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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....

Mountains on Wards St.

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....

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From the Timeless exhibition catalogue. Stephen Milner's magnificent Golden Peaks and Mitre Peak sold to a company for display in their Auckland offices. ...

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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 ready with his sketch book, in the way young people are now with their phone cameras, Ron drew the people that sparked his interest. The Record Keeper may possibly have been keeping the score at a cricket match or some other sporting fixture. Ron was always keen on sport and attended many local gam...

Trust CEO, Dorothy Gilson introduces the Drawn From Life exhibition

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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 many and now sold to a local collector....

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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....

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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 identified this painting as their top choice from the exhibition offerings....

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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 as a 'surprise gift' the gallery is more than capable of entering clandestine, secretive and obscure activities to ensure maximum reveal impact of the purchase. ...

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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. Presented in the Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition, Drawn From Life in collaboration with Fine Art Society New Zealand, this important work sold quickly on preview day prior to the exhibition opening. ...

Stamps galore

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 are brought into the gift shop, takes them home and then spends considerable volunteer hours creating interesting packs for our philatelic-inspired friends who enjoy pouring over and purchasing the latest offerings put together by Trish....

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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 wind on form and shape. While the tree trunk remains sturdy and perpendicular to the terrain upon which it grows, the leaves and branches have all been stressed and windswept. Adapting, bending, complying; all responses to the forces of nature. And life.  How do we tackle, respond to the pressures ...

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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 FanAccording to Chinese legend as Lao Tzu entered the Hangu Pass, the guide, Guan Yin could see a purple mist coming from the east and sensed that a saint was about to emerge. At that moment, Lao Tzu came into view riding an ox. From this time, purple mist is seen as a powerful metaphor in Chinese culture and tradition ...

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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 answered by one and all, including those in the corporate location where it is destined to be seen....

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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. ...

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Sold from the photographic exhibition, Timeless, Stephen Milner’s fabulous tree-inspired photograph, Transition. Now destined for a corporate office, Auckland....

Advanced Notice

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 exhibitions of high quality.These artworks are all works on paper produced by Ron Stenberg, Tim Quirke and Jan Nigro; highly trained, professional artists. Although all three are completely different in their style and subject matter, they all display the skills that can only be acquired from years of traini...

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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 the water featured in the foreground. Sold from the Gallery Autumn Collection....

Autumn Collection 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 until the new exhibition,  Drawn from Life  that will be presented with the Fine Art Society of New Zealand. There are 70 original pieces of art currently on display, some of which can be seen in the following photographs....

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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 backBut there again, in the game of chess a little Pawn of lesser size and vale can, if you play wisely and reach the opponent's side of the board, be promoted into a piece of your choice, typically a Queen, this changing the whole game.Maybe the small one has the big one’s back in the end?...

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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....

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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 many iterations in its near 100 year history This includes the location of iconic kiwi folding chairs, made by Storkline. The Welcome Swallow gallery retains two such chairs (see below) purchased from the building in 1950. Every painting has a story....

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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 recently found distinct favour with a discerning ,local collector....

Sandra Barlow's five cityscapes

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 on a unique quest to present a series of paintings of five major New Zealand cities. Recently the fourth city in the series, Wellington was sold on its first day of showing. All four are now in private collections.With the completion of her Christchurch composition, anticipated towards the Spring of ...

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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 figuratively, New Zealand’s capital city rightly reflects both implicitly and explicitly, dimensions of power.Although this oil painting retains strong stylistic echoes from Don Binney, Rita Angus and landscape elements from Michael Illingworth, more than her other cityscapes, Wellington is presented wi...