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Selling from the As You Like It exhibition, Toni Kingstone's, beautiful resin on acrylic composition entitled Winter's Approach. Destined for its new home in Boston, USA....

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Simply entitled, 1961, this incredibly powerful acrylic and mixed media on board composition of Jackie Kennedy, by gallery artist Debra Thompson has sold to a local collector and will be shown in the gallery during the month of January 2023. Worth a gallery visit in its own right, it will be shown alongside a spectacular, available for purchase portrait of Andy Warhol, complete with light installation.  ...

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At this time of year, Yasmin Davis has, for many years presented her signature Koru with original watercolour ceramics that are much loved by gallery supporters. Featured here is her magnificent major composition of a Kereru surrounded by bucolic bliss. Sold today along with approximately smaller 75 pieces leaving the gallery through November and December....

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Gallery artist, Juliet Roper works across several media and styles. This Is Me is a superb illustration of her fine contemporary mixed media art work. Bought as a family gift to be treasured forever....

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From the As You Like It exhibition, gallery artist Maggie B. Sullivan's compositions entitled Passages: Hearing the Call and Glimmer of Light have added an atmospheric cadence to gallery for viewers to both admire and ponder. Now sold to an enthusiastic buyer of her work....

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In the word of the sculptress, Sylvia Sinel, This regal lady emerged from the kiln pretty much as I had imagined her during the making. It doesn't happen all that often so I'm super happy. Hand-built ceramic vessel 500 x 170 x 110 mm glazed with various shades of engobes and white glaze.Sold today to a New Zealand collector. It's a beauty....

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It is always an important occasion when the gallery sells an artist's work for the first time. In this case Li-Swan Lim's composition, Shinrin-Yoku - (Forest Bathing) Tranquility, an original watercolour on Cold Pressed 100% Cotton Paper, marks the beginning of an art journey for the gallery, the artist and the  buyer....

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Sandra Barlow's watercolour Fog Flowers have been gallery favourites; these two beauties sold together today to a discerning local collector who pounced on them within an hour of being hung. Quite right too....

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Kirsten McIntosh's brilliant composition, Light on the Dunes, has sold to a local collector. Much admired by all gallery goers, for this painting Kirsten used many acrylic and oil layers to build up the colours and depth. The result is a stunning image of the Petone inlet towards Wellington Harbour, during the late afternoon.  This is where the first European settlers arrived on 22 January 1840, on the ship Aurora. The gallery is always proud to share New Zealand history through the ar...

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Shafts of sunlight highlight Charlotte Giblin’s wonderful expressionist composition, Safe Passage II, from the Gallery exhibition, As You Like It. A piece of the ‘Forest of Arden’ now owned by a local collector....

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This magnificent sculpture, Totem Woman,  from gallery artist Jenni Taris, was brought into the gallery this morning and GONE by early afternoon. Now the story behind this special piece of art is that Totem Woman represents travel and adventure. It was never anticipated that the gallery was a mere pit stop. Still, she has gone to investigate the environs in Tauranga. Happy travels!!...

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The wonderful composition, The Golden View in the As You Like It, exhibition, from gallery artist Charlotte Giblin has been snapped up by a local collector. Charlotte's expressionist use of vivid colour has made her work a favourite of gallery goers this festive season....

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These two very special scrolls by gallery artist Yong Ming Liu for the Exhibition, Chinese Art: Inheritance & Innovation have been sold to a European collector who recognizes their intrinsic value as representative of Chinese art and the cultural traditions that date back to the Ming Dynasty. To date this exhibition has been the Welcome Swallow Gallery's most successful, selling 90% of the compositions available. The sale of these two magnificent scrolls, painted in the claborate ...

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Hong Cummings' romantic composition, NAC DC-3 HLZ, evokes a bygone era. First presented at the Waikato Watercolourists II exhibition earlier in the year, this fine watercolour will soon take pride of place in a Hamilton city office that itself is resplendent of the theme of transportation....

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Gallery artist Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo has provided the Our Times exhibition with her wonderful signature watercolour compositions that reflect how connections between people are often said most effectively with flowers. On this occasion, the painting Thinking of You, has achieved this distinction for an avid local collector....

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Watercolours in the Our Times exhibition continue to attract buyers. On this occasion a prominent local collector has acquired the superb impressionist composition by gallery artist Martin Necas, entitled, A Break in the Weather. ...

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Fine Country by gallery artist Martin Necas presents a reminder for viewers of the exhibition, Our Times that whatever the trails and tribulations that society has accumulated in the past few years, the quality of our landscapes and indeed opportunities to enjoy, remain untarnished. It is a reminder that the topographical grand narrative remains. Necas presents this watercolour in his typical expressive mode perhaps punctuated with some finer detail to emphasise the indurate nature of nature its...

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Fairlie Time by Bernadette Parsons catches the impressionist Turneresque style that Welcome Swallow Gallery regulars love. This composition projects into the future, not just anchored in the past. The misty vista before us is open yet unknown. This invitingly represents a pathway yet to be found but insists upon being explored. Sold to an Italian collector....

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There is no denying that Parsons's atmospheric watercolours frequently draw sharp intakes of breath from gallery visitors. This is definitely the case for the composition Drawing Us Back, from the current Our Times exhibition at the Welcome Swallow Gallery. Just sold....

New Arrival

After several years in storage, a voyage of many thousands of miles, some polishing and careful carpentry repairs, we present the new addition to our display inventory. This China cabinet from the 1930s is now part of the Welcome Swallow portfolio. It is a delight to see....

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Sandra Barlow's contemporary composition, A Peaceful Time, takes the exhibition title Our Times, quite literally by inserting a time-piece into a solid wall that opens a window looking towards the colours of the spectrum enhanced by the powerful peace sign. In these times, 'our times', Barlow's oil painting lays down both a hope and a challenge.  A series of three love hearts reflect this challenge in term love's influence that can be seen as rising or falling....

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Tui and Wisteria is part of the Janet Marshall collection of watercolours that the Welcome Swallow Gallery is proud to have on display. This gorgeous original composition will soon be winging its way to the UK....

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From the exhibition Our Times, gallery artist Bernadette Parsons's much admired watercolour composition Of Simpler Things has found its forever home in the Waikato. Quite right too....

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Letterbox is a lovely watercolour from gallery artist, Sandra Barlow who has delicately captured, in soft variegated hues of pink, brown and blue, a deceptively complex composition that offers a subtle if not hidden whimsical 'family portrait'. A gallery favourite, now posted to a private collection. ...