Little Bird
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A decoratively painted pinched pottery bird, set on a wooden stand.
Ocean Calm
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A pastel drawing of the moon over the ocean.
The Great Performer
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A pinched pottery seal balancing a ball on his nose with his reward of a fish waiting to be eaten. Attached to a wooden stand.
My Happy Place
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Waterfall and nature in the style of Bob Ross.
Expression of Feelings
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How art makes me feel.
Kowhai the Plant of the Sea
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Manaaki Ability Trust
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$60.00
Rangitoto Island peering through the native New Zealand plants.
Hearts
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Abstract acrylic hearts.
Rainbow Messy
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Reflections of the colours in a rainbow.
Mr Bean has Dementia
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Poor Mr Bean, he cannot remember where he put his glasses.
Butterflies in the Garden
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Manaaki Ability Trust
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Butterflies in the garden of hydrangeas with positive affirmations.
All the Wee Families in the Sea
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Artists in the Making
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$150.00
A vibrant playful work of fish and life in the ocean.
A Splash of Gold
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A Splash of Gold is inspired by the sun as I imagine when the light touches this painting it exposes a different texture or shade of light that couldn't be seen without the natural beauty of the sun's golden light.
Gidday
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two4nine
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Self Portrait.
Kārearea - New Zealand Falcon
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Artists in the Making
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A bright yellow and red painting of a New Zealand Falcon.
Vintage TV Camera
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Wellington Museum vintage TV camera.
Browns
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A study of the colour brown.
Flowers
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Abstract flowers.
Fire in the Forest
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Fire burning in the forest.
Love Cats
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This artwork reveals Amy's deep affection for cats. With meticulous horizontal and vertical stitches, she brings to life a self-portrait donning a hat emblazoned with the playful word 'meow!' Each carefully woven thread captures her passion, creating a charming homage to her feline companions.
Natisha
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A parrot on his perch.
Homeland
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Studio 2
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Abstract landscape.
Window Shopping
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Derrick's 'Window Shopping' is a delicate masterpiece rendered in watercolor on canvas. Through gentle strokes and subtle hues, he invites viewers to peer into a world of curiosity and contemplation.
Catlins Coastal Daisy Celmisia Indsayii
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Catlins landscape.
My Love of Cooking
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Roz loves creating with clay but not as much as she loves creating with food. A keen cook, Roz has created a beautiful clay platter adorned with leaves, stars and hearts. This platter is fit for the wonderful food she creates!
Racing Road Track
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A bird's eye view of a race track.
Hootle the Owl
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Artists in the Making
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A colourful painting of an owl.
Untitled
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A small platter adorned with wavy lines and floral designs. Glazed in yellow and green. A beautiful little piece ready for some yummy sushi!
RuPaul's Catwalk
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Stepping out as a drag queen.
Tangaroa - God of the Sea
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Kai Moana from Tangaroa God of the Sea.
Friends at the Park
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Flowers and figures.
Friends
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Emily designed this for our screen-printed T-shirt, which has been our best seller since it launched.
The Queen of Hearts
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Lydia draws heart in all her pictures so let loose with materials she drew the character surrounded by coloured hearts.
Dabbing to the Heart
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Dabbing.
My Maunga
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Mt Taranaki painted using paste paint, the sky blazing with blush orange using papier-mâché, and the sea painted in acrylic.
Family
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This is a picture of all my family. I have a dog , my two brothers , mum and dad and me.
Culture
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A mixture of cultures.
Dragon Ball Z
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One of my favourite characters.
Leaf Art
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Westreap, Hokitika
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Set of four leaf relief prints. This was Amigo's first attempt at polystyrene relief prints.
Star Cats
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Set of two cat monoprints. I was so happy to make these by myself.
Studying Paul Klee
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Studying Paul Klee. This was fun to do. Colour is Fiona's thing.
Face
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A face carved from Oamaru Stone.
Happy Hippo
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A happy hippopotamus swimming amongst colourful lilypads.
Head of a Man
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A portrait of a man's head.
Poppy
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A painting of Melany's cat Poppy.
Creepy Clown
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A pastel drawing of a scary looking clown.
Christchurch Cathedral
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The White Room
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A painting of Christchurch Cathedral.
Robin and Katie
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The White Room
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A painting of Robin and Katie.
Lady
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The White Room
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A drawing of a Greek statue.
Cross Cultural
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A "bilaterally split" self-portrait incorporating facial tattoos and Chinese characters representing the artists name, and echoing the artist's bi-cultural heritage.
Basketball Sneaker
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I love basketball and sneakers. My favourite player is Michael Jordan, and my favourite team is the Chicago Bulls. I designed a sneaker inspired by my favourite Air Jordans in my favourite colourway, using handmade paper. I used a sneaker key ring to make a print and carved a Nike tick from lino using carving tools and Indian ink to print circles to look like basketballs. I chose hot colours for my background to contrast against my cool coloured sneaker.
Flower Power
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I made a collage using gardening magazines, handmade paper, Japanese paper and stickers with prints from stencils, paint and ink. I mixed crushed chalk with blue paint to make a nice texture on my blue flowers and arranged my collage in a design I liked and glued it all together. I like flowers because it looks bright and beautiful in the gardens.
Fashion
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I made my art from recycled handmade paper with prints and stamps. I saved my shopping receipts and fashion magazines to make paper leather. I chose a model from a fashion magazine for the main image of my collage and used my printed paper to create different layers. I glued everything together to make a collage. I added some diamantes to add some bling and sparkle to my work. I was inspired by fashion and my love for shopping.
Female Robot
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A drawing of a female robot.
Dr Who
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I made a collage inspired by Dr Who. I made a Tardis from handmade paper and used watercolour paints on handmade recycled paper to create a space / galaxy effect. I made little monster characters using felt pens and I found a space book from the second hand shop to cut out planets and galaxies. I made the clock from cardboard, paper and paints. I like the colours I've used. I like Dr Who.
Swim
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Collage of my love of swimming. I swim in the Special Olympics.
Team Bowls
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I took photos of my team and I playing at the Opononi Bowling club and used these pictures as part of my collage. I used green recycled paper that I printed on using different shapes with paint. I printed out the Opononi Bowling Club logo and got inspired by the colours. I like playing bowls and competing against other players. I also like mowing the bowling green, so I added a photo of me on the ride on lawn mower.
Owl
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A collage inspired by my love of owls.
Houses
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Three coloured houses.
Untitled
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Abstract curvy lines.
Boss Cat
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Boss is my cat, he is so lovely. He likes cuddles and he likes to play with his toys. I started by taking photos of my cat but tt was hard to get a good photo of him. Once I found an image I liked I made it into a picture using grey, black and white handmade papers. I made different prints using these shades, ripped them into pieces and glued them together to form a picture of my cat. I used blue paper for his eyes and decided to match my background colours with his eye colour. For the background I used different types of blue handmade paper, some I dyed blue.
Dogs
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Studio 2
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Abstract.
My Fish
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Fish swimming in the ocean.
Morepork/Ruru
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Two Moreporks, native to New Zealand, nestled in the bush.
City of the Dead
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I made a collage inspired by the Egyptian Gods. I used hand-made paper and spray painted it gold., screwed it up a few times to give it some texture, then laid it out flat again. I created different Egyptian characters using pencil, black ink pen and felts drawing them onto brown paper shop bags using old Egyptian symbols and hieroglyphs. I cut the images into sections and burnt around the edges to make it look like the dead sea scrolls. I screwed up some of these pictures again for texture and glued them on top of my layered gold paper. I am into the dark arts.
Wildflowers in the Glade
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Melanie has passions for Art - She created her piece by using several colours of acrylic paints. She had fun using a pallete knife and teaspoon.
Burst of Colours
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Using Dutch pour techniques, Quintin used a hairdryer to create bursts of colours.
Spot the Fairies
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Maree had fun and created her artwork with simple, Dutch pour techniques with balloon dips to create a collage of flowers and fairies.
Tree of Life
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I used handmade paper and printed on them using different stencils and different coloured paint. I punched out a tree trunk and branches using the bark print and made the bushy part of my tree using my leaf stencil print. I then used dark green Japanese paper to make the little leaves and layered this together to make my collage. I drew small characters of animals that I love including my two pet bunnies and squirrels from my home country in the UK. I am a vegan and love all animals. I would like to donate any money made from the sale of my art work to the New Zealand Anti Vivisection Society.
Beautiful Flowers in the Field
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Different coloured flowers scattered through the grazing grass.
Elyzah's Flower
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A field of sunflowers.
Paula's Treasure
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Paper collage of all of Paula's treasure.
Super Spider Panther Speaker
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A colourful painted speaker using acrylics.
Woolly Heart
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Brendan created his artwork by using point to outline the shapes and lines and glued various colours of wool onto the outlines.
Night
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Charcoal drawing.
Sea Turtle
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An acrylic painting of a turtle in the sea.
Houses
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Character houses.
Rainbow Scenic Recycling Project
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A picture of a rainbow, sky and grass using recycled material.
Frozen - Lisa's Version
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Elsa and Anna from Frozen, sectioned in fragments.
Mr Hemsworth
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Chris Hemsworth painted using an abstract technique.
Endangered NZ
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Christian's love of painting text showcases with this list of endangered species in New Zealand.
Train Yard
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Freehand drawn and painted ceramic artwork mounted in a purpose built frame. Packed with Declan's love for trains.
Ness E Dragon
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Papier-mâché Dragon called Ness E.
The Unknown
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On the rock, above sea level, the unknown is in the sea.
Aroha Home
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Avtar's inspiration of art comes from being able to draw what she sees, and her perception creates her unique drawings, she has been a student at Mapura for two years. She likes drawing, painting, walking and reading books.
Strip of Colours
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A Strip of Colours is a lot of beautiful colours like a rainbow.
Expressions
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Christina has a passion for art and has attended Mapura Studios art classes for many years. Christina has produced some unique and colourful works.
Heart With Man's Face Inside
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I am a Pasifika woman who had a brain injury at ten years old. This piece is about me, a colourful woman's body fills the space and barely contains my heart, which is both protected and whole. In my heart are both joy and tears. But still flowers reach out from my heart, flowers that show the beauty and new life that connects with the world.
Rua Wairingi
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This piece was made by gluing the violins onto the canvas with paint poured onto the canvas. Bricharne has made many of this type of work with violins, but this is the first piece in some years. She adds embellishments such as second-hand jewellery that she chooses and other items available to her.
You Shouldn't Kill Spiders For Sport or Experimenting
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I love spiders. I have a daddy long legs in my wardrobe but he's harmless. You can't always use bug spray. You can save the spiders by putting them outside. Usually, people just want to spray them. People usually freak out but they shouldn't.
Shy Flamboyance
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The words "shy flamboyance" come to mind - this expression also captures Hannan's personality quite well. His work is astonishing and dazzling yet non-representational. We are always surprised by the implied concreteness of his ideas.
The Miaow Factor
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I am Jo Jo or Joanna the artist and I come from a family of artists. I have done art for a very long time. I worked at WORLD for nine years where I worked in the fashion workroom. The colours and patterns inspired my work. The medium I like to use is acrylic paint, I like to work on canvas and my art is all about cats. I'm a cat person and I love cats. In this painting the cats have a meeting. The painting is called The Miaow Factor. I made it in memory of my Aunt Julie. I
Dragon Jellyfish
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Jordan's favourite theme is animals. He takes great thought and precision in drawing them; real or imaginary. He is also a fan of Spongebob Squarepants and has drawn Dragon Jellyfish, one of the many characters in the show.
Stonehenge
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A minute interruption to this vast plain so brilliantly built by nature.
Anchored in the Harbour
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This work recalls Nigel's early career at sea. He was an Officer with the Blue Star Line sailing between UK, New Zealand, Australia and South America. It represents the end of a voyage; the ship home in the harbour.
Yeah that One
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Auckland in cloud.
The Tool Shed
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Trevor always wanted to be a carpenter when he was growing up. He worked for a builder for a few months after leaving school. These were some of the tools he used.
Little Red Bird
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A pinched pottery bird, decoratively painted and displayed on wooden stand.
Selfie
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Self portrait.
Home
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A fun drawing of Leighanne in her home.
Decaying Memories
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An abstract landscape depicting an old road, trees and an abandoned town.
