These works come from Holly Roach’s 2018 exhibition ‘Same Same’, based around ideas of perceptions, judgments, perceived notions and stereotyping of people. Each portrait is created using the same template of a person and then different elements added to build these individual characters. Here’s an excerpt from the show catalogue written by Holly: “By starting […]
Every so often the team at Places & Graces style a shoot featuring a colour from the Resene Colour collection and the results are always fantastic, much like this 70’s retro-inspired group of shots. We can’t decide which one we love the most, they all make us want to curl up with a book and […]
Matapouri Beach is a spectacular white sand beach located on the East Coast of Northland. This scene that Guy Harkness has painted is classic Matapouri Beach as you walk up and over the dunes down on to the beach. It’s been perfectly styled for the not so typical NZ bach with a bit of character. VIEW […]
Rakai Karaitiana was born and raised in Hastings, Hawke’s Bay and spent entire summers roaming the sand dunes and beaches of his hau kainga, Waimarama. As children, Rakai’s father taught him and his siblings how to surf and as young teenagers would load the family ford falcon station wagon and do road trips up the […]
We love the simplicity of this series of art prints by George Sand Studio, we didn’t want to make the framing too fussy as the prints themselves are very free and fluid so we went with a natural raw oak molding and an oversized mat, to give the art room to breathe. The result is […]
Petra Leary’s photography is oozing with passion and obsession for her tool of choice, the drone. Petra is capturing some of the most interesting and thoughtful photography in New Zealand and Internationally. ‘Salt Lake 1’ shot at Lake Bumbunga in South Australia has all the elements that make up a great Petra Leary photograph, it plays […]
Cloud Nine Creative is a boutique business, creating jewellery, homewares and artwork designed and created by Lee Sinclair in her home studio in North Canterbury. Lee’s ranges are ever-changing, unique and made with great attention to detail, her latest series Floral Wreaths, of collaged illustrations and photographs are packed with a lot of detail. We […]
Belle Hawk (Georgina Hoby Scutt) works across a range of media, painting on linen, canvas, plywood and paper; screen-printing, collage and illustration. Informed by her print design background, Georgina develops distinctive colour palettes that underpin each body of work. She instinctively puts unexpected colours together, paints with broad expressive brushstrokes and draws with a random, […]
