Found object sculpture and wall art Auckland by Alysn Midgelow-Marsden, New Zealand artist. Alysn stitches, knits, and crochets metal wire and found materials in her sculpture and wall art. Find NZ art and contemporary NZ artists at Art by the Sea Gallery. Alysn Midgelow-Marsden Mixed Media Textile Artist Alysn Midgelow-Marsden is a textile and mixed media contemporary artist from Auckland, New Zealand. Alysn creates intricate found object sculpture and wall sculptures (NZ) using materials that include (but are not limited to) stitched or crocheted wire, metal, gesso, verdigris, canvas, and gilded textiles. More > New 2026 The ceaseless action of countless waves Price $1,980.00 New 2026 Laced by Water Price $3,100.00 New 2025 Plume V11 Out of stock The Past in the Present Price $945.00 An Eerie Silence Price $945.00 As Simply as Breathing Price $1,235.00 Volume Without End Price $3,000.00 Fractured Flow Price $3,385.00 Gravitational Lensing Price $945.00 The Sun, the Moon, and the Hairclips Out of stock Bio There is a contemplative narrative formed through the patterns and figures in my works, along with the working of a mostly unconscious human ancestral memory swaying in the tides of unseen forces. Alysn Midgelow-Marsden is a contemporary fine artist from Auckland with a northern European heritage. Her sculptures (tabletop and wall-mounted) are intricate mixed-media combinations of textiles, metal or found plastics, gilding, canvas, gesso, verdigris, and stitching. Alysn’s work is inspired by her curiosity with the human psyche. She is driven by her background in science, her continuing interest in the natural environment, and her attention to the social stereotypes associated with textiles and stitching. She combines her environmental interests with a fascination for the traditions of different cultures and times, finding connections in shared human experience. My practice delivers an invitation to create pleasurably intimate connections to personal experiences through subconscious, visceral, and emotive interactions. Marked visually by a complex, lyrical fluidity, the sculptural works articulate connections, responses, fragility, and strength. Alysn’s complex mixed media textile art presents forms and figures whose meaning are largely open to the viewer’s interpretation. Themes emerge slowly in her gentle yet obsessive mazes of stitching or crochet as she exploits the boundaries of the surfaces and creates subtle combinations of colour and material. Alysn has received awards for her work at national and international exhibitions, including the Mandurah Wearable Art show in Australia (for a work entitled ‘What Lies Beneath’); the Wall Brooches II exhibition in Australia (for ‘Taniwha’); and Nelson’s Changing Threads show in New Zealand (for “The Spaces Between VII”).

New Zealand contemporary art by Christian Nicolson, New Zealand artist. Christian's NZ art is jouyful and nostalgic, remembering iconic music and storytelling scenes across the decades. His work includes beach painting, surfing art, and pop art. Find modern art for sale nz and contemporary NZ artists at Art by the Sea Gallery. Christian Nicolson Contemporary Pop and Landscape Artist Christian Nicolson is a contemporary abstract artist and installation artist specialising in NZ landscape paintings and NZ pop art. Based in Auckland, Christian is renowned for his free and colourful beach and surfing scenes, and for the joyful nostalgia of his pop art celebrating film and music icons from different decades. More > See inside Christian's studio > New 2026 The 80's Disco Price $9,200.00 New 2026 She Kissed Me in the Forest Price $6,900.00 New 2026 Shelter from the Storm Price $6,000.00 New 2026 Kiss Me in the Grass Price $6,000.00 New 2026 Kiss - The band Price $6,000.00 New 2026 The Big Kiss Price $6,000.00 New 2026 PDA - London Underground Price $2,700.00 New 2026 Lips Price $6,000.00 New 2026 Tāwharanui Price $6,500.00 New 2026 Own Private Idaho Price $6,000.00 New 2025 Waterfall in the Jungle Price $4,200.00 New 2025 American Quilt Price $6,000.00 New 2025 The Black Knight Out of stock New 2025 The Dawn of Romance Price $7,000.00 Small Vessels, Big Water Price $5,700.00 New 2025 Reynisfjara and the Whale Price $7,800.00 New 2025 Skogafoss Price $6,200.00 New 2025 Crazy, Crazy Tokyo Price $15,000.00 New 2025 A Room with a View Price $6,000.00 Waiake Creek Price $3,700.00 Barebottomland (Bad Jelly the Witch) Price $3,700.00 Sid and Nancy Price $8,500.00 The Morning Surf Crew Price $11,500.00 New 2025 The Best Ice Creams in France - St Tropez Price $3,700.00 Am I At the Right Beach? Price $11,700.00 Tough Day at The Office Price $4,200.00 Matapōuri Bay Price $4,700.00 Exhibitions The Kiss Christian Nicolson 2026 The Iguana and the Wolf Christian Nicolson 2025 Further Anecdotes of My Youth Christian Nicolson 2023 My Trip to the South Island Christian Nicolson 2022 30th Anniversary Group Show 2022 Ready to Roll: The Kiwi Music I Grew Up With Christian Nicolson 2021 Bio Christian Nicolson is a contemporary abstract artist from Auckland, New Zealand. In his pop art, Christian has the unique ability to capture memory in a way that is both nostalgic and joyful. His style is at times subtle, comical, and personal, compared with other pop art that may be more cliched or appropriative. Meanwhile, his landscape paintings evoke feelings of joy and freedom, celebrating Aotearoa New Zealand's incredible surfing beaches. Speaking to his love of the great outdoors, Christian’s surfing and contemporary beach painting comes from his own experiences exploring Aotearoa’s coast lines in the North and South Islands. His abstract modern art paintings and sculptures are inspired by his childhood memories, film and music media of different decades, and festivals and famous people from the past. Christian's artwork touches the nostalgia nerve within a wide variety of ages, inviting us to remember the golden years in all their glory. I like to be creative in as many ways as possible. Whatever it is to get across my idea and explore what I am doing. I make sculptures. I do large installations in the landscape. I use photography, paint, screen printing, have a rock band, I make videos and film. This is the way I want to continue. I pride myself in doing different things. Christian has a diploma in design (Visual Communications) from Unitec in Auckland. He worked as a designer directing ads, magazines, and logos for several years before leaving that work to follow his dream and become a full-time artist. For a conceptual artwork, Christian begins with idea and composition. He then searches for hours for the type of images that will support this composition. Mostly they are a mix of images taken from online and his own drawings. He then uses a coarse screen (like the old fashioned newspaper screen of 60 dots per inch) to transpose the image over his painting technique. This process is reminiscent of comic book artworks from the 60's and 70's. Actual painting starts in the beginning and is applied throughout the entire process. The final piece of pop art contains layers upon layers of painting, design, and screen printing, often with some oil pastel stick as the final layer. Christian continues to be remembered for some of his more daring artistic endeavours. This includes his “Toetoe” installation series placed in several iconic Auckland locations, including in Auckland City Harbour (with the tide coming in!). Today, alongside his contemporary art followers, collectors, and investors, Christian has a small fanbase as a result of his feature film, This Papier Mache Boulder is Actually Really Heavy (2016), for which he won a number of international film festival awards. Christian has been represented by Art by the Sea Gallery since 2006. He is a prolific artist and has had many, highly successful exhibitions in our gallery. He has also appeared in public exhibitions and sculpture symposiums across the country. Christian has produced art on commission and continues to be available for such work. His work is held in many private collections, including the Wallace Trust which has over 40 of his pieces. Art for me is a passion. Sometimes pure instinct, sometimes quite structured, but usually it’s a fairly organic process. It makes me feel good to express myself. And it’s great to be able to share that with others. Thank you for the love. See inside Christian's studio >

NZ landscape paintings by Nigel Wilson, New Zealand artist. Dramatic artwork showcasing New Zealand's South Island including incredible mountain, lake, and river scenery. Find NZ landscape artists and contemporary NZ artists at Art by the Sea Gallery. Nigel Wilson NZ South Island Landscape Painter Nigel Wilson is a New Zealand landscape artist well-known for his stunning paintings of NZ, especially the Central Otago region. Nigel is based in Clyde in the South Island. More > The Remarkables Price $3,500.00 Matukituki Valley Price $3,200.00 Make the Day - Lake Dunstan Price $3,500.00 Winter on Lake Dunstan 2 Price $3,750.00 Hakataramea Valley Price $3,500.00 Wānaka Hills Price $3,200.00 Lower Shotover River Price $7,500.00 Arrowtown River Walk 2 Price $2,800.00 Ferris Road Price $1,750.00 Tora - Wairarapa Coast 1 Price $3,800.00 Manuherikia River at Galloway Price $3,200.00 Tora - Wairarapa Coast 11 Price $3,800.00 Bio Nigel Wilson is a landscape artist based in Clyde in New Zealand’s beautiful South Island. He is known for his large NZ landscape paintings capturing different regions and seasons in Central Otago including mountain paintings and paintings of NZ rivers South Island. During his fine arts degree at Ilam, University of Canterbury, Nigel was tutored by Don Pebbles. Since then, he has exhibited regularly, winning a number of painting awards, and has nearly 30 solo exhibitions to his name. In a statement following one of Nigel’s exhibitions, an art critic said: Nigel Wilson's work captures the raw, natural beauty and distinct character of New Zealand's southern landscapes through expressive, impassioned brushwork and vibrant, descriptive colour. From a distance, Wilson's works provide an imposing scene, but up close, they are even more arresting. Oil paint has been applied with variety, energy and certainty, with each stoke having a compelling autonomy. Nigel grew up in Wellington before moving to the South Island. He became a full time artist after leaving a teaching profession at Cargill High School, Invercargill, in 1997. He moved to Alexandra in the year 2000 where he continued to boldly paint the Otago landscape. He was appointed president of the Central Otago Art Society in 2008 and again in 2009. Nigel and his New Zealand landscape art is well represented in public and private collections throughout New Zealand.

Figurative artwork by Paul Hooker, New Zealand artist. Paul is an established oil painter whose oil portraits range from vivid steampunk or circus art to fine art nude painting and NZ landscape painting. Find contemporary NZ artists and portrait art painting at Art by the Sea Gallery. Paul Hooker Contemporary Portrait Artist Paul Hooker is an established New Zealand portrait and figurative artist based in Auckland. Paul is an oil painter most known for his colourful circus and steampunk contemporary oil painting and his fine art nude painting. While less prolific, his beautifully composed still life painting and NZ landscape paintings are equally as popular. More > New 2025 Morning Sun Price $3,200.00 New 2025 Perfect Imperfection Price $4,000.00 New 2025 Slumber in the Abstract Price $4,500.00 New 2025 Life Pulse 3 Price $2,600.00 New 2025 Rust Never Sleeps Price $6,500.00 Waiheke Heat Price $4,000.00 Peacock in the Garden Price $7,000.00 Late Afternoon Sun Price $4,000.00 Beachcombers Price $5,500.00 Respite Price $4,500.00 The Magic Coat Price $4,800.00 Nude 4 Price $2,750.00 Nude 8 Price $2,750.00 Cirque Scarlett Price $4,500.00 Nude in White Price $2,800.00 Steampunk White Price $6,000.00 Electric Blue Price $5,500.00 Steampunk - Playing with Time Price $6,000.00 Ridge Road, Waikato Price $6,800.00 Boy Racer Out of stock Italian Memories Out of stock Exhibitions Eclectic Paul Hooker 2025 Landscapes and Figures Paul Hooker 2022 Cirque Paul Hooker 2020 Bio Paul Hooker is an established New Zealand fine artist known for his highly accomplished figurative and portrait oil paintings. His figurative work ranges from vibrant paintings of women in circus and steampunk dress to sunny beach and garden scenes to softly painted nudes. He has won awards for his fine art portrait painting and been commissioned by a number of well-known organisations. Of his circus paintings, Paul said: These paintings reflect our two worlds, the exterior and interior, the seen and unseen. The effects of our surroundings on our inner essence. Paul is drawn by the inherent strength he finds in people while quietly observing their face and form. He favours a loose brush style with the work evolving on the canvas as he paints, and as he deepens his understanding of the subject. Character imperfections appeal to him and he balances his attempts to capture the essence of poses in the human figure with an interest in the life experienced by the individual person. Paul paints intuitively, through perception, and only uses photographs as a reference tool. Influenced by the American artist Alex Kanevsky, Paul’s figurative work is often given movement and atmosphere through his use of abstract backgrounds. Paul also paints the occasional captivating New Zealand landscape and still life. His interest in landscapes focuses on the extended vistas and rolling hills of the North Island, capturing the NZ summer with a finely tuned sense of light and atmosphere. His intimate still life renditions exploit the contrasting qualities of surface and light reflection, their detail and composition speaking to his senior experience in the craft. Paul has enjoyed a career as an exhibiting painter, professional illustrator and tertiary lecturer in Auckland for more than forty years. In the seventies and early eighties he had an extensive career in illustration, working in several of the top Auckland advertising agencies. He tutored part-time at a number of tertiary institutions, including Whitecliff College of Art, for over twenty years. He has said that teaching life drawing, fashion, and figure studies encouraged him to constantly perfect his own technique. Paul has completed a variety of significant private commissions including oil portraits of all of the America's Cup Skippers, and a series of three portraits for Kings College in Auckland. He has been a finalist in the Adam Portraiture Awards no fewer than six times and, in 2004, he was commissioned to design and illustrate six stamps and two first day cover motifs for the Christmas Stamps for NZ Post. Now retired from teaching, Paul is painting full time. His portrait art painting is collected both nationally and internationally.

Sculpture art by Anna Korver, world-class wood carver and sculptor. Anna is an internationally-recognised sculptor whose female figurative pieces appear in positions of strength and confidence balanced with elegance and delicacy in the design. Find stone carving, steel artwork, corten steel, garden sculptures NZ, modern sculptures, and metal art New Zealand at Art by the Sea Gallery. Anna Korver International Award-Winning Sculptor Anna Korver is an established New Zealand stone, wood, bronze, and steel sculptor from Taranaki, now based in Benin. She is renowned nationally for her strong, female figure sculpture art and has an international reputation as an invited sculptor attending symposiums in countries across Europe, Central America, Australasia, and the Middle East. More > New 2025 Mauve and Black Steel Dart Formation Price $950.00 Carrara Marble Dress Figure 3 Price $1,200.00 New 2025 Flight Squadron - Darts Price $1,800.00 New 2025 NZ Black Marble Dress Figure Price $4,500.00 Lifeboat Price $8,500.00 Red Facet Dress on Staircase Price $7,200.00 Dart (Ebony) Price $3,500.00 Dart (African Wood) Price $2,850.00 Carrara Marble Dress Figure 5 Price $1,200.00 Mauve Facet Dress Figure Price $6,500.00 Ebony Dress Figure Price $6,000.00 New 2025 Bowenite Dress Figure Price $6,000.00 Dark and Light Figures Price $8,000.00 Pink Faceted Dress Figure 2021 Price $3,500.00 Lighthouse Price $1,250.00 Blade Price $2,500.00 New 2025 Flight Squadron Price $2,000.00 Purple Facet Dress Figure Price $7,000.00 Basalt Lifeboat on Stand Price $2,000.00 Bronze Dress Series Out of stock Blackwood Figure Price $6,500.00 Exhibitions Collections Anna Korver 2025 Exhibition Anna Korver 2023 The Lighthouse Anna Korver 2021 Necessary Protection Anna Korver 2019 Bio Anna Korver is an established New Zealand sculptor with a national and international reputation and a wide and varied skillset. She is a wood carver and a sculptor working with stone carving, steel, corten steel, and cast bronze (NZ). She does her own welding for her faceted steel artwork and outdoor garden sculptures (NZ). Originally from Taranaki, Anna is now based in Benin in Africa but returns regularly to create her New Zealand sculptures. Anna has a BFA in sculpture from the University of Canterbury. In her modern sculptures, she works with themes of the female form in relation to strength and fragility, balance, identity, and symmetry. Her more abstract and minimalised forms conceal complex ideas about feminine roles and the projection of the inner self through the outer form. Anna’s works are autobiographical, using the female figure to communicate her experiences. Of her 2023 exhibition, she said: This exhibition explores the two sides of my reality from the static works portraying myself in the present form conjuring hard, but delicate lines to the light hearted, tender works which refer to memories and dream states produced from a distortion of reality and transient, personal thoughts that revisit the playful mischief and mystery of childhood. Anna is a regular participant in sculpture symposia and sculpture park exhibitions both locally and abroad. Anna has participated in (and won prizes in) international symposia in Qatar, Montenegro, Cyprus, Australia, Denmark, Romania, Albania, Macedonia, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Korea, and Costa Rica, among others. Many of her symposium pieces have been installed as public art sculptures following the event. In New Zealand, Anna was awarded first prize for her work at sculpture symposia in Rotorua (2014), Whangarei (2012), and the Coromandel (2008). She has been exhibited on multiple occasions at Sculpture Onshore (Devonport), Sculpture on the Peninsula (Banks Peninsula), Art in a Garden (Canterbury), and Shapeshifter at the Dowse (Lower Hutt). She has twice been a finalist in the prestigious Wallace Art Awards (2016 and 2018). Anna was a trustee on the board of Eco Artists New Zealand, a charitable trust that uses funds from the sales of art to help environmental projects, specifically focusing on native New Zealand species and their ecosystems. On her views about the relationship between humans and environments, Anna said: …the figure represents myself in varying states of tension and emotion but the new elements are recognising the structure, the strength, and with that the weakness of the communities we are connected to. Anna has completed many commissions of indoor and outdoor sculpture and is available for more.

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 > A Pair of Tūī Price $1,800.00 Tūī and NZ Woodpigeon Price $1,800.00 Tūī Price $5,600.00 Rangitoto Channel Price $2,500.00 Kākāpō Price $5,600.00 Sand and Sea Price $435.00 Kōkako Sings the Blues Price $5,600.00 Mount Cook/Aoraki Price $355.00 Nīkau Price $1,280.00 Kākāriki Out of stock Karekare Price $550.00 Hahei Price $2,500.00 Hometown Price $474.00 Houses and Harbour, Auckland Price $355.00 Punakaiki Price $355.00 Piha Price $550.00 Dahlias Price $3,900.00 Auckland Museum and Harbour Price $292.00 Kauri Trees Price $435.00 Harbour Bridge, Auckland Price $355.00 Kōwhai Price $220.00 Yellow-Eyed Penguins Price $220.00 Morepork Price $220.00 Summer Tūī Price $355.00 Pōhutukawa Blossom 2 Price $355.00 Saddleback/Tīeke Price $220.00 Pūkeko Price $220.00 Lonely Kākāpō Price $390.00 NZ Fern Price $355.00 Fantail/Pīwakawaka Price $220.00 Kiwi Price $220.00 Kākā Price $240.00 Kingfisher/Kōtare Price $220.00 Albatross Price $220.00 Black Robin Price $220.00 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.

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 King of the Mountain - Skippers Canyon Price $4,400.00 The Shadows (Sleeps 18) Out of stock Big Sky Dreaming Price $3,800.00 Bullendale Hut Out of stock The Naked Possum 11 Out of stock Tangiwai - Weeping Waters Out of stock Luxury Accomodation 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.

Historic Scenes oil painting on canvas by Hamish McWhannell, New Zealand artist. Hamish takes old photographs from special collections and recreates them in his paintings. Find contemporary oil painting and affordable art NZ at Art by the Sea Gallery. Hamish McWhannell Historic Scenes Oil Painter Hamish McWhannell is an emerging New Zealand fine artist based in Auckland. Hamish takes old photographs and recreates their captured moments in original oil paintings. More > New 2025 Zebra Crossing Price $4,500.00 Rose Madder and the Noise Outside Price $5,000.00 Bene Tradita Bene Servanda Price $2,000.00 Viktor Horsham at Brooklands, 1925 Regular Price $3,200.00 Sale Price $2,800.00 Bio Hamish McWhannell is a fine artist from Auckland, New Zealand. He is known for his modern art oil paintings on canvas based on moments captured in old photographs, particularly black-and-white photographs that he paints in colour. I try to breathe life and the moment into what are otherwise static records of a time and a place… I can’t reproduce with photographic accuracy, which is not my aim, but I can use colour to increase the depth of the image, creating something that the photo cannot be. Hamish used to spend hours sitting on the floor of the Auckland Public Library photographic section, deliberating long and hard about which photos he would paint. He is especially drawn to Magnum photographers like Robert Doisneau and Cartier-Bresson. His style comes across as almost illustrative, while retaining the memory of the photograph, with a surrealist edge. Hamish began his art career as a jeweller, receiving instruction in 1986 at the Daniel Clasby Workshop where he worked for two years before establishing his own workshop. He sold jewellery and small sculptures at The Fingers Contemporary Jewellery Gallery, and was involved with a group of young jewellers called Jewellery Unlimited which ran for several years until it dissolved. In 1986, he became involved with The Medallion Group and exhibited in three of the early shows. This group later renamed to become The Medallion Association of New Zealand, or MANZ, and has continued to show Hamish’s work. Hamish began painting in 1991 and has appeared in a number of exhibitions. Alongside Art by the Sea and MANZ, Hamish has exhibited his contemporary oil painting at The Cliff McPherson Gallery, Orexart, and Artis Gallery in Auckland.