I have probably painted most of my life with lapses from marriage, children, farming, competitive masters swimming, then ocean swimming and sailing the Islands of the Pacific, which I really enjoyed. That’s where the influence of sea life comes through. I have...
I was born in Inglewood, a small town in Taranaki and my initial artistic inspiration was my mother who was a keen artist, amateur but encouraging. I moved to Auckland and over the last few years have been able to rekindle the interest, initially with watercolour and...
The world of fibres and fabric is fascinating. An archeological dig in Georgia resulted in a find of flax fibres dating back 34,000 years. Many peoples all around the world developed ways of creating cloths for purposes probably not different than what we use cloth...
As a nature lover and rock gatherer from an early age, Amie Redpath, of Ngai Tahu and European descent, began her exploration with rock carving in 2011. Back then she crafted a simple mortar and pestle from rocks she collected from the beach out on Great Mercury...
Rosy & Rich is a partnership between Tai Tokerau artists Rosie Parsonson and Richard Darbyshire merging their skills in ceramics, painting, printmaking and sculpture which began in 2013. Our new collection will be smuggling its way out to Urquharts Bay in this...
