Ingrid Boot is a qualified artist with a direct and simple style. Inspired by the female form, Ingrid creates atmosphere in her paintings through composition, light and subtle shadow. She welcomes commissions and works closely with her clients to produce a piece of art which brings their vision to reality.
www.ingrid.co.nz

Moira Marshall is an Auckland based artist who has had a passion for art her whole life. Moira draws her inspiration from everything around her and loves transforming her subjects on the canvas, giving them new vibrancy and life with her realist style of vivid rich glowing colours and clean lines.

Working predominantly in oil paint, Moira's varied subjects include portraiture, figurative, landscape, and symbolic abstracts.
www.moiramarshall.co.nz

Danijela Vitasovich is a photo-realist painter, specialising in the medium of oil paint. Her signature subject could be perceived as another example of the traditional self-portrait, but in truth, Danijela doesn't paint herself. She creates and then portrays characters that astonishingly resemble her but who aren't her.

She coins her approach "Alternative-Self Portraiture".
www.vitasovich.com

Born and raised in West Auckland and spending summers in the Coromandel, Shann Whitaker, the founder and artist behind Tantrum Design is influenced by many things.

Using digital printing technology and photography Shann creates pieces of art that are both modern, stylish and affordable. Unique affordable art is what tantrum Design is all about and Shann will continue to create pieces influenced by his travels, the environment around him and the latest trends in colour and interiors.
www.tantrum.co.nz

Graham Young has built a reputation for creating paintings that capture the spirit of contemporary New Zealand life as it interacts with the beautiful surrounding coast and landscape. Using bold colour with strong sunlight and shade,his work embodies the relaxed kiwi attitude to life. Graham's paintings are highly regarded,making their way into collections around the world as the appeal of his work grows.
Website: www.grahamyoung.vc.net.nz
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The Auckland West Coast beaches and Waitakere Ranges where Arwen Flowers grew up, has always been a strong visual influence in her acrylic painting, as well as the journey to and from Auckland city and her rural home.

Exploring the theme of ‘borders' now has her looking not just at the line between rural and urban landscapes, but also to transformations, changes of state, in between spaces, from here to there...
www.kiwiartist.com

Neil Craik, Glass Artist, Born in Oamaru, now residing in Auckland. Glass has always been his passion. In 2005 he took a course in hot glass and became a hopeless kiln addict. He thoroughly enjoys the challenges of transforming ‘hard' sharp surfaces into smooth pieces of art. His love of the outdoors is reflected in the designs based around New Zealands native flora and wildlife. Being fortunate to be surrounded by Maori and Pasifika traditional motifs and designs, he loves incorporating these into his art work. Part of Neil's philosophy is to incorporate recycled glass material wherever possible. The unique range of glass art sold through Glasfame includes jewellery, wall art, platters, candle holders and leadlighting.
www.glasfame.co.nz

Michelle works primarily as a sculptor in the bronze medium. Her works are held in many national and international private collections. She has received public and private comissions for her work to monumental scale. Movement, energy & fluidity of form are strong features of Michelle's figurative works, as well as harmonic connections with nature & the cosmos. She sometimes uses humour as a means of expressing aspects of the human condition in modern day life. An integrative thinker, Michelle is interested in exploring the interconnections and natural symmetries which are part of the dynamic whole. She also enjoys using charcoal, ink and acrylic in 2D works. She seeks to offer images which uplift, inspire and soothe the human spirit.
www.michellefarrell.com

Adrien Jennings has been drawing and painting all her life. Now settled above her studio in Albany Village which is open to the public five days a week, she regularly holds classes there also.

Being very fortunate to earn a living from her art Adrien is able to paint every day. She particularly loves painting our wonderful New Zealand scenery and seascapes.  As well as exhibiting at shows around the country, Adrien works on many commissioned pieces.
www.ajenningsart.co.nz

Kathy Ready is a contemporary artist based in Auckland.

Through the broad interpretation of abstraction and the joy of making colours come alive, Kathy creates accessible oil paintings that impress and invite the viewer to explore further.

Kathy has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (Honours) and sells her paintings in both New Zealand and Australia. Her most recent commissions have been for the offices
of CSG on King Street in Sydney, and for the lounge area of the Hilton Hotel in Queenstown.
www.kathyready.net

Carol Smith is an emerging artist based in West Auckland, recently completing an Auckland University BVA and has exhibited over the past two years in Auckland and Turangi. She works in acrylic on canvas using layered colour to create shadow and texture. Using emotional memory and a sense of place she draws inspiration from the Waitakere Ranges and the Central Plateau, where the colour, light and shadows of the landscape are remembered and used as inspiration for her paintings.
www.carolsmith.co.nz

Gretchen Albrecht needs no introduction to anyone with even a passing interest in contemporary New Zealand art. She is one of this country's most respected senior abstract painters. In the 1990's she had taken the oval as her ground in innovative paintings that at times incorporated the rectangular form.
www.gretchenalbrecht.com

Originally from Denmark, Gitte Andersen has made Parnell her home in New Zealand.  Gitte loves strong, bold colours along with using lots of texture and layers. She loves the way the paint seems to get a life of its own, flowing over the canvas as she builds up layers, creating more and more depth to each painting.
www.gittea.com

Leila Ataya's work deals with the psychological play of objects that are endearing and familiar to the viewer. Through her painting Leila creates a visual story, which only the onlooker can complete with the use of their own intellect, sense of humour and imagination.
www.la-arts.co.nz

Harold Coop is a New Zealand artist, working in the field of contemporary landscape and abstacted landscape. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions throughout New Zealand, and has also exhibited in France, England, and Australia.
www.newzealandpainting.com

Jane Crisp's inspirations evolve through the energy and emotion of the present and from her inner spirit, in which she endeavours to portray positive messages of calm and personal growth to envelope and inspire. New Zealand's natural forms, textures and culture are a continued appearance in her work.
www.janecrisp.co.nz

Nick Fedaeff is a modern artist and works with different media. He was taught professionally by some famous Russian artists and his dynamic and vibrant paintings show Nick's diverse artistic potential. Nick's paintings reflect different vibrations of life and different styles from Abstract and Russian Avant-guard to Expressionism and Minimalism.
www.nickfed.com

Amiria Gale: producer of original, contemporary, mixed media paintings. Her latest series of work explores issues relating to obesity: food / non-food; endless gaping hunger; the bottomless pit of more; addiction; sugar; mass consumption and the seesaw from fat to thin.
www.amiria.co.nz

Hope Gibbons is a contemporary artist painting working full-time from her Matakana studio. Her current body of works explores the materiality of paint - it pushes the boundaries of traditional painting practice and techniques.
www.hopegibbons.com

Alison Gilmour captures the endless beauty of her surrounding environment with delicate brushwork and an unblinking eye - creating images which have a photo-realistic quality and hues which reflect the clarity, light and richness of the South Pacific.
www.alisongilmour.co.nz

Daniëlla Hulme is an Auckland-based, full-time established artist. Her work reflects the influence of her Dutch heritage and the Samoan heritage of her husband and her family. Strong, bright colours and clearly delineated, stylised motifs combine to striking effect in her works.
www.daniellahulme.co.nz

Erika's work has its roots in African rock art and her reference is recollection, dreams and rhetoric.  Her work is personal and idiosyncratic with a tendency toward ambiguity. She signs them with the anagram 'arike'.
www.arike.co.nz

Tyrone Vaughan Layne studied painting at UNITEC for 4 years earning a Bachelor of Design. Now a fulltime artist he paints the world of people through his youthful eyes to show hope, enjoyment, and a bright future. Solo show coming mid 2009, details will be on his website so contact Tyrone to join his mailing list.
www.tyronelayne.com

Luci Harrison has been photographing creative weddings and portraits in the Auckland area for over 20 years. Her passion for people capturing decisive moments in time and her create style and professionalism has made her recognized in the photographic industry.
www.luci.co.nz

Pictures of New Zealand, Auckland photos & canvas prints, from rugged West Coast beaches (Muriwai, Piha, Bethells) to picturesque Rangitoto images & edgy graffiti photo collages - for sale through Lucy's website.
www.lucygdesign.com

Lynette Marie is an emerging artist who paints inspired abstract paintings in vibrant colours. She is qualified in Draughting, Interior Design and has studied Graphic Arts. Lynette Marie creates healing paintings with a loving energy designed to lift the soul.
www.channelledart.com

Nothing is static. Tracy Mathewson's work is evolving and changing. New directions emerge as a consequence of challenging her artmaking process. Each new series of work is a definitive step forward and presents a refinement in focus and ideology.
www.tracymathewson.co.nz

Beate Minderjahn was born in Germany in 1961. Her passion for drawing, painting, creating and writing came at an early age, inspired by her creative mother and the circumstances of her childhood and up-bringing in different European countries.
www.beateminderjahn.co.nz

Brad Novak is a self-taught galleried artist whose distinctive style boldly explores the use of colour, shape, contrast and composition. Achieving a visual balance between simplicity and complexity, and high-quality finishing, are characteristic features of Brad's unique artwork.
www.bradnovak.vc.net.nz

Beth Ofe-Grant is an artist and tutor.  She is known for her two dimensional paintings, in particularly the ‘paua’ paintings. Her art is a representation of thoughts and imagery.  Whether it is an emphasis of harsh texture or a distinct fluorescent shine; this is what she sees and transfers onto canvas.
www.artpeace.vc.net.nz

Mark Olsen paints expressive oil portraits of quirky characters, with textures and contours that compel you to reach out for the surface. Mark infuses his subjects with inner light so their personality shines from the canvas, inviting the viewer into the characters' imaginary world.
www.markolsen-artist.com

For Jeanine Oxenius art is a part of everyday life, she paints everyday and celebrates her work with solo exhibitions. In her subject matter Jeanine likes to visually explore "plays on words", her work is explorative, she likes to focus on the happier side of life.
www.joxart.vc.net.nz

Jenny Palmer has a background in art theory with a BA honours in English with Art but began painting full time in 2004. Growing up by the sea, Jenny's works reflect the movement and emotion of shifting light in our vibrant New Zealand colour palette.
www.jennypalmer.co.nz

Craig is one of New Zealand's leading contemporary artists, known throughout New Zealand and the world for his skillful portraiture, sporting imagery and stunning landscapes in oil.
www.craigprimrose.com

Raymond Ramsay is a master of water colour and an accomplished artist in a range of other mediums. Inspired by New Zealand's unique quality of light and dramatic landscapes, Raymond's work captures the essence of New Zealand's personality, landscape and history.
www.rsramsay.com

Emerging artist Robin Scott creates pieces that are easy on the eye and aims to evoke an emotive response from her bright, bold, work painted with flamboyant energy, often depicting many New Zealand icons, inspired by the beauty of our nature, flora and fauna.
www.robinscott.co.nz

Lisa Toddun-Bell uses her own experiences, overactive imagination and photographs as inspiration for her artworks. Believing that creating art is a language of its own, each painting of Lisa's is a statement about life merely capturing a moment in time.
Visit Lisa's Website

Anya Veryaskina mainly works with figurative compositions, a major interest of hers is the subject of gender (their similarities and/or differences)... hence her web-name ‘Metaphora', trying to capture and portray metaphors of sexes - when "something is something else".
www.metaphora.co.nz

Joanne Wedding is a contemporary artist producing abstract paintings with a focus on aspects of nature. Versatile in her choices of media, she is inspired by the NZ landscape and the different moods reflected in it.
www.joannewedding.co.nz

Fiona Whyte is a widely-exhibited Auckland artist whose paintings and sculptures are held in private collections world-wide. Her acrylic on canvas works stand out with their vivid colours. They are cheerful, naive and bold, and capture the essence of New Zealand's coast and Auckland's cityscapes.
www.fionawhyte.co.nz

Kevin paints anything that interests him from a broad range of subject matter, having an extreme passion for seascapes, also working with landscapes, maritime and bush scenes. He is fascinated with the New Zealand coastline and landscape with its varied qualities and ever changing colours and moods.
www.kevinwillcocksart.co.nz

Tim Wilson's skilful hand captures the subtle lighting effects and drama of our landscape. Through layers of oil paint and glaze he achieves a depth. Mists and cloud formations seem to move across the canvas, creating subtle mood shifts within the painting itself.
www.timwilsonart.com