grey Street gallery, we are proud to announce a second exhibition at the City Gallery, entitled II FEMINAE. Artists Mariska de Jager Read more

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March 27th 2024 Sold from the City Gallery exhibition, A Devotion to Form, are Sylvia Sinel's, historic compositions from her Forbidden Fruit collection. A healthy diet of Bananas, Apples and Grapes for the discerni Read more

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March 14th 2024 Sold from Sylvia Sinel's City Gallery exhibition, A Devotion to Form, are these two cat sculptures that continue to attract attention and buyers; a cat yard bowl and a terracotta composition that Read more

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March 12th 2024 This beautiful illustration of Chinese calligraphy from gallery artist Yu Ting Li, entitled Inscription for My Simple Hut is an exquisite composition that highlights the delicacy and precision of Read more

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March 4th 2024 In this exhibition we are also showcasing Chinese calligraphy. This is the stylized artistic writing of Chinese characters, the written form of Chinese that unites the spoken languages. Such Read more

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February 25th 2024 Sold from the City Gallery exhibition, A Devotion to Form, is Sylvia Sinel's, historic composition, Forbidden Fruit. And there's plenty more where that came from. Go ahead... tempt yourself... (see Read more

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February 23rd 2024 Sylvia Sinel's Queen Katrina from the exhibition, A Devotion to Form, is taking her leave from the City Gallery; no doubt that in her new home, new narratives will be in the making. Read more

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February 21st 2024 ~  PANORAMA OF RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS  ~ This fan represents a section of a famous painting; a masterpiece of China’s “blue green landscape”. The entire original painting (see below) is nearly Read more

Celebrating our Volunteers

February 18th 2024 Out on the back deck, Lots of tempting food. Outdoor music, funish'd and burnish'd in the hot and hazy afternoon sun, frustratingly missing; Miss Joan Hunter Dunn... Read more

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February 16th 2024 Sold from the Devotion to Form exhibition, Sylvia Sinel's very striking duel pieces, My Body is a Temple. Read more

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February 10th 2024 While Sylvia Sinel held an informal conversation regarding her dedication and Devotion to Form, two sculptural pieces (seen below) were quietly acquired. Read more

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February 10th 2024 Chinese calligraphy is a fundamental component of the new exhibition, A Journey with Chinese Art. The Welcome Swallow Gallery is proud to present Yu Ting Li's calligraphy that anchors the cultural Read more

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February 10th 2024 Orchid, sold from the recently launched exhibition, A Journey With Chinese Art, is the most delicate watercolour on silk composition that is indicative of the Jing Liu's outstanding artistry. Read more

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February 10th 2024 Italian gallery artist Elena Brambilla, noted for her botanical artistry skills also demonstrates aquatic mastery with her large watercolour, King Fish, now sold and shortly to swim towards a new Read more

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February 9th 2024 A couple rightly entranced by the presence of Lesley Lawson (Twiggy) and Audrey Hepburn, who between them, in very different ways, defined 60s shades of elegance and chic to the max, made the only Read more

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February 9th 2024 Arriving from the Chinese mainland an hour before the opening of the exhibition, A Journey with Chinese Art,  this incredible scroll by Yong Ming Liu, immediately found favour with a buyer who Read more

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February 9th 2024 Sold on opening night from the exhibition, A Journey with Chinese Art, is Jing Liu’s mystical watercolour composition, Viewing Mountains and Fog. Read more

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February 9th 2024 Sold on opening night of the exhibition, A Journey with Chinese Art, is the watercolour composition White-eye and Loquat by gallery artist Jing Liu Read more

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February 9th 2024 This simply stunning Chinese scroll, watercolour on Chinese rice paper, sold on opening night of the exhibition, A Journey With Chinese Art, by mainland artist Yong Ming Liu. Should you be in range Read more

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February 9th 2024 This lovely, delightful, watercolour by gallery artist Hong Cumming indicates that the real estate market is improving for both buyers and sellers with the gallery acting as an agent dedicated to Read more

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February 9th 2024 Another superb sculpture, Abstraction - Kingfisher has been sold from the Devotion to Form exhibition by Sylvia Sinel at the Welcome Swallow, City Gallery. The emerging pattern is selling.  Read more

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February 9th 2024 Sold on preview day, Kingfisher is a beautiful watercolour from the exhibition, A Journey with Chinese Art, by gallery artist, Jing Liu. Read more

Waikato Times media coverage for new Chinese exhibition, A Journey With Chinese Art

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February 4th 2024 On this, only the second day of a two month exhibition. A Devotion to Form at the City Gallery on Ward. this fine sculpture, Abstraction has been sold to a local collector.  Read more

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February 1st 2024 Goldfinch, from the distinctive exquisite watercolour brushes of gallery Italian artist, Elena Brambilla, now sold. The strong firm poise belies the fact that this putative 'red head' is about to Read more

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January 16th 2024 Sold from the Winter Collection 2023, is Juliet Roper's. seemingly abstract composition, A Traveller's Tale. This was one of the gallery's 'expressive abstract' pieces wherein close inspection Read more

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January 7th 2024 This beautiful most atmospheric impressionist work, Whangamarino River from watercolourist, Bernadette Parsons has been sold from the Waikato Watercolourist's III exhibition. Read more

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January 5th 2024 Gallery artist Maggie B. Sullivan continues to sell her dramatic, colourful abstract compositions. Indian Summer has now come early for a buyer who expressed a deep connection with the intensity of t Read more

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December 29th 2023 From the exhibition, The Five Studies, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo has sold her second Garden Place watercolour composition, Permaculture, Parking, Place. This important painting  presents a taxonomy of Read more

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December 28th 2023 Sold on the first opening day after Christmas, Sandra Turner-Barlow's Touch II, a very very vibrant Watercolour that excites, at least, the imagination.  Read more

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December 24th 2023 From the exhibition, Our Times, Martin Necas, presented a vibrant watercolour of Hamilton's Garden Place, entitled Time to Return, now sold to an Australian collector, bound for Melbourne. Read more

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December 15th 2023 Stop Press: Romance is not dead. Gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh's vibrant NZ Roses sold today to a newly engaged couple (as of yesterday), who will eventually relocate to Canada with the Read more

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December 15th 2023 Sold to two different buyers with strong connections to Australia, are two of Julie Mello's rich impressionist compositions, Flooding Darling River and Brighter Days, now meandering their way to new Read more

Christmas and New Year Hours

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December 5th 2023 Hong Cumming's paintings do not stay long in the gallery these days. Bought as a special gift for a 50th birthday, is her splendid watercolour, Waihi Beach that will no doubt be received with great Read more

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December 4th 2023 From the Winter Collection 2023 exhibition, Kirsten McIntosh's majestic Symphony of Light, has been admired by many visitors to the gallery, now bought to take pride of place in a local art Read more

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December 4th 2023 Sold from the Drawn from Life exhibition, Ron Stenberg's, exquisitely drawn, The Bridge Workers is now in the possession of a local art collector.  Ron Stenberg had a long and distinguished career Read more

The Festive season: art and gifts

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Yasmin Davis presents her 2023 Ceramic Koru

November 27th 2023 A gallery favourite, especially at this  time of year when people are looking for unique Christmas gifts that are original pieces of art. Each year Yasmin Davis presents new themes and subjects in Read more

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November 20th 2023 Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo's stunning composition, From Garden to Place that sold on the  opening night of the exhibition, The Five Studies, features no less than 8 historical paintings of Garden Place Read more

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November 20th 2023 From The Five Studies exhibition, these two pieces have been inspired by the Spanish composer Enrique Granados, whose piano work is entitled "sketches" and specifically a work called "The Evening Read more

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November 20th 2023 From The Five Studies exhibition, these two pieces (see next post) have been inspired by the Spanish composer Enrique Granados, whose piano work is entitled "sketches" and specifically a work called Read more

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November 20th 2023 Sapper Horace Moore-Jones led a remarkable life. He was a Gallipoli First World War artist, map maker and local hero who died while saving the lives of others in the tragic 1922 Hamilton Hotel fire. Read more

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November 20th 2023 Sapper Horace Moore-Jones led a remarkable life. He was a Gallipoli First World War artist, map maker and local hero who died while saving the lives of others in the tragic 1922 Hamilton Hotel fire. Read more

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November 20th 2023 Selling on the first day of The Five Studies exhibition, Sandra Turner-Barlow’s, mind-bending dual mirror image presents a parallax view that uses wing mirrors (L) to bring a partial view of the pa Read more

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November 20th 2023 Selling on the first day of The Five Studies exhibition, Sandra Turner-Barlow’s, mind-bending dual mirror image presents a parallax view that uses wing mirrors (R) to bring a partial view of the pa Read more

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November 19th 2023 Lattice from the Yours Abstractly exhibition, by gallery artist Diana Seavill has found a new home. Much admired by gallery guests, the Acrylic and Mixed Media composition sold today! Read more

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November 19th 2023 Homage to Hopper shows the composition depth to Turner-Barlow’s artistry. The painting evokes a deliberate comparison to the work of American artist Edward Hopper, who in the 1930s and 40s painted Read more

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November 17th 2023 Bridge Over, a wonderful watercolour from the Structure & Place exhibition, by gallery artist Hong Cumming has been sold as a surprise gift, for which the gallery will be unashamedly fully culpable, Read more

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November 5th 2023 Gallery artist Julie Mello's beautiful oil on board painting, River Bank has found favour with a local collector . She notes of the composition, "The Darling River takes an easy bend here, reflecti Read more

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November 5th 2023 Gallery artist, Hong Cumming, continues to attract buyers for her exquisite watercolours. Her composition, Hobbit Door is now destined for relocation. Read more

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October 28th 2023 Gallery artist, Sandra Turner-Barlow continues to attract buyers for her work. This watercolour composition, English Oak II continues her contribution towards botanical art. Read more

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October 26th 2023 Juliet Roper's Blooming Flowers II This is a second post that is connected to the previous one. It represents a dual purchase. Dominating the gallery at the moment are two pieces entitled Bloom Read more

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October 26th 2023 Dominating the gallery at the moment are two pieces entitled Bloom Burst I and Bloom Burst II. Featured here is Bloom Burst I. Both are the work of gallery artist Juliet Roper and they are part of Read more

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October 25th 2023 Sold from the Yours, Abstractly showcase, is Juliet Roper's vivid oil composition, Poppies. The strong colour contrasts make this painting an immediate 'stop and stare' feature in the gallery. Read more

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October 25th 2023 Sold from the Botanica exhibition, Birgit Rhode's delicate watercolour composition Magnolia in Flower (magnolia ramut.) So beautiful. Read more

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October 18th 2023 Diana Seavill's composition, Stressed Vessel, from the Yours, Abstractly showcase intrigued many gallery attendees on the opening night, from which one buyer emerged. Now sold.  Read more

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October 17th 2023 This expressionist abstract composition from the showcase exhibition, Yours. Abstractly, by gallery artist, Juliet Roper, places the viewer within the tree canopy, looking out to the sky and Read more

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October 16th 2023 Diana Seavill's compositions invite Plato's claim that all aesthetics can be realised as geometric forms. Ever the case with this composition, Orbits, sold on opening night of the Yours, Abstractly Read more

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October 16th 2023 On opening night of the Yours, Abstractly Showcase, gallery artist Diana Seavill presents Baubles with Bottles, an expressionist abstract composition that quickly found favour with a local Read more

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October 16th 2023 One of the most recognized figures of the 20th century, portraits of Marilyn Monroe continue to attract interest and buyers. This rendition, 'MM' by gallery artist Debra Thompson, has found favour wi Read more

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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

Showcase!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 21st 2021 Read more
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September 11th 2021 Chloe Sutherland's final composition, Flowers, in the Winter Bright exhibition has now been snapped up by a local collector. As the Peoples' Choice Award winner from the school's exhibition, The Read more
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September 4th 2021 Las Vegas is the destination for the magnificent Winter Bright exhibition Volunteers' Choice Award winner, Washed with Sunlight, by gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh. The pathway though the portal of Read more

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

Winter Bright exhibition now online

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

Winter Bright exhibition moves online

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New gallery addition

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

New in the gallery

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

Rita Angus @ Welcome Swallow

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

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

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

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

In Our Memory

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

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

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

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

The Artful Four: 40 shots

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Chloe Sutherland, Peoples' Choice Award Winner

Chloe Sutherland, Peoples' Choice Award Winner

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

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

A Gaye Jurisich installation

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

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

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

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

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

SOLD!

March 31st 2021 One of the most talked about compositions in the exhibition, Joy of Humanity: People & Place, has been Sunflower Peek, by one of the gallery original artists, Rebecca Dowman Ngapo. Ideally Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

March 31st 2021 The watercolour composition, Moonlight, by Martin Necas, cleverly uses an interchange of dark and light to to create a mystical mood atmosphere. Recently sold from the Joy of Humanity; People & Read more

SOLD!

March 27th 2021 Bird's Eye View from gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh, sold from the Permanent Collection, is on its way to an overseas collector in the UK. While in the gallery, this acrylic composition has Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

March 25th 2021 This acutely stylized oil composition from Sandra Barlow, entitled, Dunedin Street, challenges the modern city architecture that sits alongside more settler-styled buildings. The grey cube in the Read more

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

This is what we do

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

For the Romantics

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

Opening Night!

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

SOLD X 2

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

New Exhibition Catalogue!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD

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

SOLD!

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

End of a Journey SOLD

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

Political Art SOLD

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

Sold on Sunday!

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

'Beevolution'

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

Welcome Swallow Gallery to host Schools Competition

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

2021

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

SOLD on Saturday

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

An important gallery painting enters a private collection

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

New Catalogues x 2

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

F5 Exhibition Catalogue now available online

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

SATURDAY SALES...

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

SOLD on SATURDAY

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

Welcome Swallow Gallery YouTube channel launched

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

Welcome Swallow Gallery Exhibition F5

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD on SATURDAY!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

Welcome Swallow Gallery Exhibition - Refresh F5

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

SOLD!

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

Sold on Sunday!

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

A New Look!

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

SOLD!

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

A Day to Remember

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

Frances Hodgkins @ Welcome Swallow

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

The New Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo Collection

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

Sold on Sunday!

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

SOLD on Saturday!

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

SOLD!

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

Unveiling of June, Lady Hillary portrait

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

SOLD!

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

The Jurisich Experience - review

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

Volunteers' Choice Award Winners 2019-2020

September 22nd 2020 Read more

Gallery Sales in the last 24 hours

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

A Super Stunning Welcome Swallow Gallery Exhibition Opening Night!

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

Exhibition launch night, Friday 18th September 5.30pm

September 18th 2020 Online Catalogue Read more

Gray's corner

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

Denise White - new arrivals!

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

"It's all in the Mind" Final Days

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

Sold on Sunday

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

New Exhibition announcement

September 4th 2020 Read more

SOLD!

September 3rd 2020 Read more

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

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

The art of Marise Rarere

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

From the Permanent Collection

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

Gallery Catalogues I-VII

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

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

August 14th 2020 Following the Prime Minister's announcement that Auckland will remain at Level 3 Lock-down until 26 August, with the rest of the country at level 2, this event has been deferred until New Zealand Read more
New Zealand Icons at The Welcome Swallow Gallery

New Zealand Icons at The Welcome Swallow Gallery

August 3rd 2020 Mark Sainsbury and Tom Scott will be at the June, Lady Hillary portrait unveiling on 21st August. Noted broadcaster, Mark Sainsbury will be MCing the event, while author and famous Read more

Hannah Goodwin's composition "A Deep Breath"

July 30th 2020 From the exhibition, "It's all in the Mind", the Volunteer's Choice Award, A Deep Breath, by artist Hannah Goodwin has recently been sold. A spectacular painting that has been greatly admired since Read more

A Welcome Swallow Gallery announcement: Portrait of June, Lady Hillary

July 26th 2020 On Friday 21st August the Welcome Swallow Gallery is hosting a very special private function that marks the completion of the Sir Edmund Hillary Centenary year 2019-2020. A portrait of June, Lady Read more
New in the Permanent Collection

New in the Permanent Collection

July 26th 2020 Just arrived, at the Welcome Swallow Gallery, beautiful new watercolour from Denise White, Bantry Bay Read more

Marise Rarere's dazzling art

July 17th 2020 With this composition. Marise Rarere's work combines the intersecting lines extant in Piet Mondrian's, 1930 Red, Yellow an Blue, with Ellswothy Kelly's 1951 Colours for a large wall. Her artistic Read more

Kirsty Black's Midnight Conga

July 12th 2020 Kirsty Black Midnight Conga Acrylic on Canvas 915x1222mm (Diptych) Price: $1850 Read more

Exhibition launch takes off!

July 10th 2020 Despite a cold New Zealand winter's night, 100 avid art lovers gathered to celebrate the launch of, "It's all in the Mind" at the Welcome Swallow Gallery. CEO and Trust Chair, Dorothy Gilson noted Read more

A sneak peek at the new exhibition

July 8th 2020 Don't miss the launch, this Friday 10th July, from 5.30pm! Read more

It's that time again...

July 7th 2020 It just isn't right. If walls could speak they would surely comment on their unwelcome exposure to vacant stares. However, a sense of vulnerability is quickly tempered by the prospective new exhibiti Read more

A mix of contemporary art and politics

July 6th 2020 As the U.S. gears up for the 2020 Presidential election, the Welcome Swallow Gallery presents an iconic and unique historic composition not previously seen in New Zealand.  As a passionate Read more
Coming Together Again

Coming Together Again

July 2nd 2020 As the Gallery prepares for its first full exhibition launch since last February, Dr. Dorothy Gilson, Chief Executive of the Achieving Change for Children Charitable Trust (ACCCT) and Gallery Manager Read more
Catalogue Cover, "It's all in the mind."

Catalogue Cover, "It's all in the mind."

June 24th 2020 A stunning visual feast for Hamilton East "It's all in the Mind" If you like the challenge that abstract art presents to the viewer, this is the art place be. Opening night Friday 10th July from Read more

A New Zealand Story exhibition - last week

June 23rd 2020 Till the end of the month @ the Welcome Swallow Gallery, we have superb pieces of art on display and for purchase.  For those working at the Gallery the lock-down experience, was paced by this Read more

Fancy a dance?

June 18th 2020 The Welcome Swallow Gallery is about to open its doors to this evocative composition from Kirsty Black that echoes the strong gestural lines of Jackson Pollock's Mural painting, from 1943. This Read more

Beautiful roundels from Helen Cairney

June 9th 2020 Each individually painted works of art, these roundels from the brush of Wellington artist Helen Cairney delight and attract attention in the space that they occupy.  Read more

Whoa! The Welcome Swallow Gallery going Abstract?

June 3rd 2020 Taking a different turn, the next exhibition in the gallery embraces a very different genre where we open the imagination towards the unknown, the realm of personal insight. Abstract compositions Read more
DB Chartered Accountants Volunteers' Choice Award Winner

DB Chartered Accountants Volunteers' Choice Award Winner

June 2nd 2020 We are very happy to announce that Colleen Tetley's, Karangahake Gorge has won the Volunteers' Choice Award for the current exhibition, A New Zealand Story. The Award comes with a cheque for $250 Read more

A New Zealand Story, at the exhibition launch

May 23rd 2020 An artist and her work: Trish Harding Read more

Hanging with Pablo

May 21st 2020 A Welcome Swallow volunteer taking a break, quietly reading next to the Gallery feature, a Pablo Picasso composition, now residing in Hamilton East till end of June. Read more

New to the Permanent Collection

May 20th 2020 These two watercolours by Bernadette Parsons are both 470x700mm, Price: $3250 each. To the left is Haast, to the right, Glenorchy. Read more

Pablo Picasso at the Welcome Swallow Gallery

May 11th 2020 For the duration of the exhibition, A New Zealand Story, the compositions on display will have a guest alongside them. Although Picasso is primarily associated with the cubist genre, he retained a Read more

A New Zealand Story, exhibition opening 23rd May, 10am - 4pm

May 11th 2020 While the new wonderful exhibition, A New Zealand Story has been live and online since alert level 3, we are now able to look forward to a more traditional launch that takes place in the gallery. Read more

Ray Ching composition @ the Welcome Swallow

May 11th 2020 Currently the gallery only owns one painting. This is a superb Ray Ching composition called The Swallow & the Falling Leaf.  It represents the name of the gallery while profiling one of New Zealand Read more

Getting ready to open again

May 10th 2020 Sanitizer, gloves, masks at the ready. It's time... Read more

A New Zealand Story: Filming the exhibition

May 8th 2020 The Welcome Swallow Gallery has responded to the demands to create online experiences by photographing and filming the latest exhibition, making it possible to see the paintings both in situ and via Read more
A New Zealand Story exhibition online

A New Zealand Story exhibition online

May 3rd 2020 Our new exhibition, A New Zealand Story, is available for viewing online. Click on the photograph of the catalogue cover to take you there. The exhibition catalogue is also now available below. Read more
Birthday!

Birthday!

May 1st 2020 The Welcome Swallow Gallery was opened a year ago today on 1st May. The aptly named opening exhibition, Celebration, brought together the artists who had prior exhibited with the Welcome Swallow Read more

COVID-19 Online Auction item for Women's Refuge attracts bids

April 30th 2020 To date, the online auction for the stunning composition by Bernadette Parsons, Aotea Harbour between Raglan an Kawhia, has attracted bids to $700. The auction closes on 11 May, leaving plenty of ti Read more
In Memorium

In Memorium

April 28th 2020 Grace Forbes was a fearless and dedicated volunteer. She was a wonderful storyteller and had experienced a very rich and interesting life. Grace was dedicated, cheerful, kind and resourceful and had Read more
Click and Collect now available

Click and Collect now available

April 27th 2020 If you have spent the last few weeks zooming in, seeing 'the lives of others' perhaps it might be time to provide new vistas for self and those who have virtually shared your own abode. The Permanent Read more

A New Zealand Story

April 24th 2020 Alert Level 3. Catalogue available shortly.  Click and collect.  Read more

Preparing for the next exhibition

April 22nd 2020 What could this photo below possibly mean!? Of course, it means that the new exhibition is upon us! Although the gallery cannot be open to public viewing at this time, we are currently able to put Read more

Buying your art online

April 18th 2020 COVID-19 frustratingly pegged back the length of our Waikato Watercolourists exhibition by 2 weeks. Until the new exhibition, A New Zealand Story launches, the Gallery has available the unsold Read more

COVID-19: Support for Women’s Refuge

April 16th 2020 While in lock down it is evident that the additional stress of domestic living has placed extra pressure on the services provided by Women’s Refuges in the Waikato. With this in mind the Trust is Read more
From the Permanent Collection VII

From the Permanent Collection VII

April 15th 2020 This composition is the 7th and final blog post to feature the Welcome Swallow Gallery Permanent Collection. As a watercolour artist, Denise White became intrigued with the way that international Read more

From the Permanent Collection VI

April 13th 2020 The Sanctuary Mountain project began with a dream to protect the diversity of plant and animal species living on Maungatautari. The community came together with an aim to restore and protect this Read more

From the Permanent Collection V

April 10th 2020 Robyn Ninnes's popular paintings graced the Welcome Swallow Gallery across three exhibitions before her work was placed in the Permanent Collection. Taking inspiration from a stylized or Read more

From the Permanent Collection IV

April 8th 2020 An artist from the UK, Gilian Hamilton’s graphite work creates powerful imagery. In this deeply moving composition, the artist allows us to access the private task-driven endeavours of a child from Read more

From the Permanent Collection III

April 7th 2020 First seen in the christmas in the gallery exhibition last year, Sandra Barlow presents an intense study entitled, Apple Blossom. While the white tinged luxurious red blossoms in full bloom are Read more

From the Permanent Collection II

April 5th 2020 One of the most striking compositions in the christmas in the gallery exhibition last year, was the finely crafted Tui and Jug, by Wellington artist, Helen Cairney. The unlikely juxtaposition of Read more

From the Permanent Collection I

April 3rd 2020 In order to curate more focused exhibitions in the gallery the Trustees decided to section off the front of the gallery from the main hall, thus enabling us to show a permanent collection from our Read more
What's in a name?

What's in a name?

April 2nd 2020 Every organization or entity that provides goods and services prefers to have instant name recognition that creates loyalty, repeat business and buying habits that become viral. For example, this is Read more

What on earth is that!?

March 30th 2020 The cubism of Picasso, the strong gestural lines of Tamara de Lempicka, the heretical religious provocations of Caravaggio, the Vienna Secessionists with Klimt challenging traditional artistic Read more

Hang Time

March 29th 2020 Is there anything more irritating than a painting in a gallery that is not level or out of alignment? The human eye is capable of registering less than 2 millimeters of misalignment, especially on Read more

Behind the scenes...

March 26th 2020 Across all our social media platforms there are literally hundreds of photographs of the Welcome Swallow Gallery. We pride ourselves in presenting a beautiful space worthy of the artists' work that Read more

Retrospective

March 24th 2020 As all gallery and gift operations move online, our blog space will review some of the highlights of the past year while also presenting some of the exciting things that we will be doing when we are Read more

Shutdown

March 23rd 2020 As Covid-19 challenges our way of life, the title of our next and now postponed exhibition, A New Zealand Story, remains apposite, albeit for somewhat different reasons. Understandably, the gallery a Read more

An iconic pairing

March 20th 2020 A New Zealand Story, exhibition 3rd April - 31st May 2020 Read more

Featuring...

March 10th 2020 Read more

To build a gallery...

March 5th 2020 Cleared Read more

Watercolour New Zealand Newsletter, March 2020

March 1st 2020 Watercolour New Zealand has published an article by Trust member Clive Gilson that reviews The Waikato Watercolourists exhibition and the origins of the paintings on display that come from the work Read more
Congratulations to Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo

Congratulations to Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo

March 1st 2020 At the Welcome Swallow we are intensely proud of the work that our artists show in our gallery. Even better when one of them is further recognized on the national stage. Watercolour New Zealand Read more

Remarkable!

February 25th 2020 A New Zealand Story, the next exhibition at the Welcome Swallow Gallery is barely a month away... Read more

Hot Damn!

February 23rd 2020 The recently launched Waikato Watercolourist Exhibition @ The Welcome Swallow Gallery has attracted wide publicity. A half page article that features the exhibition with additional references to the Read more

Likes

February 20th 2020 Read more

The Waikato Watercolourists launch night - A packed gallery

February 14th 2020 As temperatures soared, so did the number of attendees at the launch night of the Waikato Watercolourists. MC Mark Kilgour member of the Trust Board paced the evening, pointing out that the gallery w Read more

The Six Waikato Watercolourists Artists

February 14th 2020 L- R: Denise White, Bernadette Parsons, Paulette Bruns, Diane Mayson-Hewitt,  Sandra Barlow, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo Read more

The Waikato Watercolourists Exhibition 14th February - 31st March, Catalogue now available

February 14th 2020 Read more

Francis Hodgkins in the Welcome Swallow Gallery

February 13th 2020 Alongside the Waikato Watercolourist exhibition 14 February - 31st March, the gallery has a special exhibit of four Hodgkins compositions, not seen together before. See pdf below for further details. Read more

Rita Angus in the Welcome Swallow Gallery

February 13th 2020 During the Waikato Watercolourists Exhibition 14 February - 31st March, the Gallery is displaying a beautiful watercolour by Rita Angus, entitled Wainui mid-summer Banks Peninsula (1943). The pdf bel Read more

Advanced article on the Waikato Watercolourists Exhibition, in STUFF NZ by Mike Mather

February 11th 2020 Read more

Our Committed Volunteers

February 11th 2020 After hours, the volunteers from the Achieving Change for Children Charitable Trust (ACCCT) that runs the Gallery and Gift Shop, attend regular sessions where our progress as a Trust is put under the Read more

The art of art

February 4th 2020 Ever wondered how paintings take shape? Where does an artist start? What happens between a blank canvas and the finished product? Click on the link below and Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, one of the artists Read more

Volunteers Wanted!

January 30th 2020 Read more

Follow the Gallery on Instagram

January 24th 2020 https://www.instagram.com/wsgalleryandgifts/ Read more

The next Catalogue from The Welcome Swallow Gallery

January 22nd 2020 Full catalogue available at the Exhibition launch 14 February 2020 Starts at 5.30pm. Not to be missed. Read more

The Waikato Watercolourists Exhibition Coming Soon 14 February

January 19th 2020 There is some super art coming our way in the watercolourists exhibition. See below a preview of three pieces. Read more

Come and see

January 11th 2020 Our Prints in the Gallery exhibits are now available for viewing starting Monday 12 January. Read more

Fine Flint prints now on display

January 9th 2020 The special Prints in the Gallery exhibits from 12 January till 12 February contains two major prints from Sir William Russell Flint that are now on display. Left to right they are, Slipway, Read more

Prints in the Gallery

December 27th 2019 From 12 January to 12 February 2020, in partnership with the Jonathon Grant Galleries in Auckland, the Welcome Swallow Gallery is featuring prints from Sir William Russell Flint together with a range Read more

Trust adds new members

December 9th 2019 As our Gallery and Gifts property continues to expand its activities, the Achieving Change for Children Charitable Trust (ACCCT) has strengthened its Board by appointing Sandra Barlow with Ailene Read more

This is what we do

December 8th 2019 We are extremely pleased that we are able to support the Waitomo/Waipa Women’s Refuge services.  The refuge runs two safe houses for women and children victims of domestic violence in the Waikato Read more

Welcome Swallow Gallery artist, Ailene Cuthbertson's YouTube tribute to local Galleries

November 24th 2019 In this video blog, Ailene features three local Galleries that are celebrating Christmas with their art. In the section that covers the Welcome Swallow, Ailene interviews Trust member, Clive Gilson Read more

Launch night: christmas in the gallery

November 1st 2019 More than 175 people turned out to the opening night of christmas in the gallery. Board Chair and Chief Executive, Dorothy Gilson outlined how ongoing art exhibitions enabled the Trust to raise funds Read more

New Exhibition! christmas in the gallery

October 16th 2019 Read more

Huge Huge turnout for exhibition launch night, 27 September 2019

September 27th 2019 Standing shoulder to shoulder, over 200 people attended a very special launch night for the exhibition, Raglan Art with Risk. The Raglan Art community together with People of Fire, put on a spectacul Read more

Feature of the month for October 2019

September 26th 2019 This is one of only two known art deco handkerchiefs that were given to attendees at the world premiere of Gone with the Wind, 15th December 1939 at the Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta. Reputedly Read more

New Exhibition! Raglan Art with Risk

September 9th 2019 Read more

SOLD!

August 27th 2019 We are delighted to share that this week the Gallery saw the sale of one of its most iconic pieces, Homage to Jasper Johns by Marilyn Rea-Menzies. Since the launch of the Exhibition threads of life, Read more

Fabulous night @ the Welcome Swallow Gallery!

August 9th 2019 "...thoughtful, provocative, technically fascinating, aesthetically beautiful and thoroughly enjoyable". Sam Edwards, Arts Critic for the Waiktato Times 13 August 2019 The launch of the new exhibiti Read more

The Threads of Life catalogue is online, below

July 29th 2019 Read more

Threads of life exhibition opens 9 August, sponsored by Ebbetts Audi

July 12th 2019 Read more

The Humble Handkerchief…

July 6th 2019 Amid the clamour for a more sustainable lifestyle, the choices that we make on a daily basis cannot escape the reusable, recyclable mantra. The good old fashioned handkerchief appears to be making a Read more

Feature of the Month: July - 2019

June 29th 2019 On loan from a private collection; the artist, Catherine Abel was commissioned to produce a Tamara de Lempicka-inspired acrylic that represents a classic art deco style from travel in the 1930s. Read more

Launch date at Welcome Swallow Gallery! New exhibition!

August 9th 2019 Read more
SOLD!

SOLD!

June 22nd 2019 As art works from the celebration exhibition continue to sell, one of our important paintings, Marilyn by Jos Coufreur has recently been sold to a local collector. Marilyn was very much part of the Read more
Just arrived!

Just arrived!

June 22nd 2019 Native wood boxes made by KTY crafts of Te Awamutu.  The woods are kauri, pohutakawa, walnut and puriri.  Some are plain and some cabochen with various gem stones.  We have small and large lidded Read more
Gifts for Men

Gifts for Men

June 9th 2019 Gifts for men including New Zealand skin care products, sponge and pouch bags for toiletries and computer accessories, silver fern mugs, playing cards, Robyn Ninnes tiles, journals and note books, Read more

For updated celebration online catalogue, indicating art works SOLD, click below

June 2nd 2019 Read more

celebration - redux new preview pieces

May 25th 2019 As we prepare for the celebration - redux opening on 14 June, profiled below are two outstanding art pieces, just received that will be shown in the exhibition. Read more

Call for new Board Members

May 16th 2019 The Achieving Change for Children Charitable Trust (ACCCT) that manages the Welcome Swallow Gallery and Gifts is looking for new Board Members with expertise in the following areas: Marketing Public Read more
Press coverage of the celebration exhibition, Waikato Times 14 May 2019

Press coverage of the celebration exhibition, Waikato Times 14 May 2019

May 14th 2019 We are delighted and encouraged that the opening celebration exhibition of the new Welcome Swallow Gallery on 1st May 2019 has attracted significant press coverage that includes an 'across the page' Read more
celebration redux

celebration redux

May 10th 2019 The celebration exhibition launch on 1st May 2019 was a great success! Many of the items in the Catalogue were sold on the night with several more pieces being snapped up in the days after the Read more
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Hamilton East


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Hamilton East,
Hamilton 3216

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9:30am - 4:30pm 

Saturday:
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Sunday:

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