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Our annual calendar of art exhibitions at Art by the Sea Gallery. We have a brand new art gallery exhibition every 4-6 weeks beginning with an exhibition opening and artist talk typically held on the first Saturday of the show. Exhibition Calendar 2026 At Art by the Sea, Takapuna, we have a brand new art gallery exhibition every 4-6 weeks, beginning with an exhibition opening and artist talk. Sign up to our newsletter for personal invitations to all upcoming events. JANUARY Summer Show Art by the Sea Artists FEBRUARY Carol Readman Solo Show MARCH - APRIL Tallulah Nunez Solo Show APRIL - MAY Joe Kemp Sherie & Teimah Kemp MAY - JUNE Rosemary Parcell Solo Show JULY Christian Nicholson Solo Show AUGUST Julie Whyman Solo Show AUGUST - SEPTEMBER Graham Downs & Holly Haines SEPTEMBER Kirsty Nixon Solo Show OCTOBER Brendan Adams Solo Show NOVEMBER - DECEMBER Dean Raybould Solo Show DECEMBER - JANUARY Summer Show Art by the Sea Artists

Art by the Sea Gallery is proud to present this growing selection of affordable original art by our emerging artists NZ. Available at Art by the Sea Gallery. Emerging Artists NZ The following is a small selection of affordable original art by new and emerging artists NZ. Art by the Sea is proud to support Aotearoa New Zealand emerging artists, contributing to the growth, variety, and uniqueness of art in this country. The artists selected here are full or part-time artists who have completed some form of tertiary-level art education and are committed to and passionate about the work they produce and the creativity they find within themselves. Lana Berzina Oil Reproductions Paula Brill Modern Expressionism Greg Chichester NZ Oil Landscapes Gina O'Grady NZ Landscape Paintings Jo Harris Mixed Media Sherie Kemp Māori Stone Carving Teimah Kemp Māori Wood Carving Catherine Manchester Abstract Oil Paintings Sean McDonnell Expressive Landscapes Brenda Nyhof Fantasy Art Paul Olson Māori Wood Carving Natanahira Pona Contemporary Māori Art Anna Salek Contemporary Pottery Kate Steiner Linocut Prints Gina O'Grady New Zealand Landscape Paintings Gina is an Auckland-based doctor and artist. She paints landscapes inspired by her love of hiking in New Zealand's incredible outdoor environment, including many of NZ's South Island. "Through painting, I can revisit and recreate landscapes that inspire me, transporting me to places I find meaningful and restorative. This helps me to balance the demands of a busy professional and family life." Gina exhibits regularly in the Aspiring Art Awards and Tasman Art Awards, contributes to NZ Academy of Fine Arts exhibitions and, in 2022, produced a series of small works as prints to fundraise for the Starship Foundation. New 2026 Brewster Hut Price $2,400.00 New 2026 Liverpool Hut Price $2,000.00 New 2026 Mt Eden Out of stock New 2026 French Ridge Hut Price $2,900.00 New 2026 Mt Eden, Historic Price $1,800.00 New 2026 Last Light Lake Rotoiti Price $2,600.00 Sherie Kemp Māori Stone Carver Sherie Kemp is a Māori wood and stone carver from the Bay of Plenty. She is married to Joe Kemp, also an artist and sculptor, and they have three sons. Sherie's artistic practice is spiritual and intuitive. She is becoming known for her beautifully carved stone offering bowls mounted on wooden pillars wound with woven rope. New 2025 Oko - Offering Bowl Price $5,000.00 New 2025 Pounamu Touchstone Price $9,000.00 Kate Steiner Linocut Printmaker Kate Steiner is a printmaker and mixed media artist. She has a strong affinity with the flora and fauna of Aotearoa, the beauty of our land and the wildlife that it shares. A natural dreamer, her work is influenced by emotion and intuition, and she allows that to guide her hands and speak in her prints. Kate's linocut relief prints are made by pulling designs from her pencil sketches and cutting them into lino blocks with small chisels. The work is then hand-burnished on to quality acid-free paper using light-fast inks. Due to the hand-made nature of the linocut printing process the prints have very slight variations, making each piece one of a kind. New 2025 Sunlight on the Water Price $382.00 New 2025 Kākāriki 2 Price $455.00 New 2025 Toetoe Above Piha Price $400.00 New 2025 Last Light Price $382.00 New 2025 Waitematā Harbour Bridge Price $382.00 New 2025 Winter Cascades Price $400.00 Teimah Kemp Māori Wood Carver Teimah Kemp is an emerging Māori wood carver from the Bay of Plenty. He is the son of wood and stone carvers Joe and Sherie Kemp. Trained by his father, Teimah is finding his voice as a Māori artist carving in wood and Oamaru stone. His work is inspired by Māori myths and legends. New 2025 Hōkioi 1 Price $12,500.00 New 2025 Hōkioi 2 Out of stock Paul Olson Paul Olson Ngāti Kurī, Ngāti Hine, Te Aupōuri Māori Wood Carving Paul Olson is a Māori wood carver and sculptor from the far north of Aotearoa New Zealand. His work recalls stories, memories, and histories of whānau (family) and whenua (land) in Aotearoa New Zealand, while also presenting questions or affirmations to do with self, life, balance, and our impact on the natural world. Internal Price $3,000.00 The Path Price $8,500.00 Sean McDonnell Expressive Landscape Paintings Sean McDonell is a landscape and nature artist based in Auckland. Often working en plein air, Sean paints intuitively: "I use my artwork to express the feelings I have about the amazing beauty and brevity of life." New 2026 In the Beginning Price $3,200.00 Stent Rd Surf Break Price $1,500.00 Triptych Price $2,700.00 Sunset at Baylys Price $450.00 Rainbow Sunset Price $1,500.00 Black Mamaku Fern Price $950.00 Natanahira Pona Contemporary Māori Art Natanahira is a Māori master carver and sculptor based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Natanahira has attended many sculpture symposiums, created work for local councils and iwi, and has worked as an art tutor for many years. He is committed to guiding whānau (family) from different cultures to learn about te ao Māori (the Māori world). Darth Vader Tiki Out of stock Under the Skin Price $2,000.00 Stormtrooper Tiki Out of stock Lana Berzina Renaissance Oil Reproductions Lana Berzina is a New Zealand artist originally from Latvia and now based in Auckland. Lana is a skilled art restorer of 30 years and, along with her husband, handles much of the art cleaning and restoration services offered through Art by the Sea. She is a talented artist in her own right, producing exacting reproductions of famous Renaissance oil paintings featuring her own hand-gilded ornate frames. Madonna Litta by Leonardo da Vinci | Lana Berzina Price $3,500.00 Madonna with Carnations by Raphael | Lana Berzina Regular Price $6,000.00 Sale Price $5,000.00 Jo Harris Mixed Media Artist Jo Harris is an Auckland-based, multimedia artist who emphasises the use of found and recycled objects in her paintings and sculptural works. Jo pursues questions of self-authenticity, social masks, and public and private expressions of human experience as themes in her pieces. Industrial Camouflage Price $2,200.00 Not a Crown Lynn, Lesley Price $620.00 Knit One, Pearl One, Wash One Price $850.00 Anna Salek Contemporary Pottery Anna Salek is a potter and ceramicist from the Tasman district of New Zealand. Her affordable ceramics include a range of vessels, jugs, and vases decorated with black and white "doodle" accents. Doodle Jug Small Price $480.00 Doodle Jug Large Price $690.00 Brenda Nyhof Fantasy Paintings Brenda Nyhof is a Dunedin-based, multimedia artist who enjoys the processes of learning and artistic experimentation in her contemporary art. She is inspired by birds, animals, storytelling, imagination, and fantasy. "I was always drawn to fairy tales when I was young and loved imagining the pictures to go with them. I am still drawn to stories, and my paintings are stories of a kind, using the language of art, colour, line and form instead of words. I suppose they’re fairy tales for grown-ups..." Crocky Price $600.00 Under the Hill Price $950.00 Topsy Turvy Price $600.00 The Big Snail Price $950.00 Run Price $800.00 Don't Listen to the Blue Fairy Price $800.00 Faraway Tree Price $800.00 More Emerging Artists Greg Chichester Paula Brill Catherine Manchester

NZ landscape paintings for sale by contemporary NZ artists. NZ beach art and artwork showcasing New Zealand's South Island including incredible mountain, lake, field and river scenery. Find NZ landscape artists and contemporary NZ artists at Art by the Sea Gallery. NZ LANDSCAPE ARTISTS Welcome to our list of contemporary New Zealand landscape artists represented by Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland. Artists are listed alphabetically (A-Z) by last name. All NZ landscape paintings are available for purchase at our Takapuna store. For online purchases and all other enquiries, please contact us . Robert Campion Neo Surrealism Landscapes Greg Chichester Emerging NZ Landscape Painter Liam Downes Auckland Landscape Artist Graham Downs Established NZ Landscape Painter Michelle Durrant NZ Landscape Photographer Rosemary Eagles Abstract NZ Nature Painter Carl Foster Modern Landscape & Figurative Artist Holly Haines Classical Oil Landscapes Paul Hooker Contemporary Portraits & Landscapes Peter Latham Established Landscape Photographer Julia Lochhead Ocean Art Photographer Sarah McBeath NZ Landscape Oil Painter Christian Nicolson Contemporary Pop & Landscape Artist Kirsty Nixon NZ Birds & Coastal Landscapes Tallulah Nunez Mark Making Landscapes Carol Readman Abstract Watercolour Landscapes Mary Taylor NZ Landscape Prints Nicky Thompson NZ South Island Oil Painter Julie Whyman Abstract Birds & Landscapes Lyndy Wilson Fine Art Landscapes & Portraits Nigel Wilson NZ South Island Landscape Painter

Art by the Sea is an Auckland art gallery in Takapuna (formerly a Devonport art gallery) selling nz contemporary art by new and established artists. Brand new art exhibitions are held every 4-6 weeks and include an exhibition opening and artist talk. Find art exhibitions auckland and contemporary art nz at Art by the Sea Gallery, art museum Auckland. Art by the Sea Making connections through art NOW SHOWING Retrospective Carol Readman Experience this stunning exhibition of skilled and affordable brightly coloured watercolour landscapes by Carol Readman, Auckland abstract artist. 7 - 23 February 2026 Exhibition opening: 3pm, Saturday 7 February. View Exhibition > NEW IN STORE IN THE MEDIA... "Linda and Mike generously share the rewards, honours and life changing moments they have experienced as gallerists who are deeply connected to their stable of artists, their collectors and their audience..." Art by the Sea Gallery Directors Mike and Linda Geers interviewed by Mandy Jakich CREATIVE CONNECTIONS PODCASTS EPISODE 188 16 Dec 2025 Tallulah Nunez Tallulah Nunez Joe, Sherie, & Teimah Kemp Joe, Sherie, & Teimah Kemp Joe, Sherie, & Teimah Kemp Christian Nicolson Christian Nicolson Julie Whyman Julie Whyman UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS RECENT EXHIBITIONS Art by the Sea Summer Show December 2025 - January 2026 Rosemary Eagles Thinking About Trees November 2025 Christian Nicolson The Iguana and The Wolf October 2025 Graham Downs At the Water's Edge September 2025 Jules Kesby Disruption August - September 2025 About ABOUT US Kia Ora Koutou e nga Manuhiri. Nau mai, haere mai, haere mai. Hello and welcome to our gallery of Aotearoa NZ art for sale by new and established contemporary artists. Art by the Sea is an Auckland art gallery that specialises in high-end and affordable original art by New Zealand artists including paintings, sculptures, photography, multimedia, and contemporary art. Formerly a Devonport art gallery, we are now located in Takapuna. We hold solo art exhibitions and group shows every four to six weeks with an artist talk and opening usually on the Saturday. The gallery is a business but it is also a communal space that draws in residents and travellers alike seeking a little time-out and inspiration away from the chaos of today. We are kaitiaki (guardians) of this space. And this space provides manaakitanga (respect, support, and hospitality) to all who visit it. Hei kona mai. We look forward to welcoming you into our gallery. Linda and Mike Geers More > PROUDLY 100% NZ MADE Shop Now

Fine art portrait painting by David Jones, oil painter and commission artist. Hand painted oil paintings on canvas. Find NZ art and oil portrait artists near me at Art by the Sea Gallery. David Jones Commission Portrait Artist David Jones is a New Zealand oil portraits artist who works primarily on commission. Originally from Wellington, David has completed a number of private commissions for notable New Zealanders, including one for a King’s College alumni. More > Portfolio of Commissioned Portraits Nurse Maud (2025) Beautifully painted commissioned portrait of Nurse Sibylla Emily Maude (1862 - 1935) a formidable and selfless woman renowned for her exceptional standard of nursing in Christchurch. Oil on canvas. Portrait of Esther Deans Award-winning portrait of the artist Esther Deans in an armchair with a book. Oil on canvas. Self-portrait Original self-portrait oil painting of the artist David Jones. Oil on canvas. Phoebe Softly painted commissioned oil portrait of a woman in a pale green top with a grey background. Oil on canvas. The Artist Bruce Mahalski Oil painting of an artist, seated and looking to the left with a textured blue background. Oil on canvas. Bio David Jones is an experienced New Zealand portrait artist originally from Wellington. He works on commission and has completed private portraits for a number of notable New Zealanders. While oil portraiture is the main avenue for his art, David also occasionally presents highly detailed still life painting for sale at Art by the Sea. In these paintings, David chooses simple, often unnoticed, items from everyday life. David is a self-taught oil painter and draughtsman. In his approach to fine art portrait painting, he views the whole picture first as a construction of abstract qualities—colour, shape, tone—on the picture plane in order to communicate an overall sense, rather than to focus on a single subject or object. He uses representation to draw the viewer into the poetic world of the painting. In creating this believable world, he encourages us to look beyond the objective, towards the subjective inner workings of the mind. David has spent much of his time studying traditional painting, from the renaissance to the early 20th century, and this knowledge underpins his work. He has worked as a painting and drawing tutor, and he has work in the Wallace Art Collection. He has been selected to exhibit in the Adam Portrait Awards three times and has been a finalist twice, including with his Portrait of Esther Deans. Pictured left is his self-portrait.

Lindsay Crooks paintings sale. Colourful paintings by New Zealand artist Lindsay Crooks, oil painter and "artist of the people," who was beloved in Dunedin for his joyous kiwi beach scenes NZ. Find affordable art to invest in for your personal art collection at Art by the Sea Gallery. Lindsay Crooks The Art of Everyday Life Lindsay Crooks (1957–2005) was a nationally renowned fine artist and oil painter based in Dunedin, New Zealand. Known for his figurative work and nz beach art, Lindsay worked in bright, colourful oils and pastels. More > ! Bio I like to paint things going on around me. I don’t use photographs; everything’s based on what I’ve seen. Lindsay Crooks was an iconic fine artist based in Brighton, Dunedin. He was known for his bright, colourful paintings of happy beach scenes (NZ) and people enjoying typical New Zealand outdoor activities like surfing, fishing, and gardening. Around Dunedin and nationally, Lindsay was known as an ‘artist of the people.’ The following are excerpts taken from poet David Eggleton’s introduction to the book Venus on a Beach Towel (Longacre Press, 2003) about Lindsay and his art: A teacher of life drawing for twenty years, Lindsay Crooks' main subject as an artist is the human figure. His people are buoyant, jolly, life-affirming figures - their chunky body shapes worked into careful compositions which celebrate ordinary things, ordinary pleasures and the everyday world. Lindsay Crooks paints life as a kind of incessant activity. His paintings are full of movement. Figures walk with a rolling sailor's gait, or they dance, flex, stride, saunter, or they hurtle along on bicycles, dive down to seabeds and engage in frenetic beach activities… He explores the human comedy of domestic life and invests the small objects of daily life with both simple magic and comic dignity… He notices things: steam from a kettle, a cat curled up, a vase of flowers, the way snow fluoresces, the ocean view through an open door. Perhaps the primal site for Crook's studies of the figure is the beachscape… In a typical beach painting […] we will see children running towards the water, which will be alive with surfers and swimmers. Family groups will be picnicking. Teenagers gambol and frolic. The figures are solid, anchored, grounded. They grow out of the spaces they inhabit, indeed, they may be almost submerged in their surroundings: semi-transparent, camouflaged. And there is, as always, the signature knack for balanced colours and shapes—of sand tones and sea tones, of boardriders and sandsitters. Things happen in a blaze of light. Lindsay sadly passed away in 2005 after an 8-month battle with cancer. He is sorely missed. Lindsay was represented by Art by the Sea Gallery for over five years and we developed a close relationship with him. We have a list of Lindsay’s works that have come from personal art collections and that we are selling on behalf of our clients. These include signed original pastels, smaller framed original oils, and art prints on canvas and paper. A percentage of all profits will be returned to the beneficiaries of Lindsay's estate. A short list of Linday's exhibitions: 1990 Carnegie Gallery, Dunedin 1991 Port Chalmers Aero Club Gallery, Dunedin Moray Gallery, Dunedin, Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge 1992 Stanley Street Gallery, Auckland, Southland Museum & Art Gallery, Invercargill ( Celebrating the New Zealand worker) 1993 Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown Carnegie Gallery, Dunedin Mrgan Le Fay Gallery Auckland, CSA Gallery Christchurch 1994 Gisbourne Museum & Arts Centre, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch, Page 90 Gallery, Porirua 1995 Art works, Wanaka Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown, Taupo District Museum 1996 Salamander Gallery, Christchurch 1997 Bond Street Gallery, Dunedin Salamander Gallery, Christchurch Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru 1998 Art by the Sea Gallery, Devonport, Auckland 1999 Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill ( Immigrant Series) 2000 Forrester Gallery, Oamaru Acanthus Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK Neville Studios, Dunedin 2001 South Seas Gallery, Brighton, Dunedin, Art by the Sea Gallery, Devonport, Auckland Turnbill House, Wellington 2002 Neville Studios, Dunedin Otago Museum, Dunedin 2003 Art by the Sea Gallery, Devonport, Auckland 2004 Colour, Clay, Canvas Art by the Sea Gallery, Devonport, Auckland

Encaustic paintings by Jayne Thomas, mixed media artists NZ. Paintings of dancers and people in a unique style also known as hot wax painting, where the medium is created through a mix of wax and oil paints. Find contemporary NZ artists and modern art oil painting on canvas at Art by the Sea Gallery. Jayne Thomas Encaustic Figurative Painting Jayne Thomas is a figurative artist specialising in the encaustic technique, combining oil paints with hot wax in her vibrant, colourful paintings of dancers and people. Jayne is based in Kaipara in New Zealand’s Northland. More > I Am What I Am Price $2,750.00 Curtain Call Price $2,200.00 Lads Chillin' Price $2,500.00 Taonga Price $1,450.00 Boy in Red Togs Price $2,500.00 Miharo Price $3,200.00 The Birth of Venus Price $3,500.00 The Watching Price $1,450.00 Night Solace Price $1,950.00 Chez Price $2,500.00 The Quiet Conversation Out of stock Little Dancer (after Degas) Out of stock Bio Jayne Thomas is a New Zealand figurative artist based in Kaipara in Northland. She is known for her encaustic art NZ, where oil pigments are mixed with hot, liquid wax and painted onto canvas for brilliant and vibrant colour. Her work mainly focuses on representations of people, including paintings of dancers and modern portraits. …faces, gestures, clothing and possessions all have a story to tell, revealing aspects of the person within the shell. To freeze and transfer a moment. To capture a person’s life. Giving a visual representation is not a summary of that person’s life, and definitely not all there is to tell. It is not possible to read an individual’s life in one image because we are made up of layers and we are complicated. I'm searching for the blueprint, the mark of the maker, the beginning of what we become. Jayne has been inspired by other figurative artists such as Vanessa Beecroft, Rineka Dijkstra, and Marlene Dumas. She is interested in humanity, character, anonymity, and what creates these questions or concerns within us. Contemplating the story of Adam and Eve in one exhibition, she noted that you don’t have to be religious to appreciate the themes in the story, especially the shame associated with nudity. When do we sense our nakedness? When do we stand on that edge which tilts us from being happy in our own skin? When do we become aware of how different we are? I think it is getting younger, that edge, our own tree of knowledge, the internet constantly informing us how we should look, what to wear and who to be. Born in the UK, Jayne immigrated to New Zealand with her parents and settled first in Henderson before moving to Helensville and now Kaipara. Her formal training was conducted at Hungry Creek Art and Craft School for a year before going fulltime at Ruthorford College to attain a certificate in Visual Arts. Jayne went on to teach art at the Get Creatives Suburban Titirangi program. Jayne’s paintings are collected for their vibrant colour and striking presentation. She has work in the UK, Europe, and the USA as well as nationally in New Zealand.

NZ art by Merle Bishop, pastel artist. Merle's affordable original art includes colourful wall art and sensory sculpture of happy dogs. Find pastel painting and mixed media artists nz at Art by the Sea Gallery. Merle Bishop Auckland Pastel Artist When a little joy is required at home . Merle Bishop is an Auckland-based contemporary animal artist who brings humour and happiness into her art. She works in pastel, oil, watercolour, intaglio, etching, and bronze. More > Mistletoe Price $650.00 Every Dog Walk is Good Price $1,550.00 Spot in Heaven Price $1,550.00 Christmas! Price $650.00 Dunedin - A place of fond memories for spot Price $850.00 All Good Kiwis Price $850.00 Save the Last Dance for Me Out of stock Spots Response to Covid - He simply kept his eye on the ball Price $3,500.00 Mozzies...? Can't See Any Price $750.00 The Food Face Dilemma Price $2,100.00 Spot's Primrose Run Price $1,550.00 Sometimes Sneaking By is the Best Option Price $1,350.00 Spot was Determined to Fly Price $3,400.00 Spot's Race Took Him to the End of the Universe and Back Again Price $1,150.00 Spot Didn't Mind Who Walked Whom...! Out of stock The Day Was Too Nice to be Sitting Around... (Spot knew that!) Out of stock Spot's Holy Race...! Out of stock Exhibitions 30th Anniversary Group Show 2022 Bio Merle Bishop is a contemporary New Zealand artist inspired by the humour and happiness of dogs (especially when they’re at the beach!). By nature, in every sense of the word, dogs are colourful. As Merle explains, her signature pieces (happy dogs art, dog runs in, runs out, runs across the image) portray the energetic, continual ritual of not only dogs but of life: “dogs are fun and know how to remain happy!” I see ordinary things and ideas emerging and developing in my mind, a never ending flow…they are just thoughts, fun-loving imaginings that eventually find their place on the paper, initially for my own pleasure but fanned by the recent discovery that these scribblings also bring pleasure to others. Merle is strongly influenced by her graphic design background. Her first running dogs were mono-prints, a series created in 1990 called, “dog, fog, jog…” These prints were made as a temporary alternative to etching. Soon, she began painting fish swimming alongside the dogs. This soon developed into dogs swimming with fish, the fish became flying fish, and, before long, the dogs were flying too. Along with her colourful wall art and pastel painting, Merle has also created sensory sculpture, including a bronze sculpture nz dog with its body parts labelled in braille. I find each day on the beach as I walk my own dog, so much happiness. This continues to motivate me as I try to capture some of this craziness in my work, so when a little joy is required at home it may be found on the wall preserved in pastel, etching, or bronze.

NZ bird art and bird portrait painting by Craig Platt, wildlife artist. Craig paints New Zealand's iconic native bird species in incredible detail based on hours of observation to understand subtleties in each bird's behaviour. Find native nz tui art, and wildlife art at Art by the Sea Gallery. Craig Platt New Zealand Bird Artist Craig Platt is a contemporary wildlife artist, specialising in paintings of New Zealand native birds. Auckland-based, Craig’s realistic bird portrait painting and wildlife art result from hours of observation, demonstrating an almost uncanny understanding of bird life and habits in their natural environments. More > New 2025 Kingfisher - Wings Outstretched Price $3,500.00 New 2025 Pair of Ruru (NZ Owl) Price $4,500.00 New 2025 Kākāpō Price $4,500.00 New 2025 2 Tūī Portrait Price $2,800.00 New 2025 Harakeke Territory Price $8,800.00 New 2025 Godwits - Omaha Bar Price $4,200.00 The Flight Price $12,000.00 Pair of Kingfishers Price $2,800.00 New 2025 Tūī in Flax Out of stock New 2025 Solo Tūī 2025 Out of stock A Wood Pigeon in a Nīkau Tree Price $3,750.00 A Pair of Tūī in a Pōhutukawa Tree Price $3,750.00 Tīeke (Saddleback) - Māui's Fire Bird Price $5,800.00 New 2025 Takapuna Reef - Red Beaked Seagulls Price $4,200.00 Kaka Portrait Price $2,600.00 Kōkako - Māui's Water Bird Price $5,800.00 The Huia Price $8,800.00 Kaka - The Morning Caller Price $5,800.00 NZ Kākāpō Out of stock The Gathering Out of stock The Welcoming Out of stock Kārearea (NZ Falcon) 2018 Out of stock Kea in Flight Out of stock Exhibitions September Show Craig Platt 2024 Land Sea Sky Craig Platt 2023 Our Birds Craig Platt 2021 Bio Craig Platt is an Auckland-based contemporary artist known for his incredibly realistic oil paintings of New Zealand native birds. Craig’s NZ bird art and his large wildlife landscapes are inspired less by photographs and more by observation and research. Influenced by his background in graphic design, Craig looks for colour and detail in his subjects, while also noting down unique subtleties in their behaviour. I have observed tūī in their natural environment for years. It’s their personality, they almost have an arrogance about them as if they know they have adjusted better than most other native birds to the urban environment. Travelling to remote locations around New Zealand, Craig will sit and study his subjects for hours. It is here, without distraction, that Craig gains insight into certain bird habits and their particular or unusual postures. Māori mythology and New Zealand history have also been influential in Craig’s NZ art, as he shares his learning about the role of our native birds in founding stories and in the sophisticated structure of Māori beliefs and customs. While he observes bird interaction in their natural habitats, Craig is also interested in the way birds engage with man-made objects in urban environments. This shed at Stanley Point wharf, Devonport is the most amazing colour, and the lighting effects the colour generates are beautiful. When the lighting is right on a clear, still day, the angles of the tin create rich dark and light hues of the base colour... I started reading the signage one day as I admired the lettering skills of a profession I was once involved in. The beautiful brush control on the serif font is a skill long-forgotten, and the aging of the sign and the rust creeping into the fixtures adds to the time and history of the shed. Also, the message the sign portrays—the choice of wording goes back to a time when certain language was acceptable… I wonder what the colour of the shed was back then. The modern sign has almost been produced to clash with maximum impact. So what is so dangerous that you can’t dive from this shed? …I have used two species of birds to almost thumb their noses at the authority behind the signage… The terns’ balletic skills, skimming the surface of the bay, and their precise diving skills are a majestic sight. The Kingfishers, ever vigilant, notice any movement in the tidal zone. They pounce on any unsuspecting crustacean moving from cover… Craig’s painting process always begins with sketching and a colour study, to see if all the elements he has in mind will work together. The blocking in of the composition begins with broad brush strokes to fill the canvas and create a base for the painting. The vision is then built up using finer and finer brushes to achieve high detail. By the end of the painting, Craig will be using a tiny brush (almost a pencil) to note fine detail on a blade of grass or the glint in a bird’s eye. Craig developed his understanding of colour and his skills in realism, precision, and detail during his 25-year career in graphic design, where he specialised in illustration and packaging. his passion for birds began at a much younger age when he raised and rescued nestlings; sparrows that had fallen from a nest, blackbirds, thrushes, and many other species spent time in his parents’ hot water cupboard. He moved on to raise and breed budgies for many years and began to draw birds as a child. Craig’s strong interest in New Zealand’s great outdoor spaces grew through his love of surfing, which took him all over the country. Today, his travelling and his love of birds are expressed through his art. Craig Platt has regular exhibitions at Art by the Sea Gallery. His work, particularly his tui painting, is held in private collections across the country.

Large flower paintings on canvas and board by Zoe Feng, oil painter and flower artist. Zoe's paintings are highly realistic and evoke memories of human interactions, emotional experiences, and self-discovery. Find framed canvas art and contemporary NZ artists at Art by the Sea Gallery. Zoe Feng Evocative Flower Paintings Zoe Feng is a New Zealand flower artist and oil painter based in Tauranga. Her detailed oil paintings of peonies are highly popular, compelling viewers with their incredible realism, vibrancy of growth and movement, and textured gold, silver, or multi-coloured backgrounds. More > Elegance Out of stock Sun-kissed Out of stock Spring Footsteps Out of stock Moon-kissed Out of stock Heart to Heart Out of stock Twilight Out of stock Dark Incense Out of stock A Glorious Fantasy Out of stock Bloom Out of stock Midsummer Out of stock I'm Here Out of stock Uninhibited Out of stock Untitled Out of stock Sunset | Zoe Feng Out of stock Magnolias Out of stock Exhibitions Exhibition Zoe Feng 2023 Exhibition Zoe Feng 2022 Breathe Again Zoe Feng 2021 Bio Zoe Feng is a New Zealand fine artist known for her incredibly realistic and vibrant oil flower paintings. Her artwork offers a skilled explosion of life and colour, evoking the riot of growth, delicacy, and resilience to be found in flower gardens. Zoe has worked as full-time artist since the early 2000s, painting for exhibitions, on commission for hotels and restaurants and overseas clients, and completing a number of large murals. In New Zealand, her early work featured still life paintings of glass bottles. When I was a child, I always love glassware, such as glass bead, necklace, and button. Each time I watched the light that show through the colourful glass and reflected into spontaneous pattern, it aroused my imagination endlessly… from fairy tales, Cinderella’s crystal shoes to lighting magic, and a wild fancy. I came to New Zealand 5 years ago. Collecting old glass bottles become one of my hobbies; they were all well made by hand, some of them over a hundred years. I was attracted by their simple forms, pure colours and full of mystery… each bottle is a unique creation and has its own unique story, and I tried to capture all these feelings and merged to my painted image… I wondered where it drifts from, what was inside the bottle originally. What would it's owner look like… might be "The old fisherman" (Hemingway)… or a beautiful rich lady… until today it hides somewhere under the ground, quietly laid on the beach and buried by sand day after day until someone picks it up. Following four years studying graphic design at Chongqing University in China in the 80s, Zoe became an avid painter. She worked as a graphic designer for a magazine in Beijing and in the design department of a Chongqing television station, and painted in her spare time. She finally opened her own professional studio after completing an oil painting course at Sichuan Artists College in 2000. The College retained two of her oil paintings for permanent display. She moved to New Zealand in 2007 where she worked part-time in a flower shop and was inspired by the dual fragility and resilience she found in the flowers, delicate in beauty and yet able to survive journeys to different climates and plant roots in new soil. Many of her paintings evoke half-remembered emotional experiences to do with human interactions, relationships, and self-discovery. Zoe was a featured artist at the 2002 Guangdong Artists Exhibition and a nude oil painting of hers appeared in the art book they subsequently published. She received a commendation for excellence at the 2003 Chongqing Art Teachers Exhibition. Zoe has held sell-out exhibitions of her flower art at Art by the Sea since 2019, with clients often commissioning further work from her when all pieces have sold.

Step into Art by the Sea's archive of previous art gallery exhibitions by solo artists. There remains a strong collection of art for sale in this space, and a chance to see past work by our award-winning New Zealand artists. ARCHIVE SOLO EXHIBITIONS Welcome to this collection of past art gallery exhibitions (including some with art for sale) by Art by the Sea's award-winning New Zealand artists. Enjoy exploring the incredible bodies of work that our artists have created and that we have been so proud to help curate and present. 2025 Tallulah Nunez Sanctuary Jan. 3 - Jan.26 Anna Korver Collections Feb. 22 - Mar. 15 Holly Haines Landscapes: A World Apart Apr. 12 - May 8 Paul Hooker Eclectic May 17 - June 3 Lyndy Wilson Alter Ego June 6 - June 23 Mark Dimock The Journey of Picasso's Woman Aug. 2 - Aug. 18 Jules Kesby Disruption 23 Aug. - 9 Sept. 2025 Graham Downs At the Water's Edge 13 Sept. - 30 Sept. 2025 Christian Nicolson The Iguana and The Wolf 11 Oct. - 29 Oct. 2025 Rosemary Eagles Thinking About Trees 15 Nov. - 3 Dec. 2025 2024 Jules Kesby Into the Light Jan. 27 - Feb. 14 Tallulah Nunez Ice Bombs & Sand Blasts Feb. 24 - March 11 Rosemary Eagles Drifting Through Seasons March 16 - April 4 Bill Hayes Works in Cone 6 April 6 - May 8 Natalie Pearce Midnight Garden 17 Aug. - 12 Sept. Craig Platt September Show September Julie Whyman Exhibition 19 Oct. - 31 Oct. 2023 Tallulah Nunez Standing on the Sun Feb. 25 - March 14 Mark Dimock Muse March 25 - April 17 Craig Platt Land Sea Sky April 29 - May 17 Natalie Pearce Broken Open July 8 - July 26 Anna Korver Exhibition Aug. 5 - Aug. 24 Zoe Feng Exhibition Sep. 2 - Sept. 21 Christian Nicolson Further Anecdotes of My Youth Sept. 25 - Oct. 5 Holly Haines A Journey in Oils Oct. 7 - Oct. 20 Tallulah Nunez Collectors' Edition Oct. 21 - Nov. 3 Brendan Adams Are We There Yet? Nov. 11 - Nov. 27 2022 Paul Hooker Landscapes & Figures Feb. 26 - March 24 Bill Hayes A Life Between Breaths May 28 - June 13 Zoe Feng Exhibition July 9 - July 26 Christian Nicolson My Trip to the South Island Oct. 1 - Oct.18 Graham Downs Water & Reflections Oct. 29 - Nov .15 Rosemary Eagles Sharing Coastal Visions Nov. 19 - Dec 6 2021 Anna Korver The Lighthouse Jan 16 - Feb 1 Joe Kemp Tironui Feb. 27 - March 31 Christian Nicolson Ready to Roll April 10 - April 27 Mark Dimock 40th May 8 - May 24 Zoe Feng Breathe Again May 29 - June 15 Rosemary Eagles Past to Present Sept. 11 - Oct. 5 Graham Downs From the Wellspring Oct. 9 - Oct. 26 Kirsty Nixon Greenscenes Oct. 30 - Nov. 16 Craig Platt Our Birds Dec. 3 - Dec. 18 2020 Paul Hooker Cirque March 14 - April 2 Rosemary Parcell Drawing in Paint July 11 - July 28 Derek March Homeland Oct. 4 - Oct. 20 2019 Joe Kemp Carving a Pathway of Humanity April 6 - April 23 Anna Korver Necessary Protection Feb. 23 - March 30

NZ art prints of native birds and nature scenes by Mary Taylor, printmaker and watercolour artist. Mary's fine art etchings are hand-printed and delicately painted with watercolours, presenting a rare opportunity for hand-coloured affordable art NZ. Find watercolour art, nz bird art, wildlife art, and beach and nature painting at Art by the Sea Gallery. Mary Taylor New Zealand Printmaker Mary Taylor is a New Zealand fine artist based on the west coast of Auckland. She specialises in limited edition NZ art prints and original paintings of birds and flowers, along with small NZ coastal and urban landscapes. More > ! Mary Taylor Full Collections Original Paintings Landscape Prints Hand-coloured etchings Nature Prints Hand-coloured etchings 30th Anniversary Group Show 2022 Bio Mary Taylor is a New Zealand printmaker and watercolour artist born in Devonport and currently based on Auckland’s West Coast. Mary specialises in limited edition NZ fine prints and original paintings of birds and flowers. She is especially passionate about native NZ bird art and NZ flora and botanicals, as evidenced in her etchings of kōwhai flowers, NZ rata, nīkau palms, little ruru, kererū (NZ woodpigeon), and tūi, to name a few. Mary’s fine art prints (NZ) and original paintings draw inspiration and subject matter from New Zealand's urban and bush life, from unique flora and native birds to cityscapes, beach and seascapes, and pristine wildernesses. Her style can be described as rich, meticulous, rhythmic, and celebratory, while always grounded in realism. Mary’s etchings are a time-consuming and manual process following a traditional method of hand drawing on Zinc plates—acid etching followed by aqua-tinting or hand-colouring. Clients especially appreciate the individual hand-colouring watercolour art, meaning that each print has its own, unique quality. Today, Mary’s original nature painting is also gaining popularity, loved for their illustrative style and the luminous quality she draws from the paint. Formerly a teacher, Mary has worked as a fulltime, professional artist since 1983. The major part of her time is devoted to her etchings and original paintings. She has also been known to write and illustrate books. Her book Old Blue: The Rarest Bird in the World (Ashton Scholastic, 1993) documented the story of DOC conservationists saving the Chatham Islands robin from the brink of extinction to great reviews, winning the AIM non-fiction award in 1994. Mary lives in a wilderness of exceptional beauty with lush bush and rugged coastlines. Her wildlife art is created in a studio surrounded by native forest and regularly travels throughout New Zealand seeking subject matter for her work. Mary’s work is held in private collections in New Zealand and internationally.