SOLD!
Audrey was never going to languish on the gallery walls... From the moment Debra Thompson's mixed media composition entered the Resident Artists' Gallery, it was only a matter of time before this elegant icon would find a home....
July 28, 2023SOLD!
Juliet Roper's Same But Different series continues to attract buyers. On this occasion it is woman #1 (of 9) that has moved to another place and space. Life's journey continues....
July 19, 2023SOLD!
Gallery artist Juliet Roper has produced a wonderful expressionist composition entitled Bird Song, now sold from the 2023 Winter Collection....
July 19, 2023SOLD!
Gallery artist Toni Kingstone continues to develop the New Zealand rebirth of the Magical Realism movement that existed between the first and second world wars. Using acrylic and resin, Toni weaves relatable stories in magical settings. These narratives find favour with gallery visitors, especially when her stories resonate with their own experiences. This can result in remarkable rapid sales. ...
July 19, 2023SOLD!
Stephen Milner's inspiring photographic canvases continue to attract awe and amazement from those visiting the gallery. Sold today the Punakaiki Sculptures, from the Winter Collection 2023....
July 18, 2023SOLD!
Sold from the Winter Collection 2023, is the sumptuous composition Homecoming Part I by gallery artist, Charlotte Giblin. This impressionist painting has fascinated gallery visitors, finally culminating in it joining a New Zealand art collector's extensive portfolio....
July 18, 2023SOLD!
Toni Kingstone continues her development and regeneration of the inter-war period magical realism genre applying it to Maori legend. This magnificent 1.2m roundel from the 2023 Winter Collection will soon be on its way to an Auckland collection.Te Wai Paunamu“Poutini, the guardian of Pounamu and a taniwha (a giant water being), snatched a beautiful Maori woman. Waitaiki, from the North Island.He brought her south eventually to the Arahura River but her husband Tamaahua gave chase. Fearing Tama...
July 18, 2023Kirsten McIntosh, Artist in Residence, Welcome Swallow in the City
We are please to announce that from 24th July, gallery artist, Kirsten McIntosh will be taking up a two week residency at Welcome Swallow in the City. Kirsten will be displaying many of her magnificent compositions while painting during her residency....
July 17, 2023SOLD!
Gallery artist Sandra Turner-Barlow continues to delight with a diverse compositional subject range . Floating Plankton provides a simple sense of flow and beauty. Now swimming in a new ocean....
July 13, 2023SOLD!
New Gallery artist, Chris Greenslade has wasted no time in attracting buyers. His tranquil watercolour, End of a Good Day, from the Winter Collection 20023 is set row to another land....
July 12, 2023SOLD!
From the Waikato Watercolourists II exhibition, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo’s, composition, Our Cook, has been purchased by a local collector. The Cook has long been a significant landmark for the Hamilton East community and indeed the wider metropolitan area. The painting captures the Cook’s iconic status for the generations who shared the venue, creating memories that salve the soul....
July 12, 2023SOLD!
A flower not previously seen in the gallery and now not long in the gallery, Wind Clover, a spectacular watercolour composition from the Winter Collection 2023 by gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, is soon to be re-planted into a local art-lover's collection....
July 12, 2023SOLD!
Bernadette Parsons's impressionist brush was no more evident than in this startling composition, Finding Pathways that was painted on 100 year old art paper. From across the years, bought from the Resident Artists' Gallery by a young collector who immediately saw the gravitas of this atmospheric painting. ...
July 8, 2023A Magnificent Obsession
The Welcome Swallow Gallery embraces diverse artistic endeavour. The Gate, that recently won the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art, Peoples' Choice Award, now resides, for the month of July, in the Resident Artists' Gallery.The Latin word 'Texere' translates into the 'art of weaving'. It is a powerful metaphor that embodies the act of stitching together a myriad of fibres, stories, lives and crafts that are transformative to modern living. Farming, like art, becomes the central th...
July 3, 2023SOLD!
Sold from the Resident Artists' Gallery, Diana Seavill's fun abstract composition, Connections. This particular piece of art has been a favorite of gallery goers, now part of a local collector's portfolio. ...
July 1, 2023SOLD!
This delightful watercolour, Zenders Café, by new gallery artist Chris Greenslade, has quickly sold from the 2023 Winter Collection. As with his other compositions in this collection, Chris captures his subject with an intimate delicacy, while nested in blended colours resplendent of a grand narrative. This is especially true of his painting (see below), December at Waitarere Beach that won the Watercolour New Zealand Winsor & Newton Summer Competition 2023; also on temporary display in the...
June 24, 2023New Exhibition
This new fine art collection will present three artists new to the Welcome Swallow Gallery. Bernadette Ballantyne, Chris Greenslade and Renata Nemeth, who join, Sue Currie, Charlotte Giblin, Toni Kingstone, Juliet Roper, Stephen Milner, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo and Kirsten McIntosh in presenting the 2023 Winter Collection.Join us on the opening night, Friday 30th June...
June 21, 2023SOLD!
One of Juliet Roper's women from her Same But Different collection (#4) in the Resident Artists' Gallery, has just left for her new home in Christchurch. ...
June 19, 2023SOLD!
Ron Stenberg (1919-2017) had a long distinguished career as an artist, teacher and illustrator, carrying our his practice in New Zealand and Scotland where he spent his last 30 years as a Professor of Painting at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee. Destined for the south island, this 2011 composition, from the Fine Art Society New Zealand exhibition, Drawn From Life, Ian Shearing Goats, is a hand-coloured etching. It sits alongside a similar pastel subject composition from 1991. ...
June 9, 2023SOLD!
Sold from the Resident Artists' Gallery, this fun piece from Sandra Barlow would grace any Conference, Board room or gathering of 'very important' people....
June 8, 2023SOLD!
Juliet Roper's splash of colour, Same But Different collection of deco-inspired portraiture of nine women brightens the gallery and demands attention. Number 8 in the collection quickly sold....
May 24, 2023Mountains on Wards St.
Stephen Milner's supreme photography is on display at Welcome Swallow in the City. Now in situ on Ward St., Mitre Peak and Ruapehu. If you are in the cbd drop by and take a peek at the peaks....
May 23, 2023SOLD!
From the Timeless exhibition catalogue. Stephen Milner's magnificent Golden Peaks and Mitre Peak sold to a company for display in their Auckland offices. ...
May 17, 2023SOLD!
From the Drawn From Life exhibition, this figurative study by Ron Stenberg captured the imagination of attendees at the opening night of the exhibition, now sold to a collector of fine art.Always ready with his sketch book, in the way young people are now with their phone cameras, Ron drew the people that sparked his interest. The Record Keeper may possibly have been keeping the score at a cricket match or some other sporting fixture. Ron was always keen on sport and attended many local gam...
May 16, 2023Trust CEO, Dorothy Gilson introduces the Drawn From Life exhibition
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