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Intricate and intriguing expressive abstract compositions such as Lorraine Bailey's Indigo Landscape #1 are always enjoyed and purchased by art connoisseurs who forensically review what the gallery has to offer. In this case both buyer and seller were able to reach a consensus ad idem and the watercolour painting has accordingly left the gallery for a new location....

Best Day of the Year

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Unsurprisingly, Bernadette Parsons watercolour compositions often bring comparisons with JMW Turner. Night Rock Pools, sold from the Winter Collection 2024 has drawn such comments of late. Bought by a watercolour artists who marvelled at the  strength and delicacy of this painting....

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Toni Kingstone's resin on acrylic magical realism roundels have always enchanted gallery visitors. On this occasion, the irresistible draw of Purple Rain from the Winter Collection 2024 exhibition has seen this dreamy composition leave the gallery, destined to adorn a new space, its permanent home....

Volunteer's Morning Tea

Volunteers can never be celebrated in excess. ...

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Winter’s Veil is a supreme oil composition presented by gallery artist Kirsten McIntosh at the Winter Collection 2024 exhibition, now sold to a passionate art collector who appreciates the depth of colours and misty lighting that when seen in the gallery, is utterly transfixing. The viewer is invited to experience their own journey of mystery....

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The wonderfully translucent watercolour composition, Plum Blossom from the Winter Collection 2024, by gallery artist Jing Liu is soon to be relocated to a new 'garden'.  Much admired by gallery visitors....

Winter Collection 2024

Our Winter Collection 2024 is now available for viewing! 10th June - 31st August.The exhibition is a veritable smorgasbord of fine art in the form of expressionism, impressionism, magical realism, claborate Chinese styles, botanical, floral and abstract. Eye candy for art lovers one and all. Our brilliant gallery artists are:Bernadette BallantyneHong CummingGaenAston GreatheadToni KingstoneJing LiuKirsten McIntoshBernadette ParsonsJuliet RoperDiana Seavill...

Remembering June, Lady Hillary

Along with New Zealanders and many people from around the world, the Welcome Swallow Gallery is saddened by the passing today of June, Lady Hillary. An official portrait of June, by gallery artist, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo was on display in the gallery in 2020, prior to it being acquired by the Auckland Museum where throughout 2021 it was displayed in the main entrance . This magnificent watercolour painting now forms part of the World Heritage protected Hillary Collection.June, Lady Hillary married...

Fleeting Moments of Autumn

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Using his signature post impressionist style, gallery artist, Martin Necas has sold his final piece, Morning on Pembroke Street from the Street Stories exhibition. Gracing the Catalogue cover, this composition has both intrigued and impressed many gallery visitors. ...

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With that distinct Mediterranean ambience, gallery artist, Maggie B. Sullivan has superbly captured the dreamy nature of Luberon Village.. Using oil on panel this post-impressionist composition takes the viewer on a journey with the promise of many stories to be encountered....

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Sold from the latest Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition, Street Stories, in Juliet Roper's wonderfully immersive expressive abstract mixed media composition, Street Steps. ...

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Hong Cumming matches her watercolour artistry with her interest in capturing Hamilton social history. The scene here is of Victoria Street that until 1964 saw steam trains crossing the town's main thoroughfare.  It's Safe to Cross Now, from the exhibition, Street Stories shows traffic clearing, following the passing of a steam train. A slice of history with many stories told. ...

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Following on from her Five Cityscapes showcase, Turner-Barlow has further developed her expressionist methodologies with a unique composition entitled, New Zealand Street. This hypnotic triptych. in the latest exhibition, Street Stories, emphasises simultaneously, both similarities and differences in what we recognise as dwellings familiar to New Zealand. Different shades in vegetation as well design imperatives are punctuated by a single door that is slightly ajar, indicating and inviting furth...

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Sold from the City Gallery, exhibition,  II FEMINAE is Joslyn Hobbis' brilliant sculptured composition work, Heaven's to Betsy. A great start to this new exciting exhibition!...

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Sold from the Welcome Swallow Gallery exhibition, Street Stories on preview day, this fine post-impressionist watercolour composition from Gallery artist, Martin Necas immediately captures the zeitgeist of recent Hamilton East developments; a street story indeed....

New exhibition at the City Gallery

Running parallel with the Street Stories exhibition at the Grey Street gallery, we are proud to announce a second exhibition at the City Gallery, entitled II FEMINAE. Artists Mariska de Jager and Joslyn Hobbis are presenting an exciting suite of sculptures and contemporary paintings that explore the diversity of women's emotion in art. In their own words:"Have you ever wondered what would happen when the deep contemplativeness of hand-built ceramic sculpture meets the se...

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Sold from the City Gallery exhibition, A Devotion to Form, are Sylvia Sinel's, historic compositions from her Forbidden Fruit collection. A healthy diet of Bananas, Apples and Grapes for the discerning buyer of these fabulous pieces....

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Sold from Sylvia Sinel's City Gallery exhibition, A Devotion to Form, are these two cat sculptures that continue to attract attention and buyers; a cat yard bowl and a terracotta composition that both brighten and lighten the day....

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This beautiful illustration of Chinese calligraphy from gallery artist Yu Ting Li, entitled Inscription for My Simple Hut is an exquisite composition that highlights the delicacy and precision of calligraphic iconography.  Set out below is a translation of the inscription.Inscription for My Simple and Humble HutA mountain does not get its fame from its height, but from the Immortals living there; a lake gets its mystique not from its depth, but from the Dragon living there. This home may be...

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In this exhibition we are also showcasing Chinese calligraphy. This is the stylized artistic writing of Chinese characters, the written form of Chinese that unites the spoken languages. Such calligraphy is considered supreme among the visual arts in China, setting the standard by which Chinese painting is judged. Yu Ting Li demonstrates her mastery of this art with several representations of Chinese calligraphy, with three forms of the Heart Sutra that was developed in China some 600 years ...

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Sold from the City Gallery exhibition, A Devotion to Form, is Sylvia Sinel's, historic composition, Forbidden Fruit. And there's plenty more where that came from. Go ahead... tempt yourself... (see below)....

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Sylvia Sinel's Queen Katrina from the exhibition, A Devotion to Form, is taking her leave from the City Gallery; no doubt that in her new home, new narratives will be in the making....

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~  PANORAMA OF RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS  ~This fan represents a section of a famous painting; a masterpiece of China’s “blue green landscape”. The entire original painting (see below) is nearly 12 metres long. It was created by an 18-year-old prodigy during Northern Song dynasty whose name is Wang Ximeng. It is imbued with a tremendous momentum that can ‘conquer mountains and rivers’. This is typically seen as the national image that documents and represents the Song dynasty. Acc...