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Cole Raithby's grand narrative contribution to The Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition is to imagine the Gardens as a dance. Indeed the sold piece, Dancing Grass, by way of pointillism and van Gogh curvature, creates just such a powerful impression....

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Few visitors to the gallery have passed the composition, Lakeside Lingering at Turtle Lake, by gallery artist, Rosanne Croucher, without stopping and marvelling at the light creating a translucent effect through the rose petals. No surprise that this highly vibrant painting was going to be planted elsewhere. In this case to a new home recently acquired by a couple who intend to replace their previous art collection with gallery paintings. Quite right too....

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Gallery artist, Rosanne Croucher's compositions have attracted much commentary from gallery visitors - now transpired into the sale of Lakeside Lingering at Turtle Lake from The Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition.   Working in oils her exhibition pieces, present an atmospheric realism technique that captures the magical mood provided by nature. Her compositions communicate the munificence that the Gardens display....

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Much admired and now sold, Michele Rumney's composition entitled, 'The Visitors', from the exhibition, The Art of Hamilton Gardens.Michele Rumney’s painting technique is a strong pastiche drawn from French artist Andre Derain's world of 1910 and the birth of the Fauvism movement that used strong gestural lines to imply both structure and content of composition. In this exhibition Rumney extends these lines to appear as the actual content that defines the subject matter. This can be seen i...

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The final composition of Carmel Van Der Hoeven's hexaptych, Six Easy Pieces in The Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition, has been sold. The Chinese Scholar's Garden, much admired and the subject of many inquiries in both New Zealand and Australia will now be replanted in Hamilton....

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The calm of the Japanese Garden in The Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition has been supremely captured by watercolourist, and gallery artist Chris Greenslade in the now purchased Japanese Garden of Contemplation II....

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Gallery artist, Bernadette Parsons continues to attract buyers for her watercolour impressionist compositions. On this occasion, Mansfield Gardens from The Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition has been relocated, uplifted by an art teacher who very much appreciated the atmospheric feel of the painting. ...

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Curiosity and Colour at the Indian Garden, by gallery artist Aleesha Winter has found a home with a sunflower lover who was enchanted with the 'focus' of the composition. It's wonderful to see an artist selling out their pieces in an exhibition, especially when the artist has not been previously seen at the gallery. The Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition is the better for it.In her own words; 'There are many doors at the gardens. Many are a deliberate part of the garden installation and can be o...

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Cole Raithby's watercolour composition, Floral Dance, has sold to a local collector who was intrigued by the notion of The Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition being interpreted as a form of dancing.According to the gallery exhibition plate, 'the best way to describe Cole Raithby’s art is as a continuous dialogue with the impressionist painters of the late 19th and early 20th century. His three pieces in this exhibition are a distinct pastiche with the early work of Monet and more specifically t...

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And so gallery artist Carmel Van Der Hoeven, in selling the Ancient Egyptian Garden has sold five of her Six Easy Pieces that form part of The Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition. This particular painting will see a part of ancient Egypt relocated to Auckland....

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Sold from the Pepper exhibition, Julie Mello's post impressionst oil on boad composition entitled Grazing thje Plains #2. The buyer was particularly attracted to the strength of the colour palette, bringing to life the vegetation and background elevations....

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Gallery artist Carmel Van Der Hoeven has now sold the fourth of her stunning Six Easy Pieces that are in The Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition. The English Flower garden is going to be replanted in Christchurch....

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This additional roundel, Floral II from gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh to the exhibition The Art of Hamilton Gardens, has attracted much attention and now snapped up by one of the many many Garden lovers who are visiting the exhibition....

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A beautiful Botanical Leaf in watercolour, gifted by gallery artist Elena Brambilla  has been sold to a fellow artist who expressed delight in the exquisite detail and colour contrasts of the composition. ...

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The buyer of Bernadette Parson's fine watercolour impressionist composition,  Of Water in the Chinese Scholar's Garden, from the Art of Hamilton Gardens, spent eight years working alongside the development of this particular Garden. The painting resonated powefully for the collector. ...

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Victorian Charm, Time for Two, a watercolour composition by gallery artist Aleesha Winter, captures the cadence and tranquil ambience that the Gardens can create for visitors. Sold from the exhibition, The Art of Hamilton Gardens, to a local collector who greatly admires the artist's work....

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Hong Cumming's gallery successes continue with the selling of her Egyptian Garden watercolour composition, Still Waters of Peace from The Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition. Her personal reflections are most apposite, "Here, I focused on the Egyptian Garden’s calm reflection. The still water and the space just gives that feeling of quiet. The focus is simply a moment to pause, take a breath, and feel at peace". - Hong Cumming...

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Carmel Van Der Hoeven continues to attract buyers for her Six Easy Pieces in the Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition. It is The Surrealist Garden that on this occasion is being transported to a local collector's property....

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Kirsten McIntosh, a consummate floral artist has sold Indian Char Bagh Garden Floral I from the Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition, a beautiful oil on board roundel. ...

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Sold from The Art of Hamilton Gardens, is Carmel Van Der Hoeven's second painting from her 'Six Easy Pieces' hexaptych. On this occasion it is the Indian Char Bagh Garden that will be on it's to Auckland....

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Garden visitors are greeting by the edifice stones entitled, Nga Uri o Hinetuparimaunga, Earth's Blanket, which is the title of Michele Rumney's bold composition that has sold from the Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition....

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New Gallery artist, Carmel Van Der Hoeven's strong contribution to New Zealand art continues with her magnificent hexaptych in the Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition, from which The Italian Rennaisance garden compostion, acrylic on canvas, has been quickly acquired by a couple starting their art collection. Quite the start!...

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Chris Greenslade's watercolour brush always captures the atmospheric essence of his subject, in the case the Tudor Gardens from the exhibition The Art of Hamilton Gardens. Accordingly another of his compositions has been gallery-sold....

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New gallery artist, Aleesha Winter has registerd her first sale from the exhibition, The Art of Hamilton Gardens. Contemplation in the Chinese Scholar's Garden, a beautiful watercolour quickly caught the attention on launch night, attracting a committed gallery buyer....

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The Art of Hamilton Gardens exhibition preview day has recorded another sale, ‘Curiouser and Curiouser’ by gallery artist and watercolourist, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo. It has been purchased by a collector with significant links to an Alice in Wonderland play that was held in the Surrealist Garden. Art is typically paced with personal connections....