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Bought by local collectors, from gallery artist, Bernadette Parsons is her stunning watercolour of Aoraki, Mount Cook.  A show-stopper from the PEAKS exhibition....

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Last Light, an expressive abstract  composition in Acrylic and Mixed Media by gallery artist Juliet Roper has sold from the PEAKS exhibition. As with all mountain paintings, it's all about the light and in this case how the artist wishes to capture its essence and poingnancy. ...

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The last composition to sell from the showcase The Old World Meets the New... has past into the hands of avid local collectors who much appreciated the classic New Zealand narrative of a farm scene in the arms of a distinguished mountain. Mount Fyffe Farm Scene a detailed watercolour by Aston Greathead captures a moment in time and indeed the hint of an art form that belomgs to this world and no other....

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Sold from the Showcase, The Old World Meets the New… this is the final aquatint by Italian master Giovanni Bonazzon to leave the gallery. Notably, this composition is a beautiful example of his detailed artistry....

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Sold from the Structure and Place exhibition is Gavin Smith's much admired post impressionist work, Hood Street in the Rain. ...

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Kinetic Daydream from the Design is Everything exhibition, by gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, has been sold to a New Plymouth Collector. The painted gallery is returning to it origional home. In this watercolour, the reflective surfaces of the Len Lye Gallery shimmer behind the figure of Len Lye himself, a meeting of maker and monument. Lye’s work, with its celebration of movement, light, and sound, extends beyond sculpture into the very architecture that houses it. The building, wit...

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Gallery artisty, Cole Raithby continues to thrill his audiences. Dreams in Violet, sold to an important NZ collector. The artist explains the composition below.“Dreams in violet.” portrays a singular tree that works its way up the composition and out of frame. The twisting branches suggest a long history with all the environmental factors it had to face throughout its life.In a way, I feel all trees have this intimate quality about them where the viewer can imagine how the tree came to the s...

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Italian master and gallery artist, Giovanni Bonazzon has attracted many buyers for his Venetian compositions, the most recent being this  splendid Ink and Sepia, Gondolas at Rest, Venice. from the showcase exnhibition, The Old world Meets the New......

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Sold from the Showcase, The Old World Meets the New... is another beautiful Venetian Scene aquatint from gallery artist Giovanni Bonazzon....

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Cole Raithby's Van Gogh pastiche, Derealization is a stunning oil composition that has brought people to the gallery to view and admire. Now sold to a Christchurch collector. Raithby's personal commentary follows. Derealization is a deeply personal piece rooted in my experience with depersonalization-derealization disorder.Derealization is the feeling that your surroundings are unreal, dreamlike or distorted, while depersonalization is the feeling of being detached from one's self, and/or t...

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Sold from the Showcase, The Old World Meets the New... is the delicate ink and watercolour painting from gallery artist Giovanni Bonazzon, entitled St Mark's Square from the Grand Canal. ...

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Julie Mello's vibrant post impressionist composition, Shadows on the Wairoa River  from the Pepper exhibition has sold to a long-time admirer of the artist's work....

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The Rialto Bridge is a delicately painted watercolour by gallery Italian artist Giovanni Bonazzon, sold from the highly successful showcase The Old World Meets the New... Sold to a local collector, to anchor many memories of Venetian visits....

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Sold from the Pepper exhibition is Arrowtown II by gallery artist, Gavin Smith. This watercolour follows the artist's post-impressionist brush, a light touch that brings the drama of the subject matter firmly to the fore....

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Sold from the exhibition, Design is Everything, is Chris Greenslade’s  beautiful watercolour composition, Portofino.Portofino nestles into a small alcove near the Italian port of Genoa. Typical of the Italian Riviera, high elevations surround the mediterranean  ‘vernacular’ style dwellings that include what is known as trompe-l'oeil, small ornamental arrangements that distinguish one structure from another. This painting is more subdued in colour and atmosphere than its subject. ...

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The exhibition, The Old World Meets the New... continues to attract motivated buyers. Aston Greathead's art is greatly admired with three of his composition selling in quick succession (see below). His renditions of the South Island resonate powerfully for those with personal narratives that are associated with his subjects. ...

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The Showcase, The Old World Meets the New... has quickly atracted buyers. Aston Greathead's Mount Cook and Walter Peak have found new homes in the Waikato....

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The Forgotten Workhorse, from the Winter Collection 2025 exhibition, is a wonderfful watercolour composition by gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo and has sold, appropriately, to a farming family, entranced by the narrative of this classic New Zealand vista....

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Hong Cumming's magnificent waterccolour composition, The Golden Passage has been sold from the latest gallery exhibition, Design is Everything.Note from the artist:  I painted this after many years of living away from home, and as I get older, I find myself more and more drawn back to my own culture. The autumn light spilling across this imperial gateway feels like a symbol of memory and rediscovery for me — how distance can actually make your roots feel even stronger. As an immigrant, th...

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Chris Greenslade's watercolour composition, Monastery of Montserrat, from the Design in Everything exhibition, has attracted great admiration; now sold and on it's way to a new Waikato location.Culture, religion and history intertwine in the stunning Monastery of Montserrat located high on the Montserrat Mountain in Catalonia where mountain shepherds have told many legends of the appearance of  the Virgin of Montserrat. The stunning museum gallery that displays works by masters such as...

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The Design is Everything exhibition carries a range of design imperatives, some that challenge aesthetics as well as form and purpose. Just such a composition is Juliet Roper's, Design Decline that features a rather dilapidated warhouse wall. Charm and beauty can occur even when designs appear to be entering their final phase of life and purpose. A combination of the artist's eye and the buyers preference coincide....

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Hong Cumming continues to attract buyers for her outstanding art. On this ocassion, selling from the Still Slices of Life Exhibition is her oil splended composition, First Light of the Morning. Glass is terribly hard to paint. Enough said....

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Gallery artist, Martin Necas invites the viewer into his impressionist compositions thus creating endless storylines. Such is the case with the painting, The Calm Before the Storm that has been bought as a special retirement gift....

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Gallery artist, Cole Raithby has recently turned to watercolour painting, producing a van Gogh-like composition entitled River Flow. Snapped up on day one in the gallery. No surprise....