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The gallery has only held Debra Thompson's composition, Park Avenue, for a week. It was bound to sell. It has. On it's way to Melbourne art collectors...

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Barely on the gallery walls for a week this beautiful Acrylic on Board composition, entitled Lake Wanaka by highly regarded New Zealand artist Aston Greathead has sold and is on its way to the home of a buyer who retains treasured memories of this topography and place....

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This is a magnificent painting entitled Motukiekie Rocks by Aston Greathead that presents a view of the Motukiekie Rocks  on the West Coast of the South Island, looking north towards the pancake rocks at Punakaiki Beach. Snapped up by a recently returned expat from the U.S. ...

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Sold from the Waikato Watercolourists II exhibition, is a dramatic post-impressionist composition by gallery artists Martin Necas, entitled, Hot Summer Evening, Lake Ngaroto. This painting matches the buyer’s memories of this place and time. Art alignment; meant to be....

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Gallery artist, Debra Thompson uses an evocative contemporary style and colour palette  to bring out the essence of celebrities and icons. In this case Twiggy has caused many to stop and stare, as she did in the swinging sixties and more recently in the Welcome Swallow Gallery. Now sold to smitten buyers who recognize the grand narrative that this composition powerfully portrays....

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Gallery artist Martin Necas has produced several beautifully painted watercolour miniatures for swift art indulgence. It's a happening thing......

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Sold from the gallery, a brilliant impressionist watercolour composition entitled Hollyford,  by gallery artist Bernadette Parsons. A signture piece by any defintion....

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Rain Lifting at Mt. Ruapehu, is a wonderful post impressionist watercolour composition from gallery artist Martin Necas, sold from the PEAKS exhibition. ...

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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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