ZASHA SKYE Zasha Skye is a portrait artist exploring a multitude of colour and tonal range through the use of oil paint. While growing up and living within the Raglan community, she has also studied at Whitecliffe University of Fine Arts. Zasha Skye’s love for oil paints has grown extensively over these last few years…
ELIZA ADAMS IN THE SUPPER ROOM Eliza (aka Liza) is a self-taught artist who has always had an inner creative urge. Dutch-born but has lived in New Zealand from the age of four, she feels most at peace with paintbrush in hand while capturing a feeling or a moment in time that she connects to.…
SHORTYDUBS Shortydubs (aka Brad Dring) is a Raglan-based artist. Known for his multi-layered stencil works, his paintings blend pop art, street culture, and brutalist design to explore themes of identity, value, and the human experience. Working with spray paint, acrylic, and stencils on raw wood and textured surfaces, Brad builds each piece through an intuitive,…
SARAH BING I build large ceramic sculptures and throw and handbuild functional pieces.I also make tiles for kitchens and bathrooms by commission, and hold private classes in my studio. I started 11 years ago and was immediately obsessed as soon as I touched clay. It feels like the perfect medium because you can create anything…
MINISTRY OF WOOD Roger Woolston was brought up remotely on a farm in Taumarunui the heart of the north island, he left school to train as an apprentice cabinetmaker then onto his OE working as the resident cabinetmaker in Yallingup Galleries, Australia. Returning to NZ to work in the super yacht industry before running his…
MEGAN HOCKLY Hi, I’m Megan Hockly, an artist based in Raglan, New Zealand. I create whimsical characters through painting, drawing, sewing and felting. I’ve been making things since I was a child, and my work is often autobiographical, inspired by memories and everyday life. I’ve exhibited locally for a number of years and recently began making handmade dolls for…
LUCY GALBRAITH Lucy Galbraith is a full time contemporary artist based in Raglan. Working mostly with oil paint, Lucy’s pieces play with nostalgia drawn from growing up in a small town that didn’t seem to know if it was a coastal retreat, retirement village or bogan paradise. Before moving to Raglan, Lucy exhibited in Wellington…
LABOUR OF WILD Labour of Wild hats are meticulously handcrafted by Lisa Uphill with great care and obsessive attention to detail. Using premium fur felt, each hat is hand-shaped, fitted with a soft leather sweatband, lined with satin for comfort, and thoughtfully decorated with unique trims. Specialising in custom-made designs, Lisa also offers a limited…
ELSA LYE Elsa works intuitively to express the spirit of place/life through the magic of paint and clay. Elsa Lye (MFA hon) “my creative process is still a magical mystery that enthralls me, being surprised, seeing with new eyes. To somehow express the freedom, the energy, the pull of the tide, the shades of black…
DOUG FORD Doug Ford paints from his imagination. What he has seen and where he has been he translates through his brush – his emotions and feelings about a place onto a canvas. Whether it will be a wooden cut-out native bird, a painted driftwood head, a recycled brushhead or a stunning painting, you can…