HARRISON SYNOTT Harrison Synnott is a self-taught painter based in Raglan, New Zealand. Drawing inspiration from the Renaissance masters, the Impressionists, and the Abstract Expressionists, Harrison has built his practice through dedicated self-study. His work captures everyday moments with warmth, colour, and quiet charm — from neighbourhood scenes, portraits and still lifes, to atmospheric landscapes.…
RUTH HICKMAN-GOODALL Ruth’s work explores the tension and harmony between the organic and the constructed. She brings together two distinct visual languages—fluid acrylic gestures and the disciplined precision of wrapped thread—to examine how opposing forces can coexist within a single surface. By placing these elements side by side, Ruth examines how softness meets rigidity, how…
KAYLA BACON n celebration of the Pattern and Decoration art movement, Kayla Bacon’s work is deliberately decorative. Taking influence by the light-hearted and funky qualities of 1970s wallpaper design, and disregarding the dominance of modernism by embracing work that traditionally would be identified as feminine, ornamental, or craft-based. Deepening her inquiry into geometric abstraction, her…
AMANDA WATSON Everything about painting fascinates me. I love it that painting is a way to connect with places and with people. I’ve been painting since graduating from Elam Art School many years ago and have been an artist ever since, as well teaching now and then, writing and editing for an art journal, and…