For the Love of Botanical –

May 2021

Local and national botanical artists celebrate Worldwide Day of Botanical Art.

Garden – Brit Bunkley & Andrea Gardner

May 2021

Garden is a collaboration between Brit Bunkley & Andrea Gardner. The video focuses on three 3D scanned Waiheke Gardens. It includes a small swaying figure wearing a tree hat in the corners of the video. “Garden” alludes to the increasing presence of virtual experiences in contemporary life. It raises questions around perception and authenticity within our evolving relationship of the digitally enhanced tension between culture and nature.

Dark Florals – Kaye Coombs

May 2021

An exploration of cascading floralscapes, emerging from the darkness.

A Different Perspective – Fiona Goulding

April 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

April 2021

Day to day tasks, nothing changes. Wild berries ripen, everything changes.

Floating hours and ghost days – Alice Fennessy

April 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.

Interiors – Susan Dryden & Rose McLeod

April 2021

An exploration seeking clarity in the midst of chaos and complexity using paint and colour.

Homes for Servicemen – Patrick Mckenna

April 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

April 2021

A tenderness toward unpredictable encounters represented in drawing, painting and sculpture.

in stillness – Mayumi Sherburn

March 2021

contemplative work on paper and threads

Eclectic – David Rimmer

March 2021

An eclectic mix of paintings and boards that could be best described as strange and unusual to say the very least.

Han Made Ceramics – Hannah Frances Blackburn

March 2021

The debut launch of Han Made Ceramics celebrating a unique collection of wheel thrown pottery.

Legs, Pegs & Scrambled Eggs – Jamie Mackman

March 2021

Trains, Boats and Planes – Michael Haggie

March 2021

These paintings celebrate the period of travel in New Zealand during the 1960-1970s era. They are unashamedly nostalgic and colourful. A world that has virtually disappeared into our collective memory.

Day Tripper – Glen Hutchins

March 2021

Sometimes you might see parts, shadows or hints of what was there, sometimes it will be gone completely.

Born to Create – Lucie Blaze

February 2021

An inspirational series of artworks on skateboards celebrating heroines from all around the world. Women from the past and present that are currently shifting the paradigm from being the “others” to powerful agents of change.

75 Years in the Making – Rita Dibert

February 2021

Celebrate with us the life and achievements of this much loved local artist. 75 Years in the Making is a snapshot of artistic involvement from 1970’s to just yesterday; mediums include painting, photography, drawing & printmaking.

Horizon – Kylie Wardlaw

February 2021

Colour, texture, gesture and painterly expression collide in landscape form.

Counting Heads – Leigh Anderton-Hall

February 2021

Silhouette heads become silent unseeing observers; these sightless Guardians seek out the invisible virus and unknown future.

Love Lies Bleeding – Katherine Claypole & MB Stoneman

February 2021

Explorations of our curious relationships with plants.