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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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February 20th 2021 The magnificent highly reflective acrylic and resin composition, Beyond the Lagoon, by artist Toni Kingstone proved irresistible this weekend, leaving the Permanent Collection to take up residence 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
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February 11th 2021 Gallery artist Toni Kingstone, continues to attract buyers, currently by the day. Her dramatic acrylic / resin composition, Golden River, now sold to a local collector. Read more
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February 10th 2021 Toni Kingstone's, Rock Pool Reflections that has recently been sold from the Permanent Collection is one of her signature Acrylic / Resin compositions that has delighted Gallery goers and now as part Read more

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February 10th 2021 Robyn Ninnes, is one of the Welcome Swallow Gallery original artists who continues to sell her beautifully stylized compositions. Seen here is Mount Karioi, sold to a local art collector. Read more
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February 9th 2021 Winter Catch-up, by Gallery artist Juliet Roper belies the current warmer climes by presenting a mood-inspired oil painting that captures a European winter using an impressionist flavoured brush. Read more

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

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February 3rd 2021 The watercolour composition Fairfield Bridge by gallery artist Martin Necas is an excellent illustration of using a vivid colour palette to bring a familiar subject to life. Necas presents sublime Read more
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February 2nd 2021 The Haast Beech Study watercolour, by Gallery artist Bernadette Parsons that took out the Volunteers' Choice Award for the exhibition, Joy of Humanity: People & Place, has just sold to a discerning 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

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

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

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January 22nd 2021 In the lead up to the launch, Juliet Roper's, compositions are attracting the critical attention of those previewing the exhibition, Joy of Humanity: People & Place. On this occasion the painting Read more
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January 22nd 2021 A pre-launch sale of the iconic composition, Italia, by artist Juliet Roper. Destined to be sold quickly, this is truly representative of the exhibition, Joy of Humanity: People & Place.  Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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December 15th 2020 Gavin Smith's, timeless watercolour, Road to Maungatautari has just been sold to an overseas buyer in the U.S. Gavin's work is greatly admired by gallery goers, as well as those buying from Read more
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December 14th 2020 Robyn Ninnes, long associated with vibrant stylised colours and compositions that vividly capture New Zealand bird life against a backdrop of azure inspired coastal waters has once again caught the Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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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
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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

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

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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