Now Showing
Interiors
Susan Dryden & Rose McLeod
Opening: April 14, 2021
Viewing: April 14, 2021 until April 24, 2021
An exploration seeking clarity in the midst of chaos and complexity using paint and colour.
Homes for Servicemen
Patrick Mckenna
Opening: April 14, 2021
Viewing: April 14, 2021 until April 24, 2021
A curated selection of high quality reproduction prints of Architectural Drawings & Plans from the 1948 Rehabilitation Housing Plan Service (Expandable Housing or State Housing)
The original plans have been a recent and topical discovery made by Local Business man Patrick Mckenna of ‘Patrick’s Bookstore’
With thanks, we acknowledge sponsorship by Harcourts Whanganui to make this exhibition come to life.
Getting Closer
Sarah McDowell
Opening: April 14, 2021
Viewing: April 14, 2021 until April 24, 2021
A tenderness toward unpredictable encounters represented in drawing, painting and sculpture.
Coming Soon
A Different Perspective
Fiona Goulding
Opening: April 28 5:30 pm
Viewing: April 28, 2021 until May 8, 2021
Animals are part of our everyday lives, whether we are aware of them or not. They form relationships with each other and with us, yet as people our choices have the power to shape their existence.
274 Days Til Summer
Antonia O'Mahony
Opening: April 28 5:30 pm
Viewing: April 28, 2021 until May 8, 2021
Day to day tasks, nothing changes. Wild berries ripen, everything changes.
Floating hours and ghost days
Alice Fennessy
Opening: April 28 5:30 pm
Viewing: April 28, 2021 until May 8, 2021
This series of drawings contemplates the elastic qualities of time spent alone at home, while casting light on the dualities of softness and crushing tedium, confining restriction and nurturing safety that domestic spaces present.
Past Exhibitions
Return to the Garden – Amy Blackburn
December 2020
A playful exploration of paint celebrating a love of gardens
Botanical Inspiration – Gaynor Mulholland, Jan Barker, Jo Ogier, Val Cuthbert, Sandra Morris, Emma Scheltema, Frances Sim-Higgins, Neal Palmer, Lesley Alexander, Wilma Blom, Tabatha Forbes, Jane Zimmerman & Emma Bass
December 2020
An eclectic assortment of botanical artworks by 12 New Zealand artists
It was a Colourless Time – Christina McGillan
December 2020
Small oil paintings exploring colour, line and space.
Organic Mechanic – Paul Darragh
October 2020
These paintings explore the machine as an abstract metaphor for human functions, the global economy and the COVID19 virus as an entity
Gone Bush – Paula Clare King
October 2020
New work by Paula Clare King
Twenty12 – Carmen Simmonds
October 2020
Interactive mixed media & glass installation
Summer Daze – David Traub, Mike Marsh, Mark Rayner, Samantha Matthews, Katherine Claypole, Glen Hutchins, Amy Blackburn, Perry Davies & Patrick Cush
October 2020
A Space curated Summer palette
Would you mind terribly if I painted you? – Maisie Chilton
October 2020
An exhibition of expressive portraits. Exploring the complex nature of us.
Layers of the Land – Kylie Wardlaw
October 2020
Using landscape as a metaphor to reflect internal states in a lively, evocative way
the space between what is felt and what is said – Laura Papple
September 2020
Libation – MB Stoneman
September 2020
New work inspired by experiences in Crete, Greece – an ode to nature, ritual, vessels, deities, sanctuary. An offering.
blue gold – Louisa Molly Annabell
September 2020
Video, sound and performance about the soul.
Astral Seasons – Keiran Donnelly
September 2020
Evoking a pareidolic response from meditating on chaos
Marathon Man’19 – Anthony Davies
September 2020
New work contemplates the endurance run of contemporary life.
Constant state of flux – Sean Mc Donnell
September 2020
The only constant in life is change– gestural paintings that explore the beauty and brevity of life.
– Tim Laffey
September 2020
At the heart of my work is the Light, captured from within Nature’s rich colour palette, as an echo of the painter’s brushstrokes.
Escape Window – Mark Antony Smith
September 2020
During lockdown windows became a way of communicating. These works explore that communication.
Mirabilia 1905 – 2020 – Jason Dufty
September 2020
“Work effected in a manner unusual, or different from the common and regular Method of Providence…”
The Outlived Room – Tanya Hayton
August 2020
New works by Tanya Hayton
Third Life – Volker Hawighorst
August 2020
The final destination of a mundane item