Jo Gallagher Jo is an established New Zealand artist who has dedicated over 20 years to her art practice, opening her studio for the 1st time during the Raglan Arts Weekend. Her work explores a diverse range of subject matter, from contemporary florals to themes of national identity and 1970s-inspired fashion. Native birds often feature within…
STUART BRIDSON Since completing a Master of Fine Arts from Canterbury University in 2000, Stuart has held numerous solo exhibitions and participated in many group shows. His art awards include receiving the Ebbett Prestige Environmental Award at the Waitakaruru Sculpture Park, and the Small Sculpture Prize on Waiheke Island, as well as being selected twice…
THOMAS ALISTAIR ELLIOTT Thomas Alistair Elliott paints in oils on large canvases in Raglan, with dramatic landscapes in the company of the birds and people he paints. Using many layers of glazing and colour washes, along with 23 carat gold leaf, he creates works that are imaginative, rich, luscious, stylish and fresh. 24 Cambrae Road…
TORU WĀHINE – WABI SABI Zasha Skye, Ava Mae & Olivia Dean-Chambers Intuition & Visual Expression brings together three artists whose practices are grounded in friendship, shared energy, and a deep connection to place/home. Working across oil portraiture, fluid movement, and ceramics; Zasha Skye, Ava Mae, and Olivia Dean Chambers play with the relationship between…
SEAN MC DONNELL Sean Mc Donnell is a New Zealand artist who uses bright colours to create vivid oil paintings and prints depicting the natural environment of New Zealand. Sean often begins the creative journey by photographing a specific place and then using that image as a starting point to play with paint. These images…
ANASTASIA COLLIER Anastasia is a Raglan-based artist living near the water, where the surrounding coast, forests, and wildlife continually inspire her work. Having always loved creating, she recently returned home after travelling and is now focusing more deeply on her art practice. Working with acrylic, gouache, and ink, Anastasia enjoys the way colour can pop…
HARRISON SYNOTT I have been involved in something creative ever since I could remember. I have an appreciation not just for painting but for film, literature, and music too. Having experience working in film, playing in bands, and writing poetry, I find inspiration in the other mediums to help motivate my painting practice and what…
RUTH HICKMAN-GOODALL My work explores the tension and harmony between the organic and the constructed. I bring 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, I’m interested in how softness meets rigidity, how emotion meets logic,…
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…
HELEN PARSONS Helen is a self-taught Acrylic and Mixed Media artist and a professional Picture Framer. Typically iconic and quirky in nature, Helen’s work is often parable-like with many messages, some obvious and some not obvious. Her message is delivered in bold and vibrant colours, often with a twist of humour. “I enjoy…