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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....

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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....

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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....

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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....

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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....

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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....

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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....

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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....

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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....

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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. ...

The 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 ...

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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....

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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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As this contemporary composition, Pepper-Men, from gallery artist Debra Thompson naturally held dominion over the Pepper exhibition, the accompanying music of the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart’s Club Band album that played over the gallery sound system, reminded those present of the seminal contribution of this 1967 moment in popular culture.A few younger visitors unaware of the music, wondered who these men in the painting were. True. Typically, animated conversations with older visitors quickly ...

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Aston Greathead’s (1921-2012) work is represented by Fine Art Society New Zealand. A sign-writer by trade, his artistic prominence dates from 1966 when he won the Sir Henry Kelliher's Dawson Hallmark watercolour award. This propelled him to fame and brought him many commissions, particularly of rural setting including farms set within majestic New Zealand landscapes. His technique, derived from his signwriting days, often used only four colours thus presenting a soft, dream-like...

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By selling 97 Flat from the Pepper exhibition, new gallery artist Michele Rumney has established her artistry and technique in the face of the hot breath of the consumer. This exhibition celebrates the contribution of The Beatles to the art of music, yet this sale additionally suggests, via The Eagles that 'there's a new kid in town'. ...

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New gallery artists, Michele Rumney continues her  selling streak with the purchase of Citrus Monday from the Pepper Exhibition. A remarkable composition with origins that return the viewer to Derain's world in 1910 and the birth of the Fauvism movement and the use of strong gestural lines to imply both structure and content of composition. Only in this case, Rumney extends these lines to appear as the actual content that defines the subject matter. As a result her work presents dramatic im...

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Another Pepper piece from the exhibition of the same name has attracted a local art buyer who loves the ambience and feel created by gallery artist, Julie Mello. A beautiful post impressionist oil on board composition, In Their Own World, is lyrically connected to the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band track, With a Little Help from my Friends. ...

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Elena Brambilla’s fine artistry with botanical watercolours is represented by her acorn series that has seen another sale; Acorn with Life Support I...

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Capturing a vivid scene from the 1930s, Hong Cumming expands the size of the steam train, crossing Victoria Street, Hamilton, to emphasise the sheer shock of just such an event. This magnificent majestic watercolour composition has elements of expressionism, impressionism and indeed photo realism. Sold from the exhibition, Street Stories, destined for a local Board room....

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Bernadette Parsons is the consummate impressionist watercolourists, again cementing her reputation as the ‘Turner of New Zealand', with her sale from the Winter Collection 2024 of the atmospheric watercolour composition, Vertical Vista. Board room bound....

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Rosanne Croucher, new artist to the Welcome Swallow Gallery has wasted no time in establishing her gallery credentials to go alongside her substantial footprint in New Zealand art. Nearing Hush - Lewis Pass, a highly (European) atmospheric oil on copper panel composition, has quickly sold from the Pepper exhibition. ...

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Hong Cumming's charcoal sketches that creatively visualise four tracks form the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band Album were subjected to a swift onslaught of buying on the opening night of the Pepper exhibition....

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Sold on the opening night of the Pepper exhibition, Bernadette Ballantyne’s composition, Forgotten, in her signature soft pastel. A classic evocative rural piece of New Zealand real estate supremely depicted....

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New gallery artist Michele Rumney is quick off the mark with the sale of Take Five from the Pepper exhibition. With a very innovative super-evolved Fauvist style, Rumney’s compositions received strong interest from those attending the opening exhibition night....