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Certainly in terms of subject matter Chris Greenslade’s atmospheric watercolour, Lady in the Fog, Swarbrick Landing retains a strong subject matter pastiche with John Singer Sargent’s 1883 composition, Landscape with Women in the Foreground and also his earlier impressionist-leaning Olive Trees from 1878. Yet the delicacy of Greenslade’s brush work makes this superb composition both immersive and realistic. It has attracted much admiration and attention in the gallery exhibition, Our River...

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Sandra Turner-Barlow’s striking image combines the ubiquitous M67 grenade (still in active use across all war zones) with a white poppy atop. This serves to soften the visual impact while dramatically creating a powerful juxtaposition of reflection and contemplation. The subject matter of this richly textured composition is dominated by the brightness and luminosity of the single white poppy. Stark, symbolic and artistically expressive. Now sold from the Showcase, Flower Power, to a New Zealan...

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Much admired as a gallery stand-out, gallery artist Rosanne Croucher has sold a signature oil on panel composition entitled Lake Rotokaeo in Forest Lake. Originally featured in the Winter Collection 2025 this stunning artistry will be taking pride of place for a family celebrating a personal milestone. A fabulous personal gift....

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A fine watercolour, Ribbon River that traces the source of the Waikato River to the estuary has been designed and executed by gallery artist, Hong Cumming, especially for the exhibition, Our River. Cultural, social and geographical iconography are on full display. One visitor saw this composition as the centre piece of her collection. This is why she bought it....

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Paced by five Maori poupou (pillar) sculptures, this muted view of the Waikato River allows the light to emerge sufficiently to capture the outline of the river banks, trees, foliage and the Victoria Bridge. Hong Cumming’s River of Light watercolour painting from the Our River exhibition has been sold to a visitor both haunted and attracted to the murky cadence of the composition....

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Gallery artist Rosanne Croucher captures  the atmospheric feel of the Waikato River in her roundel oil panel composition entitled Drift. Now sold from the exhibition, Our River....

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Sold from the exhibition, Our River, is a beautiful watercolour diptych entitled Afterglow by gallery artist Martin Necas. These paintings attracted significant attention at the opening of the exhibition. Now snapped up....

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Sold from the Our River exhibition is Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo’s rather remarkable composition, Threads of Life: River Palette. In the artist’s own words:“As an artist, colour is often where a painting begins. The Waikato River offers an extraordinary palette - from deep greens and soft blues to muddy browns, weathered stones and the shifting colours of its surrounding landscape. Colour becomes a way of measuring and experiencing the river, with the embroidery thread making something intangibl...

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Sold on preview day, gallery artist Bernadette Parson’s, intense watercolour, Water’s Edge. As with The Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition, the current show, Our River, is resonating powerfully with buyers who have personal experiences that are represented by the compositions on display....

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“That gives me tingles” so spoke the buyer of Kirsten McIntosh’s oil on canvas composition, entitled, A Passage of Light, sold from the Our River exhibition....

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Sold immediately from the opening of the Our River exhibition is the Sandra Turner-Barlow acrylic on board composition, Backs to the Highways.Here we see Turner-Barlow’s signature expressive style place the Waikato river within a transitional historic narrative....

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Italian gallery artist, Giovanni Bonazzon has now sold all his watercolour compositions that were held by the gallery courtesy of Fine Art Society of New Zealand. On this occasion, it is Venetian Side Canal that is now permanently relocating to the Waikato. ...

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Gaen’s expressive geometric landscapes continue to attract interest in the gallery. And Buyers. On this occasion, the Musterer’s Hut has been sold from The Winter Collection 2026: Chaos & Calm.Scale, imagination, simplicity and a muted serene colour palette combine to create a compelling if not irresistible composition....

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Sold from the Out of Italy exhibition is the stunning architectural edifice Piccione con Duomo, by Italian artist, Elena Brambilla.This ink and watercolour composition breathes life into a stone structure that was started in 1386, reputedly completed in 1965 although by some interpretations originally anticipated to be completed a thousand years from inception. So this magnificent piece of art could be said to have captured the Duomo in ‘mid-build’....

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Sold from the showcase The Way We Were: Icons of the 60s, is the Debra Thompson striking composition, Marilyn. Bought by a collector who will be returning to 'The Mount' with this new acquisition.A luminous reimagining of an enduring icon, this mixed media portrait draws inspiration from Marilyn Monroe’s celebrated 1954 “Ballerina Series” photographed by Milton H. Greene. Set against a richly floral backdrop, Monroe’s unmistakable beauty is softened with romantic femininity while layered...

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Sold from The Winter Collection 2026: Chaos & Calm is Carmel Van Der Hoeven's composition, Which is Chaos and Which is Calm I. Since buyer previously purchased, Which is Chaos and Which is Calm II, this 'diptych twitch' is destined to stay together. Quite right too. ...

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Carmel Van Der Hoeven continues to sell her work from The Winter Collection 2026: Chaos & Calm. In this case, her expressionist abstract roots are on clear display as her composition, Which is Chaos and Which is Calm II, poses the conundrum precisely. No doubt the purchasers of this piece of art have made their peace with both the question and the answer....

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The Act of Seeing: Daydreaming and Believing that has formed the central feature of the exhibition, The Winter Collection 2026: Chaos & Calm, by gallery artists Carmel Van Der Hoeven has been sold as a complete work to buyers who are excited to add this magnificent hexaptych to their art collction.For centuries artists have sought to represent gardens, attempting to curate and present the munificence of nature. Monet and the impressionists signalled a move away from accuracy in art represent...

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New gallery artist Conny Scholten's watercolours have been much admired by visitors to the gallery. Her composition, Along the Lane, sold from The Winter Collection 2026: Chaos & Calm, will soon be relocating. ...

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Gallery artist, Julie Mello continues to sell paintings of her time spent in the Waikato. In her own words. "I remember first moving to New Zealand and settling in the Waikato region… I had never seen poplar trees before. I was, and still am, quite captivated by them. I always pay attention to them when I see them in a paddock somewhere - at any time of year". Poplar Stand now sold as a gift for a departing Executive from one of the organizations that the Trust supports each year....

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In her composition Desert Colours I, new gallery artist Elbie Nel uses a vibrant palette of colours to capture the post impressionist drama of the desert. Sold from the Winter Collection 2026: Chaos & Calm....

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Forest Floor from new gallery artist, Jennifer Edwards,  has sold from The Winter Collection 2026: Chaos & Calm exhibition. The composition that features vivid post-impressionist and expressive colours, has drawn much attention in the gallery and will form an important aesthetic contribution of the collector's new home....

Announcing a new Strategic Partnership

As part of gallery services we are frequently asked to assist in the hanging and curation of art, newly acquired from the gallery. Most often an understanding of interior design is a prerequisite for art to be integrated into the aesthetic imperatives prior established. With this in mind the Welcome Swallow Gallery has entered into a strategic partnership with Juliet Coleman Interiors of Cambridge. In this way, our aim is to better service our mutual clients.  ...

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New gallery artist Jennifer Edwards has sold her first painting in the gallery from the Winter Collection 2026: Chaos & Calm. Midnight bloom boldly presents a stylised floral composition with a strong black background. Striking enough to garner attention, commentary and purchase....

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Gallery artist, Juliet Roper challenges viewers with her art, as is the case with Phoenix Rising, sold from the Design is Everything exhibition.This painting references the Bauhaus movement, but in the context of war time Berlin. Much of Berlin was destroyed by Allied bombs. In the rebuild, some remnants were retained as war memorials. Arguably the most notable of these is the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in central Berlin that is portrayed here with a backdrop of a Bauhaus-style building also...