http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.wsgalleryandgifts.com en-us Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:39:27 +1300 Rocketspark http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/172346/sold/ Sold from the exhibition Kiwi Life: Past and Present, Ron Stenberg’s Ink and Wash composition, Executive Stress certainly takes us back to an era of landlines, cigarettes and masculine models of success, power and confidence.... Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:29:23 +1300 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post172346 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/172342/sold/ For several years Aston Greathead’s work has been greatly favoured by gallery clients, selling quickly once displayed. In this case, his Farmyard with Free Range Chickens has sold on the second day of the exhibition Kiwi Life: Past and Present.In 1966 he won Sir Henry Kelliher’s Dawson Hallmark watercolour award, which propelled him to fame resulting in many commissions that came from remote farms where he enjoyed painting on location. His favourite medium was watercolours, but over time he ... Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:10:55 +1300 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post172342 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/172313/sold/ The exhibition, Kiwi Life: Past and Present offers images no longer seen. Sold from the exhibition, Street Cleaner, Dunedin, by Ella Juliet Spicer (1876-1956) is an excellent example of a scene that could not be painted today. Horse and cart, no cars, a quiet street under brush.Ella Spicer’s art work is included in the collection in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa, the Turnbull and Hochen Libraries. At the beginning of the twentieth century she exhibited prolifically in fine art galleries th... Fri, 06 Nov 2026 09:57:58 +1300 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post172313 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/172291/sold/ Sold on preview day, by Aston Greathead, Farm in the Rakaia Gorge, from the exhibition, Kiwi Life: Past and PresentIn recent times, the gallery has had the fortune to obtain and sell several Aston Greathead paintings, a track record set to continue with this exhibition. His watercolour art resonates with a wide range of gallery clients.... Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:47:22 +1300 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post172291 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/172115/sold/ Cass and Rita Angus are indivisible in terms of New Zealand art history. Any artist entering this space faces the daunting task of adding something unique to the established narrative. Using his novel expressive geometric landscape technique, Gaen accomplishes this task.Using the train tracks to create a natural parallax perspective that draws in the station buildings, left and right, the anticipated journey towards the Southern Alps appears distant and elusive. The isolated location of Cass in ... Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:45:26 +1300 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post172115 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/171678/sold/ The Paulownia wood sculpture, Percy the Penguin, by award winning sculptor Rod Laurence has found a new home in the Waikato. A gallery favourite, especially of visiting children (of all ages). He will be missed.About this sculpture:Paulownia is a fast growing, deciduous tree endemic to Asia.The timber (called “Kiri” in Japan) is highly valued and is widely used in construction and for high value household items, furniture, musical instruments and other artifacts.Paulownia trees are quick-gro... Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:28:22 +1300 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post171678 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/171610/sold/ Bernadette Ballantyne’s superb pastels never fail to amaze and daze gallery visitors. Sold today is her stunning composition, Outside the Kitchen Window, from the showcase, Flower Power.The Dutch realist painters of the Sixteenth and seventeenth century specialised in creating both symmetrical and asymmetrical realistic floral compositions. Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder and Rachel Ruysch were associated with these forms that could approach the cadence of portraiture as they presented munifice... Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:28:52 +1300 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post171610 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/171513/sold/ ... Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:51:33 +1300 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post171513 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/171208/sold/ Certainly in terms of subject matter Chris Greenslade’s atmospheric watercolour, Lady in the Fog, Swarbrick Landing retains a strong subject matter pastiche with John Singer Sargent’s 1883 composition, Landscape with Women in the Foreground and also his earlier impressionist-leaning Olive Trees from 1878. Yet the delicacy of Greenslade’s brush work makes this superb composition both immersive and realistic. It has attracted much admiration and attention in the gallery exhibition, Our River... Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:31:01 +1300 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post171208 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/post/171098/sold/ Sandra Turner-Barlow’s striking image combines the ubiquitous M67 grenade (still in active use across all war zones) with a white poppy atop. This serves to soften the visual impact while dramatically creating a powerful juxtaposition of reflection and contemplation. The subject matter of this richly textured composition is dominated by the brightness and luminosity of the single white poppy. Stark, symbolic and artistically expressive. Now sold from the Showcase, Flower Power, to a New Zealan... Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:20:34 +1300 http://www.wsgalleryandgifts.com/blog/#post171098