Deanna Gracie designs and creates her unique jewellery collection under her own label from a home studio in Southshore, Christchurch. Each piece, carefully crafted by hand from solid sterling silver, precious metals and gemstones, celebrates the ever-changing beauty of her natural surroundings.

"I love the fact that jewellery I have created with my hands and from my heart can also be precious to someone else - that the piece they choose becomes an extension of their own personality, to be worn and forever enjoyed." - Deanna Gracie
www.nzjewellerydesign.com

Donna Steel is a contemporary artist based in Christchurch New Zealand. Most of Donna's paintings contain some form of mixed media, she loves to paint and also loves to sculpt and has mangaed to combine these two passions together to create her own unique style.

Donna draws her inspiration from just everyday moments of life, a lot of her work is based around the New Zealand landscape. Donna's work is sold internationally, exhibited in select NZ Galleries and has also been used in advertising catalogues.
www.donnasteel.co.nz
www.donnasteelartist.wordpress.com

Lynne Kerr is a contemporary South Canterbury artist and teacher, working in oils and printmaking. She spent five years in Zimbabwe from 1979 working as a visual artist at Michael Hogg Advertising Agency.

In 2002 Lynne held her first solo exhibition and was a finalist in the 2004 Anthony Harper Awards at COCA in Christchurch. Lynne has been painting and exhibiting since 1994 with works held in private and public collections in Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand.
www.lynnekerr.co.nz

Ruth carves mainly in Oamaru stone, producing original, well finished pieces for the interior and exterior. Literally, "a piece of New Zealand".

Living in Christchurch, Ruth is inspired by the fantastic surroundings on her doorstep. When starting a new piece she is totally carried away with the excitment of it. Ruth likes to be led by the stone and follow it's different textures. You can never be quite sure what the end result is going to look like! She loves that unpredictability.
www.stonegrooves.co.nz

Hannah Riden is a New Zealander, born in London in 1978. Her dad lives in Christchurch, and her Mum lives in Robinson's Bay, Akaroa. Hannah's studio is by the beach north of Christchurch. Hannah is entirely self-taught, and her style is realist impressionist enhanced by fresh, vibrant movement and colour. Like the Impressionists, she aims to capture colour, light and mood. She recently hosted the Prime Minister John Key at her June 2010 solo exhibition in Oxford, and was named best landscape artist at the 2008 NZ art awards in Tauranga, with the judges comment that her work was one of "the most expressive". She draws her inspiration from the breathtaking New Zealand landscape and great masters such as Sargent, Caillebotte, Turner, and Velázquez.
www.hannahriden.com

Joanne Webber's current artwork has been informed by her recent university studies in Art History, NZ History & Philosophy. It can be described as uniquely Kiwi and integrates both Maori & Pakeha elements which mirror the New Zealand life style.

Inspiration for artwork comes from a diversity of out-of-the-way places such as folk art, outsider environments, choice finds in bric-a-brac shops, advertising, public & political affairs. Joanne only works with quality acrylic paints & canvas to create enduring pieces. Her work is in collections throughout New Zealand and overseas.
www.joannewebber.co.nz

Diana Adams is passionate about the New Zealand landscape and landforms. In her paintings she attempts to capture the ethereal qualities of the landscape by reducing the subject to its essential elements.
www.dianaadams.co.nz

John Badcock comes from a very artistic family. The talent he possesses is his own, not one born of an art school, but from dedication and perseverance in a field where he has developed considerable natural talents. John is a true master at work.
www.badcock.co.nz

Philip Beadle works in oil, water colour, drypoint and monotype. He enjoys working with form, colour and light, especially low winter and evening light which facillitates the wide tonal range in which he relishes.
www.philipbeadle.co.nz

Tony Cribb loves to paint images and characters that invoke a reaction or emotion from the viewer, making the work interactive and bringing it to life. Every Cribb painting now follows a strict guideline to ensure it fits one or more of the following criteria;
a) inspire you
b) make you laugh
c) make you think
d) none of the above
www.tonycribb.co.nz

Since moving to South Canterbury in 1998 Elizabeth Love has extended the range of expression in her chosen craft incorporating script in richly textured, multi-layered paintings.Interest in Love's work has further cemented the commitment to working full-time as an artist, developing her soul.
www.nzart-lizzie-l.blogspot.com

Mike Mayhew's art looks to nature to best describe his thoughts and ideas on today's current climate and issues in this country. The ocean is a big inspiration for Mike, and his art reflects that movement, and flow of nature.
www.mayhew.co.nz

Adrienne Pavelka's special love is watercolour paintings. Her inspiration and compulsion to paint is charged by the effect of light on the landscape and the atmospheric patterns of the sky. Using colourful washes and transparent colours she endeavours to simplify the forms and shapes of the land.
www.adrienne-pavelka.com

Helen Rockel is a New Zealand painter living and working in Christchurch. Her work has always been strongly figurative, with its focus often being the personal and universal experience of living.
www.helenrockel.co.nz

Alice Spittle is a Maori Contemporary Artist based in Canterbury. Her life experiences are expressed within her artworks and every painting tells a story! Alice successfully sells her work nationally and internationally.
www.inspirationalarts.co.nz