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Fine art portrait painting by Luke Hollis, classical oil painter. Warmly lit oil portraits and NZ landscape paintings in a classical style with looser, painterly brushstrokes. Find NZ art, oil artists Auckland, and original art for sale NZ at Art by the Sea Gallery. Luke Hollis Classical Oil Portraits Luke Hollis is a fine art oil painter from Auckland, New Zealand. His style merges traditional training with more contemporary approaches, attaining realism in his beautifully lit landscapes and figurative work. More > New 2025 Reverie Price $6,500.00 New 2025 The Breadmaker Out of stock New 2025 Captivate Price $2,850.00 Wild Price $2,200.00 Luminance Price $2,000.00 New 2025 Golden Hour Out of stock New 2025 Cyan Out of stock New 2025 Alazarin Out of stock New 2024 Lucent Out of stock Clearwaters, Wānaka Price $2,500.00 Little Thinker Out of stock Secret Forest Price $1,600.00 Cliffscape Price $2,200.00 View to Rangitoto Price $2,500.00 All Dolled Up Out of stock Red Feathers Price $6,000.00 Elsewhere Price $4,200.00 Harvest Out of stock Solace Amongst the Ruins Out of stock Illumination Price $2,500.00 Bio Luke Hollis is a New Zealand figurative and landscape artist based in Auckland where he teaches drawing at Auckland University of Technology. He is particularly known for his fine art portrait painting, capturing the beauty of his subjects in their expressions and his use of soft, glowing light. Fuelled by a passion for capturing the real and fantasy alike, Luke’s pieces mix contemporary with traditional styles accentuated by loose and painterly brushwork. He is continually developing his work through experimentation. One of his primary passions is conceptual art with most of his free time spent on his often bizarre figurative pencil works. Luke is influenced by traditional artists like Nicolai Fechin, John Singer Sargent, Thomas Whilmer Dewing, as well as contemporary artists such as Richard Schmidt, Zhaoming Wu, Morgan Weistling, and Ron Hicks, to name a few. His line work has received high acclamation by fellow contemporary artists and is a strong foundation for his detailed oil pieces. A self-taught artist, Luke has been painting professionally since 2004. He is known throughout the country, having begun his painting career in the Bay of Plenty followed by sell-out shows in Whakatane and Tauranga in the early 2000s. Viewed as one of New Zealand's leading young emerging artists, he was awarded runner-up in the Molly Morpeth Canaday art awards in 2004, followed by First Equal in the same awards in 2005 where he was also honoured as the winner of the People’s Choice Award. Luke has received notable acclaim from art critics and the art community alike. His oil portraits and NZ landscape paintings are held in private collections both nationally and internationally.

NZ landscape paintings by Graham Downs, established New Zealand artist. Graham's experienced paintings of NZ include cityscapes, seascapes, flower paintings, and NZ beach art. Find contemporary NZ artists and New Zealand landscape art at Art by the Sea Gallery. Graham Downs NZ Landscape Paintings Graham Downs is an established New Zealand fine artist specialising in NZ landscape paintings, cityscapes, and seascapes. Based on Auckland’s North Shore, Graham is known for capturing summer beaches and bays, Auckland villas and flower gardens, and rainy downtown city scenes. More > New 2025 Walking the Milford Track Price $5,500.00 New 2025 Auckland Cityscape Price $4,800.00 Springtime Price $8,500.00 Joy Price $5,500.00 Tāwharanui Price $6,000.00 Waiheke - Opopoto Bay Price $3,500.00 Pink Umbrella Out of stock The Rocks Price $8,000.00 Rangitoto Boat Sheds Out of stock Sunrising - Rangitoto View Price $6,000.00 Flower Garden and Villa Out of stock Flower Meadow Out of stock Sitting Portrait Price $1,000.00 Everlasting Beauty Price $6,000.00 Good Times Price $1,000.00 Downtown Auckland Out of stock Restoration Out of stock Devonport Yacht Club Price $1,800.00 Two Black Sheds Okura Price $2,400.00 Cityscape Out of stock Exhibitions At the Water's Edge Graham Downs 2025 Water and Reflections Graham Downs 2022 From the Wellspring Graham Downs 2021 Bio Graham Downs is a fine artist from Auckland, New Zealand, known for his stunning landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, and flower paintings. His style is diverse, ranging from early metal collages of boats and sailing life to classic plein-air paintings of NZ to modern downtown city scenes. More recently, Graham has enjoyed painting beautiful and wildly colourful flower gardens, often with a white villa stark against the sky in the background. I have the whole world in my garden, a place for reflecting on life and nature. Graham has been carrying his paint box around since he was about eight years old. He paints in both oil and acrylic, depending on the artwork. In his early quirky conceptual collages, he was known to upcycle metal and found objects. New Zealand art critic, T. J. McNamara, has described Graham's NZ landscape art as "filled with light and full of charm and joy in water, clouds and sky.” I have had a lifetime of conceptual art, but I find that now I have returned to the beginning. My paintings are a synthesis of sketchbook drawings and memory, expressing the visual poetry that resonates within the bounds of my past and present. To express that tranquillity in my own language and to acknowledge how beauty can be in the common world around us and let my paintings be a refuge from the everyday tribulations, and to celebrate nature is my raison d’etre. Starting his career as an advertising art director and illustrator, Graham worked for many international agencies. He won many awards in this role, working on iconic NZ brands like Air NZ, Edmonds, Hubbard cereals, Cuisine Magazine, Belly-Gully, and more. Up until his retirement, painting was Graham’s escape from the commercial world. Now, he is able to devote more time to his passion.

Nature painting by Kirsty Nixon, New Zealand artist. Kirsty’s quintessential native NZ bird art and tree paintings celebrate the kiwi summer with tūi, pīwakawaka, and korimako (bellbirds). Find contemporary NZ artists, NZ landscape paintings, and popular canvas art at Art by the Sea Gallery. Kirsty Nixon NZ Birds and Coastal Landscapes Kirsty Nixon is a contemporary nature and landscape artist from Auckland. Kirsty’s quintessential native NZ bird art and tree paintings celebrate the kiwi summer with tūī perched in pōhutukawa and nīkau, or pīwakawaka flitting through kōwhai, cabbage trees, and kawakawa. More > New 2024 Dos Amigos Price $3,400.00 New 2024 Kindred Out of stock Greenscene Price $1,995.00 Better Together Out of stock On Guard Price $2,300.00 Vigilance Price $3,200.00 Hidden in Plain Sight Out of stock Best Fronds Out of stock Backyard Beauty Out of stock Fantail 2 (print) Price $895.00 Mellow Yellow Out of stock Wild Ones (Print) Price $1,150.00 Sidekick Out of stock Domain Walk Out of stock Quiet Time Out of stock Exhibitions 30th Anniversary Group Show 2022 Greenscenes Kirsty Nixon 2021 Bio Kirsty Nixon is a contemporary fine artist from Auckland specialising in New Zealand landscape art and nature painting. Kirsty’s summer bush and coastal scenes showcase New Zealand’s incredible native trees and flora, including nikau palms, harakeke flowers (NZ flax), cabbage trees, toetoe, kawakawa, kōwhai, and blossoming pōhutukawa. Her paintings feature tui and pīwakawaka (fantail), with korimako (bellbirds) and kōtare (NZ kingfisher) also making an appearance. When I lost my wonderful dad the birds began to feature in my artwork. Birds even sounded louder to me. I bought a charm for a bracelet of a pīwakawaka and would often run the back feathers though my fingers as I thought of him. As I paint each bird I want them to look as though they are thinking something. Watching something. Communicating with each other. A snapshot of them in thought. When I lost my beautiful mum, once again the birds sounded louder. For over 20 years Kirsty has been a successful artist capturing the intensity of colour and light found in New Zealand’s unique native bush and coastal scenes. She began her career in advertising and now cherishes the peace of the canvas and her subject matter. When I start a painting and the first layers are coming together there's a piece of me that knows how it will look completed, and there will be a part of it that surprises me. Sometimes, in the middle of the process, I have to stop and wait a while to gather my thoughts and get back on track. So I stop. That painting needs a rest. Kirsty’s appeal and recognition as one of New Zealand's foremost landscape artists has been celebrated in national art publications such as Art News and Asian Art News. She also features in the New Zealand Favourite Artists book (2010) edited by Denis Robinson. Her range and experience in different techniques such as acrylic painting, watercolour, and etching has increased her popularity amongst collectors. Her Art by the Sea exhibitions consistently sell well and her growth in popularity is a testament to the timeless quality and detail of her NZ landscape paintings. Nestled in their settings, my birds give me a lot of peace. They are company. When a show is all put together and the birds are lined up in their bush and foliage settings I almost feel as if I can hear them. They are windows to a green restful place. With all the chaos surrounding us, advertising hammering us, political uncertainty, climate madness, I want my paintings to communicate peace. To slow us down. To literally stop and breathe.

Environmental issues art by Pauline Allomes, New Zealand Artist. Pauline's nature painting and micrography (drawings made of words) express her care and concern for NZ's precious native bush and ecosystems. Buy fine art, eco art , nz art, and NZ landscape art at Art by the Sea Gallery. Pauline Allomes Environmental Artist & Micrographer We have a duty of care to protect the environment for future generations. Pauline Allomes is a Whanganui-based fine artist and environmentalist known for her highly detailed NZ micrographs, pen and ink drawings of New Zealand native bush scenes made up of miniature messages about the importance of protecting the world we live in. More > New 2025 Tangled Vines Price $2,600.00 New 2025 The Silent Host (Bushy Park Tarapuruhi) Price $3,200.00 Reaching in the Sky Out of stock The Earth is a Fine Place and Worth Fighting For Price $1,400.00 Bio We have a duty of care to protect the environment for future generations. Pauline Allomes is a New Zealand artist and environmentalist based in Whanganui. She is known for her uniquely New Zealand nature painting and micrographs conveying her love of, and concern for, the natural world in which we live. Micrography (or microcalligraphy) is a form of calligram using words to create images or designs. It dates back to Jewish writing in the 9th century with similar uses in Christianity and Islam. Pauline’s New Zealand micrography uniquely employs writing conveying her environmental art activism in images depicting the environment she seeks to protect: Aotearoa New Zealand’s precious native bush and eco systems. I have a deep love and respect for our beautiful country and in times of stress find the beauty around me has a calming and healing effect. The effect man has had on this beauty I find disturbing. We are the only species on this wonderful world of ours that does not complete the circle of life. Sure, we go back to the earth, but while we are here we consume nature's resources and when we leave, we leave behind a myriad of possessions that pollute the earth. Art was a late discovery for Pauline. Uncertain of her ability, but eager to try, she attended art school for the first time in 2001. Pauline quickly fell in love with the work and the materials, indulging in every medium she could lay her hands on. Over the following years, her art slowly evolved into the nature art we see today, giving expression to her voice as an environmental and creative activist. The realization that through my art I can portray how beautiful I find the world we live in and my sorrow at the destruction we are causing was a turning point for my art , coupled with the development of micrography which seems to suit my drawing style. I can now create beautiful images that carry a strong message. If those that view these images are moved to make even a small change in their lives I have achieved my goal. Pauline is an award-winning artist who has appeared repeatedly in the NZ Herald. Her NZ art is held in private collections around New Zealand. She has been accepted 9 times for the Pattillo Whanganui Arts Review.

Highly unique intuitive mark making and expressionist art by Tallulah Nunez. Tallulah's mark making art presents vividly imagined NZ garden and landscape scenery - with new discoveries every time you look at it. Find contemporary NZ artists, dot painting, pointillism, and New Zealand landscape art at Art by the Sea Gallery. Tallulah Nunez Intuitive Mark Making Tallulah Nunez is a mid-career fine artist known for her unique style of intuitive mark making. New Zealand-born, Tallulah’s abstract landscape art offers highly detailed, vivid, and fantastical scenes of land, sky, and sea that defy traditional conventions of the landscape genre. More > New 2025 Honeymoon Price $4,000.00 New 2025 BFF Price $3,500.00 New 2024 Sunflower Fountain Price $5,000.00 New 2024 Fountain 3 Suns Price $7,000.00 New 2024 Midnight Garden Out of stock New 2024 Rainbow Scented Skies Price $12,000.00 New 2024 Sun Day Flower Price $7,000.00 New 2024 Sunset Moonrise Price $8,000.00 New 2024 Outside/Inside Price $7,000.00 New 2024 The Orange Grove Price $8,000.00 New 2024 Rocky Bay Price $6,500.00 New 2024 Desert Garden 1 Price $5,000.00 New 2024 Desert Garden 2 Price $5,000.00 New 2024 Desert Garden 4 Price $7,000.00 New 2024 Iceberg Out of stock New 2024 Oasis 2 Price $7,000.00 The Moon in the Gilgamesh Tree 2 Price $8,000.00 Standing on the Sun (Diptych) Price $9,000.00 Eclipse and the Wind Out of stock Sun Tree 2 Price $5,400.00 Standing on the Sun 2023 Price $3,750.00 Sunflowers and Starbursts Out of stock Exhibitions Sanctuary Tallulah Nunez Jan. 2025 Ice Bombs & Sand Blasts Tallulah Nunez Feb.-Mar. 2024 Collectors' Edition Tallulah Nunez Oct. - Nov. 2023 Standing on the Sun Tallulah Nunez Feb-Mar 2023 30th Anniversary Group Show 2022 Bio Tallulah Nunez is a New Zealand-born, mid-career artist with a unique style of expressionist art known as intuitive mark making. Similar to dot painting or pointillism, Tallulah’s multi-layered mark making art presents imaginative gardens and vibrant spaces, showing us new details every time we look at them. Gazing at one painting, we might find purple seedpods, cherry blossom trees, NZ harakeke (flax), rising sunflowers, or a Van Gogh-like starry night. Another might show us floating icebergs and circling moons, while yet another offers a coconut tree before a rioting desert horizon. This is New Zealand landscape art that defies landscape conventions. I would describe my working style as expressionist maximalism/surrealism. I create work that is extravagantly detailed, inclusive, eclectic and often unashamedly beautiful. In the moment of painting, Tallulah is dedicated to her craft. Her work is intuitive and spontaneous, each piece growing from one corner to spread across the canvas or board. Inspiration comes from her own experiences, news gathered during her walks, and snippets from everyday life. Tallulah rarely involves reference images; instead, she transposes the psychological complexity of her interior world into lush and layered compositions. Her paintings might tell us something about the human condition, or about our place in the madness of contemporary life. I’m interested in movement and rhythm. I want to create works that vibrate. I set about doing this by juxtaposing unlikely colours, and the repetitive use of patterns and marks. I embrace the pleasure of process for its own sake, inviting the viewer to engage with the mark-making and to follow the myriad paths into the work to discover their own interpretation of how and what they see. There is a strongly recognisable yet ever-transient voice in Tallulah’s abstract landscape art. Natural motifs and patterned elements recur throughout: snake-like trees, floating moons, distorted reflections in bodies of water, and stippled night skies. Abstract and representational impulses co-exist in unorthodox harmony. There is a nuanced vulnerability to her work, an emotional charge or sensitivity, and intricate detail that is at once controlled, expressive, and experimental. I need to create intently, slowly and methodically. But also randomly, unplanned and irrationally. It’s as though several parts of me take turns creating, each part taking control when needed. To be loose and free, rigid and meticulous, considered and analysing or playful and experimental. Tallulah’s expressive art paintings of NZ are held in a number of private collections. She has been a finalist in the prestigious Parkin Drawing Award, the Miles Art Award, the Tasman Art Award, and the Cleveland Art Award.

Oil paintings for sale nz by Paula Brill, expressionist artist. Paula paints modern portraits in an expressionist art style. Find expressive portrait artists and modern art for sale nz at Art by the Sea Gallery. Paula Brill Modern Expressionist Artist Paula Brill is an emerging contemporary artist from Taupo. She enjoys exploring the “essence” of individuals in her modern portraits using an expressionist art form. More > New 2024 A Long Day Price $850.00 New 2024 Horizons 1 Price $1,000.00 Paint Pony Price $1,200.00 New 2024 Day Dreamer Price $1,000.00 A Bedroom Painting Out of stock New 2024 Pony Price $1,200.00 New 2024 Covid Price $1,000.00 New 2024 Horizons 11 Price $1,000.00 Bio Paula Brill is an emerging contemporary artist using a New Zealand expressionist art form. She works mainly in oil on canvas but enjoys playing with other mediums too. While she is particularly drawn to modern portraits and figurative work, she has been known to experiment with other subject matter. Thinking about her approach to art, Paula appreciates this quote from nationalgalleries.org: Expressionists searched inwards for deeper meaning. The style is defined by free brushwork, heightened colour and jagged or elongated forms. Paul is self-taught. She is inspired by individuality in people, and looks to discover/reveal that in her artwork. Paula is interested in exploring options for commissions.

Oil paintings for sale NZ by Nicky Thompson, New Zealand artist. Nicky's South Island landscape paintings showcase NZ's most dramatic scenery, featuring native birds and tapa designs. Find contemporary NZ artists, NZ bird art, nature painting, and NZ landscape artists at Art by the Sea Gallery. Nicky Thompson NZ South Island Oil Painter Nicky Thompson is a contemporary artist and oil painter known for her large NZ landscape paintings featuring South Island mountains, rivers, lakes, and native birds. Nicky is originally from Auckland, now based in Cromwell. More > Escape - Skippers Canyon Price $2,850.00 Escape Price $2,500.00 Bullendale Hut Out of stock The Naked Possum 11 Out of stock King of the Mountain - Skippers Canyon Price $4,400.00 Big Sky Dreaming Price $3,800.00 Paradise on Foot Out of stock The Shadows (Sleeps 18) Out of stock The Castle Out of stock Luxury Accomodation Out of stock Tangiwai - Weeping Waters Out of stock Twelve Heavens Out of stock Bio Nicky Thompson is a New Zealand contemporary artist and painter based in Cromwell in the South Island. Nicky is known for her large New Zealand landscapes of the South Island, showing mountains, rivers, and lakes. Many of her paintings feature native NZ bird art and intricately detailed lace veils or tapa cloth. Experienced in the use of both oil and acrylic paints, Nicky draws from her own intimate experience of the New Zealand landscape as gained during her many hikes and trips around the South Island with her partner, Mike. I like to think my work evokes a peaceful and restful feeling. I love to capture a moment in time, when for a split second you stop and almost feed on something that slows your breath. Nature has lent me these moments. Inspiration for my work comes from my love of our surroundings that we are so privileged to have. On the depiction of lace and tapa cloth in her paintings, Nicky has said that for her it is about the movement the fabric lends to the work and the stories each piece tells. Lace patterns have histories in European culture, just as tapa cloth contains stories that speak to cultural identities and histories in the Pacific. My work has a common theme of our native birds, their diverse nests and feathers, combined with layers of fragile voile lace and highly tropical patterned fabrics intertwined with crisp glass vessels or placed with naïve, organic shaped urns. Movement is created with a wispy breeze playing through the fabrics and allowing a feather or two to float gently across, often coming to rest on a delicate flower—a quiet, peaceful time. Sometimes I use tapa cloth with its illustrated stories. I mix acrylic, oils, conte sticks, oil pastel, and resin together to create this feeling of quiet tranquillity. A private moment suspended in time with paint forever. Nicky studied graphic design at Auckland Institute of Technology and worked for an advertising agency for a number of years before taking a job with Finished Artist Auckland Type Setters in the mid-80s. She worked on private and commercial commissions in her spare time, including murals for children’s rooms (many featured in the NZ House and Garden magazine and the Herald newspaper). She also completed a large commission for Starbucks and another for the Belgium Beer House Restaurant. Nicky began working as a full-time painter in 2005 with her first solo NZ landscape art exhibition held at Art by the Sea in 2007. She has had a number of solo exhibitions since and participated in many group shows through Art by the Sea.

Seascapes and coastal photos by Julia Lochhead, ocean art photographer. Julia's movement photographs of the ocean have an atmosphere of peace and tranquility, inviting us to pause and take a breath in our busy day. Find fine art photography, sea art, and photographic art prints for sale NZ at Art by the Sea Gallery. Julia Lochhead Ocean Art Photographer This is my home away from home. This is where I find my calm. Julia Lochhead is a New Zealand ocean art photographer based in Mount Maunganui. Her passion is capturing images with a sense of movement and tranquility, grounding us in the natural world and offering space to breathe in the hustle and bustle of the everyday. More > Let the Light in Price $3,200.00 Reset Out of stock Changing Tides 2 Price $1,300.00 Rest Price $1,800.00 Changing Tides 3 Out of stock Bio These fine art prints are more than mere images; they are windows to a world where time moves at a gentle pace, allowing you to immerse yourself in the art of self-care. Julia Lochhead is a fine art photographer from Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. Her soft, long exposure seascapes evoke feelings of tranquility and peace, offering a quiet sanctuary from the chaos of the world today. At the same time, the familiar NZ beach art and coastal photos ground us in nature, reminding us that there is more to the world than just ourselves. My work blurs the line between painting and photography by using varying lengths of exposure and natural movement of the ocean. I capture not only a moment in time but also create that feeling that brings you back to your senses, back to your breath, and back to you. Julia grew up in rural New Zealand and developed a strong connection to nature and, especially, the ocean. Long summer holidays were spent by the beach and the water became her “soulful place.” She fell in love with photographic art, especially that concerned with creating movement, while attending a course at the London School of Photography. I began learning to capture what it was that I was feeling and with this, photography became the way I saw the world. After eight years, Julia came back home to further progress her passion by completing a 2-year diploma in Photographic Imaging. This formed a solid foundation for her to refine and evolve her techniques in fine art photography. She has had successful exhibitions at a local gallery in Mount Maunganui and has appeared in exhibitions at Art by the Sea, where many of her works are sold.

Abstract modern art paintings by Mark Dimock artist. Mark creates geometric indoor and outdoor mixed media metal wall art nz and metal art New Zealand. Find contemporary NZ artists, mixed media artists nz and modern art for sale nz at Art by the Sea Gallery. Mark Dimock Modern Metal Wall Art Mark Dimock is a New Zealand contemporary abstract artist from Eketahuna. Mark creates highly unique sculptural wall artworks in brushed aluminium, copper, and brass inlaid in hardwood or over steel. More > New 2025 Courtship Wood Price $6,800.00 New 2025 Picasso's Woman Green Out of stock New 2025 Tall King Wood Price $7,800.00 New 2025 Marama Pink Price $2,200.00 New 2025 Lady Lake Green Out of stock New 2025 Square Steel King Patina Price $6,000.00 New 2025 Coloured In Price $4,300.00 New 2025 Tall Queen Turquoise Price $2,850.00 New 2024 Lone Man Brass Price $2,850.00 New 2024 Queen Steel Patina Out of stock New 2024 City Green Price $4,300.00 Raw Fish Yellow Price $6,300.00 New 2025 Courtship Red Price $8,000.00 Picasso's Woman Turquoise Price $6,500.00 The Party Green Price $2,850.00 Hammerhead Shark Price $9,000.00 On the beach Out of stock Clock and Flautist Out of stock Hardwood Muse Price $7,600.00 Three Wise Men Out of stock Exhibitions The Journey of Picasso's Woman Mark Dimock 2025 Muse Mark Dimock 2023 30th Anniversary Group Show 2022 40th Mark Dimock 2021 Bio Mark Dimock is an innovative contemporary New Zealand artist who creates abstract modern art paintings in brushed aluminium, copper, and brass inlaid in hardwood or over steel. He has also created standing steel artwork, sculptures depicting sea creatures and human figures displayed around everyday objects. Some of Mark's pieces are especially designed to function as outdoor wall art, to hang beside garden patios or decks. Mark is known for upcycling, using recycled timber in his geometric modern art paintings and objects such as clocks and hammers in his sculpture. His style and practice are governed by the search for original imagery and a highly technical approach. Early influences were cubists such as George Braque, Pablo Picasso and Juan Gris. Mark has been living and working in Eketahuna since 1980 where he has established a large studio workshop and gallery. He has had over 40 solo exhibitions in galleries throughout New Zealand including Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Palmerston North, Whangarei, and Masterton, and has been part of many group shows.

Fine art woodturning by René Baxalle, Master wood turner and wood carver. Check out his intricately carved waka huia for sale (maori war canoe). Find affordable original art, wood carvers NZ, and contemporary NZ artists at Art by the Sea Gallery. René Baxalle Master Wood Turner René Baxalle is a fine art woodturner from Auckland. He is known for his intricately woven wood inlays, beautifully smooth wooden bowls nz and vessels, and the use of overlapping wood joinings in place of glue or synthetics. More > Extra Large Black Maire Bowl Price $950.00 Puriri Box with Woven Pohukutawa Lid Out of stock Shallow Rimmed Bowl Out of stock Black Maire Hollow Form Out of stock Pōhutukawa Vessel Out of stock Large Black Maire Bowl Out of stock Le Voyage de la Vie (The voyage of life) Out of stock Totara Hollow Form Out of stock Large Rimu Bowl Out of stock Tall rimu vase Out of stock Bio I have always been attracted to wood and have very fond memories of carving little figurines with my pocket knife when I was around 10. René Baxalle came to fine art woodturning when he was given a lathe in 2001. Previously, he had associated woodturning exclusively with furniture—banister, table legs. After joining a local woodturners club, he discovered the creative potential of the lathe. Early on, he started experimenting with woven wood inlays, liking the intricacy of weaving and the way each strand blends and connects with others to become one. To him, each strand can represent an experience in someone’s life, and the resulting woven form is the person’s mind or soul. René grew up on a farm in the southwest of France, in an area called Dordogne. He moved to New Zealand in 1991. He found the transition liberating, moving from a country steeped in tradition to a newer, younger country, more willing to embrace innovation and creativity. I didn’t choose woodwork as a career but instead opted for the electrical trade. This might be the reason I so love working with wood now. René describes staying at home to look after their two children as a turning point in his life. As he explains, spending time with young children can be a rich experience, a chance to see the world through different eyes. René does not use synthetic material and will not use glue if he can avoid it because, as he says, he want the different parts which form a piece to want to be together, not be forced. Another design he likes involves overlapping pieces of wood like the cladding of wooden houses or the sides of wooden clinker boats. This style, found in his waka huia (Māori war canoe), is similar to wood weaving, with all parts supporting each other to become one. René belongs to woodturning Auckland clubs and wood working nz societies. His work is held in private collections across New Zealand. He is available for commissions, including to create stands for other artworks (as in the example pictured).

Abstract landscape art and expressionist art by Liam Downes, New Zealand artist. Liam's NZ landscape paintings showcase Auckland icons like Rangitoto. Find contemporary NZ artists and ready to hang canvas art at Art by the Sea Gallery. Liam Downes Abstract Landscape Art Liam Downes is a contemporary expressionist artist from Auckland. He is known for his abstract landscape art of iconic Auckland and New Zealand scenery. More > Rangitoto Dawn - Storm Approaching Out of stock Rangitoto Lighthouse Price $5,900.00 Rangitoto Sun Up Out of stock Bio Liam Downes is a New Zealand artist who paints contemporary expressionist art of iconic Auckland and New Zealand landscapes. He has also painted rural scenes, including farm animals, and occasionally does some figurative work. Favouring an expressionist style of loose, fluid painting, Liam’s NZ landscape paintings are most often of Rangitoto island in Auckland harbour and of areas around Waiheke island. He says he feels entranced by these spaces. Liam is originally from England and relocated to Auckland City. He studied illustration at university and worked commercially in graphic design. Liam is also inspired by a trip he did to India in 2002 to 2003 where he observed their stunning landscapes and busy social scenes.

Read the story of Art by the Sea and take a virtual walk through our Auckland art gallery. We exhibit fine and affordable original art and limited edition prints by NZ artists. Find Auckland art museums in New Zealand. About Us Making connections through art Kia Ora Koutou e nga Manuhiri. Nau mai, haere mai, haere mai. Hello and welcome to our gallery of established and emerging artists from Aotearoa New Zealand. Art by the Sea virtual tour Today, Art by the Sea stands as a respected Auckland art gallery showcasing a wide variety of fine and affordable original art and limited edition prints from across Aotearoa New Zealand. We are proud to have a sister gallery, Art by the River , in Whanganui. Art by the Sea 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 Our Story Art by the Sea was established in 1991 in the historic Duders building on the waterfront of the seaside suburb, Devonport to showcase New Zealand art and artists. We would like to acknowledge the hard mahi of Bronwyn Davies who ran the Devonport art gallery for its first ten years in business and established its integral connection with the Devonport community. The current owners, Mike and Linda Geers, purchased the business in 2001 and built it up to the reputable Auckland art gallery it is today. Following the move to Takapuna in 2021, Art by the Sea has established strong ties to the Takapuna and Milford communities. We are honoured by the support and welcome we have received. We could (and may!) write a book with the stories that have travelled through or begun at Art by the Sea. There have been floods (in 2001 and during the infamous Auckland Floods 2023). There was the drunk driver who crashed their car through the front window. There have been practical jokes, such as the time we placed a giant sandstone kina on the beach by the ferry on April Fools’ Day, or a few years later when we precariously climbed the Edwards Parade clock tower to balance presents on top at Christmas. And there have been incredible community events—charity fundraisers for Amnesty International, War Child, the Key to Life Trust. On these nights, the gallery came alive as we witnessed poets and artists joining together in creative expression about human rights, children affected by war and conflict, and mental health awareness. The stories will continue...