Sold on Sunday
Pandemic or no pandemic, the Welcome Swallow Gallery is helping people to infuse their homes with some loved-up art! ...
September 6, 2020New Exhibition announcement
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September 4, 2020SOLD!
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September 3, 2020A Welcome Swallow Gallery announcement: Unveiling of the portrait of June, Lady Hillary
Following the Prime Minister's announcement that Auckland will now be at level 2.5 lock-down, with the rest of the country at level 2, the Trust Board has decided to hold this event when the country as a whole returns to alert level 1. At this point it will be safe for Auckland residents to attend gatherings of any size. Watch out for further announcements....
August 30, 2020The art of Marise Rarere
Shimmer (18), Ink, ink pen, acrylic, pencil 380x560mm, Price $750 Sky Garden (19), Ink, ink pen, pencil, 380x560mm, Price $595 "Thankyou", Print, 250x550mm, Price $390...
August 27, 2020From the Permanent Collection
Glenorchy is a superb watercolour that demonstrates the breath-taking artistry of Bernadette Parsons, complete with Italian framing. Since the Waikato Watercolourists exhibition in February and March, Bernadette has sold 5 major paintings at the Welcome Swallow Gallery....
August 26, 2020Gallery Catalogues I-VII
Since May of last year the Welcome Swallow Gallery has curated seven exhibitions, each captured in a catalogue that contains details of all compositions together with an art commentary and bio of each of our artists. Proud to display in the gallery, this framed arrangement of each catalogue cover....
August 15, 2020A Welcome Swallow Gallery: Portrait of June, Lady Hillary - DEFERRED
Following the Prime Minister's announcement that Auckland will remain at Level 3 Lock-down until 26 August, with the rest of the country at level 2, this event has been deferred until New Zealand returns to Level 1. ...
August 14, 2020New Zealand Icons at The Welcome Swallow Gallery
Mark Sainsbury and Tom Scott will be at the June, Lady Hillary portrait unveiling on 21st August. Noted broadcaster, Mark Sainsbury will be MCing the event, while author and famous cartoonist,Tom Scott, a long time traveling companion of Sir Ed and Lady June, will provide some biographical notes regarding the 'Hillary years'. Portrait artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo as well as David Reeves, Head of Collections at the Auckland Museum will also address the...
August 3, 2020Hannah Goodwin's composition "A Deep Breath"
From the exhibition, "It's all in the Mind", the Volunteer's Choice Award, A Deep Breath, by artist Hannah Goodwin has recently been sold. A spectacular painting that has been greatly admired since the opening of the exhibition; many have coveted, one has bought it. ...
July 30, 2020A Welcome Swallow Gallery announcement: Portrait of June, Lady Hillary
On Friday 21st August the Welcome Swallow Gallery is hosting a very special private function that marks the completion of the Sir Edmund Hillary Centenary year 2019-2020. A portrait of June, Lady Hillary by gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo will be unveiled in the gallery in the presence of Lady June and a hundred invited guests. After being on display at the Welcome Swallow Gallery until 1st October 2020, the portrait that has been gifted to the Auckland Museum will be relocated where it will...
July 26, 2020New in the Permanent Collection
Just arrived, at the Welcome Swallow Gallery, beautiful new watercolour from Denise White, Bantry Bay...
July 26, 2020Marise Rarere's dazzling art
With this composition. Marise Rarere's work combines the intersecting lines extant in Piet Mondrian's, 1930 Red, Yellow an Blue, with Ellswothy Kelly's 1951 Colours for a large wall. Her artistic narrative dazzles, demanding either a concentrated eye or a larger view of canvas that with no singular point of vision, relaxes and calms. ...
July 17, 2020Kirsty Black's Midnight Conga
Kirsty BlackMidnight CongaAcrylic on Canvas915x1222mm (Diptych)Price: $1850...
July 12, 2020Exhibition launch takes off!
Despite a cold New Zealand winter's night, 100 avid art lovers gathered to celebrate the launch of, "It's all in the Mind" at the Welcome Swallow Gallery. CEO and Trust Chair, Dorothy Gilson noted that this was the first exhibition since the lock-down and that it was gratifying to see so many people attending. She pointed out that successful exhibitions raise funds that enable women's refuges in the Waikato to fund children's play therapy programs. Artists, Toni Kingstone, Marise Rarer...
July 10, 2020A sneak peek at the new exhibition
Don't miss the launch, this Friday 10th July, from 5.30pm!...
July 8, 2020It's that time again...
It just isn't right. If walls could speak they would surely comment on their unwelcome exposure to vacant stares. However, a sense of vulnerability is quickly tempered by the prospective new exhibition that is about to appear, Bring on the hangmen. By opening night Friday 10th July the gallery will be suitably dressed. Come and see us! After-all, "It's all in the Mind"....
July 7, 2020A mix of contemporary art and politics
As the U.S. gears up for the 2020 Presidential election, the Welcome Swallow Gallery presents an iconic and unique historic composition not previously seen in New Zealand. As a passionate environmentalist and defender of human and animal rights, Peter Max often dedicated paintings and posters for these noteworthy causes. However, the composition presented here was for President-elect, Bill Clinton’s inauguration festivities that began on the 17th January 1993 and were completed at the sw...
July 6, 2020Coming Together Again
As the Gallery prepares for its first full exhibition launch since last February, Dr. Dorothy Gilson, Chief Executive of the Achieving Change for Children Charitable Trust (ACCCT) and Gallery Manager sees this as a great opportunity for the arts community to reconnect. “Throughout the lockdown period the Gallery maintained its presence online and even managed to hold a great exhibition, A New Zealand Story. Since we have re-opened, we’ve had many people expressing relief that they can again ...
July 2, 2020Catalogue Cover, "It's all in the mind."
A stunning visual feast for Hamilton East "It's all in the Mind" If you like the challenge that abstract art presents to the viewer, this is the art place be. Opening night Friday 10th July from 5.30pm. Supported by the NAR Foundation. Featured artists in this exhibition Kirsty Black Hannah Goodwin Toni Kingstone Marise Rarere Kate Wilson ...
June 24, 2020A New Zealand Story exhibition - last week
Till the end of the month @ the Welcome Swallow Gallery, we have superb pieces of art on display and for purchase. For those working at the Gallery the lock-down experience, was paced by this exhibition. It became our own New Zealand Story. The photo-montage attached to this post shows four of the compositions that remain available for purchase. Last chance to come and see. ...
June 23, 2020Fancy a dance?
The Welcome Swallow Gallery is about to open its doors to this evocative composition from Kirsty Black that echoes the strong gestural lines of Jackson Pollock's Mural painting, from 1943. This sensational piece forms part of the new exhibition, "It's all in the Mind". If you like the challenge that abstract art presents to the viewer, this is the art place be. Opening night Friday 10th July from 5.30pm. ...
June 18, 2020Beautiful roundels from Helen Cairney
Each individually painted works of art, these roundels from the brush of Wellington artist Helen Cairney delight and attract attention in the space that they occupy. ...
June 9, 2020Whoa! The Welcome Swallow Gallery going Abstract?
Taking a different turn, the next exhibition in the gallery embraces a very different genre where we open the imagination towards the unknown, the realm of personal insight. Abstract compositions invite multiple meanings that defy stable categorization. Situated between the work of Wassily Kadinsky and Helen Frankenthaler, Hannah Goodwin presents, Drenched in Colour; a delicious cacophony of dazzling shades that shed obvious references to tradition forms. This evocative painting is a mere c...
June 3, 2020DB Chartered Accountants Volunteers' Choice Award Winner
We are very happy to announce that Colleen Tetley's, Karangahake Gorge has won the Volunteers' Choice Award for the current exhibition, A New Zealand Story. The Award comes with a cheque for $250 from the Award sponsor DB Chartered Accountants. Congratulations, Colleen!...
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