HAYLEY HAMILTON I am a New Zealand-based painter who also uses clay and digital design to create my work. I was born in the UK, originally studying at Central St Martins School of Art and Design in London before moving to NZ. My creative practice is inspired by the chaos of a constant visual chatter…
JANE GALLOWAY Jane Galloway is an Elam graduate whose creativity encompasses a range of styles and media-abstract painting, portraits, landscapes and prints inspired by the history of art and furnishing design. Jane has held solo painting shows almost every year since 2000. She is currently putting aside her detailed landscapes to focus on her abstract…
JEAN CARBON – C’BON TEXTILES Jean Carbon, textile artisan, fashion designer, traveller and teacher. My passion is fabric; its history and origins, and the many ways it can be patterned, coloured and decorated to create garments or works of art. I use the ancient resist dying techniques of Shibori and clamped blocks to pattern sumptuous…
JULIAN GODFERY Julian has his own unique view of the world which can be seen in his drawings involving intense pattern-making with fine-tipped pens. People often find his naïve drawings of simple subjects very moving. His original drawings are very small. They are reproduced and available as larger sized prints which are extremely lightfast. He…
KARIN BETTLEY Karin Bettley is a ceramic artist living in coastal Raglan. A love of nature, people and a sense of landscape, mood and movement is evident in her work which is both hand built and thrown on the wheel. Karin makes both sculptural pieces and homewares. “So often I am at the heart of…
MARIANNE ASCHENBRENNER/WOVEN.NZ Since February 2019 I have lived in Whaingaroa (Raglan). Originally coming from Germany in the late 80’s, I fell in love with the wild and magical beauty of Aotearoa New Zealand. I started weaving while I lived up North and was taught by my master teacher Elke Radewald. I attended a Weaving Waananga…
MARISE RARERE Marise is a full time artist working from Artists at Work Studios and Gallery, 5B Wainui Road, (behind Zinnia). Since October 2020 Marise has been very busy juggling running the new art space, which she shares with artist Jane Galloway, with finding time to create her drawings and paintings. She is currently in…
MARY SPACAPAN Mary Spacapan’s work is strongly gestural—using colour, composition and rich, buildable texture to explore the animated nature of the whenua. Painter, writer and sculptor, she creates as she experiences the world: tiny inputs collected, placed—a curation of moments over time. Every mark is movement. Chaotic at times, the fragments are often at odds…
MIRANDA J CAIRD Education: Majored in Art at Wellington Teacher’s College graduating in 1992. Residency: A six week residency offered by the MacKenzie Country Arts Council in 2011. Awards: Merit Award, the Great Waikato Art Show 2009. Open Class Award, Waimarino Art Awards 2010 Miranda is a prolific, full time Artist, based at Whale Bay,…
PAUL ABBITT Paul Abbitt is an award-winning photographer based in Raglan, New Zealand, whose exceptional work in surfing seascapes photography has earned him critical acclaim. He has an innate passion for capturing the beauty of light and has mastered the art of creating stunning visuals that evoke emotions and leave a lasting impression. Paul’s love…