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Birgit Rhode's beguiling watercolour composition Kamahi Leaf II, has been sold to a discerning local collector. The 3-D effect of this work has been noted by many, with some insisting that it was a real leaf behind the glass. The Botanica exhibition has been extremely well received. Even in these difficult unstable economic times, the Gallery has been able to sell over 60% of the paintings on show. ...

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So exquisite, so delicate, so beautiful, is Annette Judd's Springtime Flowers, sold from the Botanica exhibition that has graced the gallery for the past 2 months. This graphite and colour pencil composition is a fine illustration of Botanical art featuring the following :papaver atlanticum – Moroccan Poppy narcissus tazetta – Paper White caltha palustris – Marsh Marigold hyacinthoides hispanica – Wood HyacinthSold to a local collector with fine taste....

News from the Gallery

While the Hamilton East property continues to grow and develop, The Trust Board that runs the business has decided to expand its operations. From 1st August Welcome Swallow in the City will be opening its doors for business in the CBD. More details to follow.In the meantime, a busy month lies ahead for the Ham East property. In the first days of July there are no less than three exhibition openings being hosted in the Gallery!In conjunction with the Sculpture Park at the Waitakaru...

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The number one watercolour painting in the Chinese Inheritance & Innovation exhibition, the scroll by Chinese artist Yong Ming Liu, Morning Reading into the Autumn Mountains, has been acquired by an Auckland collector. ...

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Jennifer Duval-Smith's wonderful Glory Flower, winner of the Welcome Swallow Volunteers' Choice Award for the exhibition, Botanica, has been sold to a discerning local collector. ...

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In the first year of the Welcome Swallow Gallery the artistry of Marilyn Rea-Menzies graced the walls leading to a flurry of sales that helped to establish the gallery footprint in the community. Three years later the gallery is proud to share the sale of one of Marilyn’s signature pieces, NZ Clematis. This is a vivid acrylic on canvas composition that primarily presents the colour white as the central theme of the study. Accordingly, during its time in the gallery it has been a true ‘head-t...

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Helen Cairney's three pieces from the Still Slices of Life exhibition were snapped up by the same buyer as a secret family gift, purchased while the receiver was in the gallery. Much distraction was put in place as the items were uplifted from wall to wrapping to bagging. Other than the general mayhem and subterfuge that ensued, the beautiful artistry of these compositions was quietly commented on. Quite right too....

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Lesley Alexander's super delicate composition, On the Verge, has an edgy feeling to it that has entranced many art aficionados' in the gallery. Now sold to a discerning buyer enchanted by this beautiful Botanica art exhibition. ...

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Lesley Alexander's graceful and refined composition, Pig's Ear belies the brusque and inelegant name and clearly not a factor in its purchase! Sold today from the Botanica exhibition that continues to appeal to gallery visitors....

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As the highest form of Chinese art, landscapes can be majestic and alluring. Yong Ming Liu's compositions have this stature as was seen in the Chinese exhibition: Inheritance & Innovation, that featured in May of 2021. On this occasion, the painting, Small House by the Water in Autumn, has sold to a local collector from the Resident Artists' Gallery....

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The Botanica exhibition continues to attract buyers. Annette Judd's vivid composition, Magnolia Seedhead is the most recent piece to find fertile soil with an avid collector....

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Marzena Wilkes, Welcome Swallow Gallery artist from the UK has experienced success, with all her paintings now sold. Silent Love, from the Resident Artists' Gallery has found favour with a romantic collector who wanted this composition to express birthday greeting for his partner. Most worthy....

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The exceptional artistry of Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, consistently seen in the Welcome Swallow Gallery, has never been more evident than in her splendid watercolour composition, Tui in Pink Blossom III, sold as joint birthday gift, taken to wing to settle with a pair of local collectors....

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The See One See All, composition comes courtesy of Lucy Downing and the series of paintings presented by the Hamilton Girl High School alongside the Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition, Still Slices if Life. Now sold to a proud local collector....

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Lisa Dickson's delicate and delightful composition, Apple Blossom, was the final sale on the opening night of the Botanica exhibition at the Welcome Swallow Gallery....

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Apparently, with the new Botanica exhibition at the Welcome Swallow Gallery, no leaf is being left unturned, as it were. This visual watercolour stunner from artist Claire Broughton presents a phalanx of Eucalyptus Leaves. Eleven of them that have quickly found their forever home....

From London Art Lover, Barbara Brown

In collaboration, ‘Studio Proba’ and ‘Enjoy the Weather’ transformed the Miami Design District that is already famous for its many galleries and contemporary art installations. With large imposing sculptures this curatorial team created vibrant, futuristic, colourful spaces. The designer Alex Proba says that her main goal is to make people happy, if only for a second. This amazing project transforms the neighbourhood into an interactive shape wonderland. It is a powerful celebration of c...

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The Himalayan Strawberry Tree.  This is Janet Marshall's magnificent visual feat of Botanical art that includes cross-sectional studies with measurements and data, together with growth patterns and a full tree illustration. It is a tour de force....

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Birgit Rhode has produced an astonishingly powerful composition in the form of a Hydrangea Autumnal Leaf at the end of its life cycle. The texture and tint of vibrant colour belies the onset of imminent death and ultimate decay. However, for the buyer of this painting, this leaf is now captured and destined to remain a visual feast....

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A most exquisite Lacebark rendition. Gillian Receveur continues to appeal to Welcome Swallow Gallery patrons with her third sale on the first day on the Botanica exhibition....

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Two fabulous Giclee compositions illustrating Harakeke on Harakeke from artist Vicki Jones have quickly found favour with local collectors; both selling within hours of each other....

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Janet Marshall who stands as a significant contributor to New Zealand art with inter alia thirteen stamp illustrations to her name, has presented to the Botanica exhibition a stunning science-led composition entitled Mountain Flax. Sold to a local collector on preview day....

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Botanical artist Jennifer Duval-Smith has joined the early sellers from the preview day of the Botanica exhibition. Supreme depictions of scientific value do not preclude artistic license. Here we have a diptych that features a shameless display of Artichoke 'plant dancing'. Art, science and fun. SOLD...

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Gillian Receveur's Pohutukawa and Kaka Beak and Yellow Admiral are early sellers on preview day of the new exhibition at the Welcome Swallow Gallery, Botanica. Gorgeous compositions. Irresistible. SOLD....

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Gallery artist Juliet Roper continues to find buyers for her work. From the exhibition, Still Slices of Life, a local collector has uplifted House Plant I. An oil and cold wax with acrylic on canvas composition, this vivacious art work channels elements of Picasso's early abstract work....