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This study by Sandra Turner-Barlow as part of the Out of Italy exhibition, demonstrates movement through light and figurative illustration. Well liked by gallery visitors and now sold....
April 1, 2025Out of Italy: Meet the artists!
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March 31, 2025SOLD!
Sold from the Out of Italy exhibition, Sandra Turner-Barlow's oil on canvas composition, Pasta Time! that simultaneously nods towards Hopper's Nighthawks by featuring a large window with expansive table surface. ...
March 29, 2025SOLD
From the Out of Italy exhibition, Sandra Turner-Barlow continues to attract buyers for her renditions of religious structures. The exquisite watercolour composition entitled, St. Peter's Basilica, Vaticano II has sold to the appropriate religious order. ...
March 21, 2025SOLD!
Turner-Barlow’s interpretation of Italia anchors the religious context that the exhibition partly represents. In this bold, remarkable composition, Turner-Barlow extends her expressionist methodology towards an adoption of Mark Rothko's use of simple blocks of colour that present the viewer with a profound dialogue stripped of nuances and extraneous details. Italia is the definitive statement of the Out of Italy exhibition....
March 20, 2025SOLD!
There are shoes and then there are shoes. And then there are shoes that gallery artist Elena Brambilla paints. It's in the name. Prada. So beautifully and skillfully 'washed' in watercolour. Entitled in the Out of Italy exhibition as A day at the Office, this composition was never going to spend much time in the 'unsold column'. Sold....
March 15, 2025SOLD!
Of all the subjects that are synonymous with Italy, the love of food has to be close to the top of the list. As a botanical illustrator and artist, Elena Brambilla superbly captures the pure essence of these fruits that you see in the exhibition, Out of Italy. Catching the eye of of one attendee on opening night was the vibrant watercolour composition, Liguria: Olive, now sold....
March 15, 2025SOLD!
In 1819, during one of his many art journeys across Europe, JMW Turner visited Italy, sketching and presenting views of The Forum, most likely never seen by people in Britain; hence the signpost for Roma, seen in the bottom right-hand corner of the painting below. The view that he presents includes the famous three pillars of the Tempio Dei Dioscuri 484 BC, originally inspired by Greek mythos that pays homage to Castor and Pollux, patrons of poetic art and dance. This painting is currently in th...
March 15, 2025SOLD!
For the Out of Italy exhibition, gallery artists Elena Brambilla called on her skills as a botanical artists to capture the 'fruits of Italy', in this case, the beautiful ink and watercolour composition, Franciacorta: Uva, sold for consumption on opening night....
March 15, 2025SOLD!
The opening night of the Out of Italy exhibition saw many sales. The delicate graphite study by Sandra Turner-Barlow of St. Peter's Basilica Vaticano I, was one of them....
March 15, 2025SOLD!
For the Out of Italy exhibition, Sandra Turner-Barlow presents a unique perspective through the Arco di Tito, combining views from both east and west, thus capturing the Roman Forum including the Temple of Castor and Pollux, the Colosseo and in the distance, the Vaticano. This stands as an updated expressionist view to JMW Turner’s similar study that can be seen in the Tate Britain.This watercolour composition, entitled, Arco di Tito, Roma II, was quickly sold at the opening of...
March 14, 2025SOLD!
Flowers that 'grow so incredibly high'. Sold from the Pepper exhibition that tracked' inter alia, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds as a form of visual art alongside the musical genius of Lennon & McCartney. Both compositions, conceived, imagined and rendered by gallery artist, Kirsten McIntosh....
February 28, 2025SOLD!
Sue Wickison's Outrageous Plants exhibition has received enormous publicity since the launch in January. National radio and press coverage has led to a steady flow of admirers to the gallery; with a healthy phalanx of buyers too. Sold most recently, is the Mouse Plant with a rather more fancy Latin name of, Arisarum proboscideum. It is a magnificent watercolour composition that flows effortlessly across its embossed frame....
February 21, 2025SOLD!
Gavin Smith's post impressionist views of Arrowtown have always found favour with the gallery audience. Arrowtown I has now sold from the Pepper exhibition....
February 14, 2025SOLD!
In keeping with Turner-Barlow's narrative discourse, the selling of Disparity from the Our Place exhibition showcase further deepens the social commentary that is evident in her recent compositions. Her expressionist method lends itself to the use of bold colours allied to a visual clarity uncluttered by extraneous details. Bought by one of New Zealand's foremost art collectors....
February 12, 2025SOLD!
Sold from the Our Place exhibition, Juliet Roper's, acrylic on canvas composition Joan and Bob's Place. This Hockney pastiche-inspired painting has attracted great attention from the gallery audience, presenting memories of New Zealand bach life....
February 12, 2025SOLD!
Twisted Flax Pods, sold from the Outrageous Plants exhibition profiles botanical artist, Sue Wickison's, supreme mix of art and science. This ink on Belgian Linen composition, so beautifully drawn, has garnered significant attention from the exhibition audience....
February 12, 2025SOLD!
Sold at Welcome Swallow, representing Aston Greathead's collection from Fine Art Society New Zealand. This oil on board composition Barney’s Rock Kaikoura III, is typical of Greathead's, light impressionist brush work, demonstrating his confidence in representing his familiarity with the subject matter....
January 23, 2025SOLD!
Gallery artist, Sue Wickison continues to attract buyers for her incredible exhibition, Outrageous Plants. As with all her botanical illustrations the viewer is treated to forensic cross-sections that reveal the inner-most details of the plant, Tacca chantrieri, Seed Pods, now sold to a discerning buyer of art and science compositions....
January 20, 2025SOLD!
With her exotic and outlandishly wonderful composition, Ceropegia woodii, otherwise known as String of Hearts, gallery artist Sue Wickison, demonstrates the joy and pleasure of her art forms. This sale from the Outrageous Plants exhibition represents a significant gallery purchase....
January 17, 2025SOLD!
On the opening night of the exhibition Outrageous Plants, botanical artist Sue Wickison quickly established her credentials with four sales of her delicate ink on Belgian linen compositions. Devilishly difficult to hang, delightful to sell....
January 17, 2025SOLD!
Gaen's expressive art continues to find favour with visitors to Welcome Swallow. On the final day of the Pepper exhibition, his composition, Swing With a Punch was quickly snapped up by local collectors. ...
January 14, 2025The Welcome Swallow Gallery gets community support
The new exhibition for January and February 2025 is sponsored by a recently formed group that is independent of the Trust Board that oversees the galley and gift shop. The Friends of Welcome Swallow (F.O.W.S) are supportive of the gallery and have kindly chosen to offer their initial sponsorship to the Outrageous Plants exhibition. If you are interested in joining this new group please connect with the gallery through our normal channels and we will forward your enquiry ...
January 5, 2025SOLD!
Gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo pushes her quest to mix histories and memories using special devices to immerse the viewer. Such compositions offer insight and depth to what might otherwise simply be ‘interesting structures’.With Timeless: Cambridge Town Hall we are invited to witness that changes while being potentially dramatic are also incremental and perhaps slower than we might imagine....
January 5, 2025SOLD!
Sold from the Structure & Place exhibition, this outstanding watercolour, Beale House, by gallery artist, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, captures the timeless cadence of the oldest structure in Hamilton....
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