http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.wsgalleryandgifts.com en-us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:19:02 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/163575/sold/ 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.... Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:04:12 +1200 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post163575 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/163574/sold/ 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. ... Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:51:10 +1200 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post163574 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/163565/sold/ 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.... Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:24:22 +1200 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post163565 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/163563/sold/ 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.... Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:07:34 +1200 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post163563 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/163561/sold/ 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!... Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:04:26 +1200 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post163561 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/163556/sold/ 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.... Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:06:22 +1200 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post163556 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/163555/sold/ 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.... Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:35:34 +1200 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post163555 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/163508/sold/ 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.... Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:50:30 +1200 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post163508 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/163499/sold/ The motif for the exhibition The Art of Hamilton Gardens that appears on the cover of the Catalogue has been quickly snapped up my local collectors who have indicated that they will be proud custodians of this iconic image, The Floating Dream by gallery artist Hong Cumming.... Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:14:48 +1200 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post163499 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/163494/sold/ Sold on the first few minutes of the opening of preview day for The Art of Hamilton Gardens, is the beautiful waterrcolour by talented gallery artist Jie Yi Liang who currently also teaches at the Waikato Chinese Culture & Art Centre (NZ). The composition is called Purple Wisteria Bridge and was bought by a Garden enthusiast as resplendent of a deep family memory.... Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:30:51 +1200 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post163494