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

Known for her modern, contemporary work, Collette Fergus has two distinct styles: her serious, abstract and surrealist work, and a fun, contemporary range that includes an increasingly infamous character - Boozehag, now re-branded as Ms Chardonnay Minx.

Collette is a popular New Zealand commission artist with an ability to accurately interpret clients wishes. Her artworks sell worldwide as well as from galleries throughout New Zealand.
www.collette.co.nz

Glass artists Ola Höglund and Marie Simberg-Höglund create art glass that has earned them worldwide praise. Their glass is internationally renowned and sought after by both public and private collectors worldwide and has been included in more than 40 international exhibitions. Each unique piece explore the fluid brilliance of the crystal clear glass and reflects the movement and beauty of the natural environment. Marie also makes a wide range of glass jewellery. You find Ola and Marie's glassblowing studio in Appleby, just 25 minutes drive from Nelson City.
www.hoglundartglass.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

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

Wynne is an emerging part time artist living in Homedale, Wainuiomata with his partner Sarah. 

Wynne's love of the New Zealand outdoors is reflected in his paintings which are primarily land and seascapes in acrylics. His art has been exhibited in several local galleries and his works hang in private homes around the country.
www.wynnemorganartist.co.nz

Eris Newson is an Artist, Teacher and Photographer. She Maj. in Art and Music while completing B.Ed at Massey. Eris is talented in a variety of mediums including oils, photography and mixed media. Limited edition prints are available of selected works. 

Eris teaches/mentors all ages in areas of interest. Her classes are run in home studio and on location including animation, pin hole photography, solar graphs, sgraffito, clay, painting and drawing techniques, printmaking, and more. She is also a creative photographer of family, maternity and baby portraiture, events including gigs and weddings, and for businesses and bands promotional profile shots.
www.eris.co.nz

Sue Nightingill is a Taupo based self taught artist who has had a passion for art for the whole of her life and views her art as a wonderful adventure. Her paintings include figurative and abstract subjects but Sue is primarily and passionately a landscape artist, creating vibrant images on canvas in acrylic enjoying its quick drying properties and the ability to incorporate texture.

The New Zealand central plateau and environs are forever changing and dear to her heart. Sue aims to capture loose brush strokes, colour, light and mood. She draws her inspiration from the breathtaking New Zealand landscape and is humbled by the appreciation shown for her work.
www.suenightingill.com

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

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

Michael Sass has pursued art seriously since he semi-retired in 1998. His preferred medium is pastel but he also works with oils and acrylics - mostly in landscape realism. Michael has exhibited at numerous exhibitions and was honoured to be awarded best pastel drawing at the Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards in 2005 and again in 2007. Michael has a unique painting method with pastels, preferring to produce much larger paintings than the small paintings this medium is usually associated with.
www.michaelsassartist.com

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

For Ronda Turk, contemporary still life is a favorite subject along with landscapes. Compositions are striped down to key elements. Everyday objects take on new life, capturing a strong sense of light and space. Working mostly with oil paint, Ronda builds up layers of rich colour and light.

Ronda's work is in collections in Italy, USA, England, Australia & New Zealand
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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