Summer Salon

‘My works continue to evolve around the universal symbol of home as a place of heart and hearth, belonging and security’

Lance O'Gorman immortalised the New Zealand landscape through the hand and brush of a master artist - his legacy lives on in his paintings.

Judy Drew's images are infused with an impressionistic sensibility towards colour and form. She embraces and elevates the medium of pastel creating insightful and intimate portrayals of her subjects

Sea, shoreline and island life are themes that have long inspired Bruce Treloar. He writes of the sea as having ‘a curious hold we are drawn to’ and the shoreline as ‘that mythical place between the known and the unknown’. A master of colour - Treloar conveys warmth, energy and a sense of well-being in large and small scale works of art

Of her recent focus on favoured and familiar French and Italian ports-of-call Christine says; I read my paintings like a diary of memories, current thoughts and wanderings

With a long established career, Simon Williams is regarded as a Master Impressionist painter of the New Zealand landscape

A merging of modern, stylised forms with classical/medieval references - resulting in uniquely Italian ceramics and artworks

Maxey often builds his compositions in interlocking shapes and stylised forms. He creates cubist landscapes of familiar New Zealand scenery, landmarks and birdlife from his own fresh perspective

‘My work is a direct influence of the impressionist style of painting. It requires hand-eye co-ordination to capture both the subject and the subtleties of mood, light and atmosphere’

‘Meditating on ordinary, simple elements of nature; land, light and flowers, I can say that for me, as spoken before by other painters, painting is another form of praying. Painting is my practice of being fully present, intentional and alive to life.’

‘I do like a little mystery. There's a meaning for me - but I want everyone to find their own meaning in my work’

Andrea Mazzoli takes inspiration from daily village life and the surrounding natural world of his small village in the Val Colvera to the north east of Italy

Internationally acclaimed, A.D. Blake stands at the top of the pyramid of maritime artists