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From the Waikato Watercolourists II exhibition, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo’s, composition, Our Cook, has been purchased by a local collector. The Cook has long been a significant landmark for the Hamilton East community and indeed the wider metropolitan area. The painting captures the Cook’s iconic status for the generations who shared the venue, creating memories that salve the soul....

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A flower not previously seen in the gallery and now not long in the gallery, Wind Clover, a spectacular watercolour composition from the Winter Collection 2023 by gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, is soon to be re-planted into a local art-lover's collection....

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Bernadette Parsons's impressionist brush was no more evident than in this startling composition, Finding Pathways that was painted on 100 year old art paper. From across the years, bought from the Resident Artists' Gallery by a young collector who immediately saw the gravitas of this atmospheric painting. ...

A Magnificent Obsession

The Welcome Swallow Gallery embraces diverse artistic endeavour.   The Gate, that recently won the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art, Peoples' Choice Award, now resides, for the month of July, in the Resident Artists' Gallery.The Latin word 'Texere' translates into the 'art of weaving'. It is a powerful metaphor that embodies the act of stitching together a myriad of fibres, stories, lives and crafts that are transformative to modern living. Farming, like art, becomes the central th...

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Sold from the Resident Artists' Gallery, Diana Seavill's fun abstract composition, Connections. This particular piece of art has been a favorite of gallery goers, now part of a local collector's portfolio.  ...

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This delightful watercolour, Zenders Café, by new gallery artist Chris Greenslade, has quickly sold from the 2023 Winter Collection. As with his other compositions in this collection, Chris captures his subject with an intimate delicacy, while nested in blended colours resplendent of a grand narrative. This is especially true of his painting (see below), December at Waitarere Beach that won the Watercolour New Zealand Winsor & Newton Summer Competition 2023; also on temporary display in the...

New Exhibition

This new fine art collection will present three artists new to the Welcome Swallow Gallery. Bernadette Ballantyne, Chris Greenslade and Renata Nemeth, who join, Sue Currie, Charlotte Giblin, Toni Kingstone, Juliet Roper, Stephen Milner, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo and Kirsten McIntosh in presenting the 2023 Winter Collection.Join us on the opening night, Friday 30th June...

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One of Juliet Roper's women from her Same But Different  collection (#4) in the Resident Artists' Gallery, has just left for her new home in Christchurch. ...

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Ron Stenberg (1919-2017) had a long distinguished career as an artist, teacher and illustrator, carrying our his practice in New Zealand and Scotland where he spent his last 30 years as a Professor of Painting at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee. Destined for the south island, this 2011 composition, from the Fine Art Society New Zealand exhibition, Drawn From Life, Ian Shearing Goats, is a hand-coloured etching. It sits alongside a similar pastel subject composition from 1991. ...

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Sold from the Resident Artists' Gallery, this fun piece from Sandra Barlow would grace any Conference, Board room or gathering of 'very important' people....

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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. ...