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Welcome to
ARTSELECT GALLERY
This is more than an art gallery. It’s a friendly place where a community of new and old friends of the gallery can come to enjoy the pleasure of viewing and collecting a variety of works of art by amazingly talented artists.
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Address:
19A Osborne Street
Newmarket
Auckland 1023
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Also please like and follow us on Facebook (ArtSelectGallery) and Instagram (artselectgallery)
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Regular Opening Hours:
Tuesday - Friday 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Sat -Sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
By Appointment:
Contact Ngaire on +64 21 415 449​
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If the Gallery is closed and you would like to purchase any works of art then contact Ngaire on 021 415 449 for a special viewing.
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Our web site is updated regularly so please return to see more updates as we make progress with our window to the creative world of our amazing artists.
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Bee Doughty Pratt Solo Exhibition - "Inside Out Again"
Now Showing
Bring a guest along to celebrate our first exhibition of the year. We are very excited host the Solo Exhibition of Bee Doughty Pratt, "Inside Out Again" with a number of amazing new abstract landscapes.
Date: Tuesday 21 January 2025
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Venue: ArtSelect Gallery, 19A Osborne Street, Newmarket
Bee Doughty Pratt
Bee Doughty Pratt is recognized for her evocative and atmospheric semi-abstract seascapes and landscapes which include imaginary vistas from the Bay of Islands to the Milford Sounds.
Bee paints in oils and accepts commissions for larger works via ArtSelect Gallery - often working on several paintings at once, layering oils, inks and other media, rolling, brushing, scraping or dribbling for a number of weeks until each one is complete.​
Bee says "Water in some form or other features in virtually every canvas I paint, often created by using different media with my oils in very fluid ways. I like it when this watery spontaneity overtakes my paintings with unintended outcomes. Lately swathes of mist seem to be predominating. Not sure why but details, structures, horizons - even whole paintings now seem to be disappearing into the mysterious mists of time.” ​
“Colour is also key for me . . . I love colour and try to use colour to capture atmosphere or evoke feelings rather than portray actual detail. Limiting my palette on a painting by painting basis, I feel, helps with this. Sometimes I happily binge on a particular colour for weeks at a time. Occasionally more vibrant colours lead my paintings into less inhibited abstraction.
The works of art on display can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/bee-doughty-pratt
Contact me, Ngaire, on any of my contact details below to register your interest early to purchase any of these works of art before the opening because they are attracting a lot of interest.
We look forward to seeing you and your guests at the opening reception and during the exhibition.
ArtSelect Gallery's 2024 Christmas Exhibition
Now Showing in the Back Gallery
Elvira Baranova
With a deep-rooted passion for art, I've honed my skills in various European countries, studying painting, book illustration, and animation at the Republican College of Art and the Polytechnic University in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Since relocating to New Zealand in 1998, I've explored different mediums and techniques, such as watercolour and acrylic, alongside oil painting. My first solo exhibition was held at the McGregor Wright Gallery in Wellington in 2001. Since then, I've consistently exhibited at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and other galleries and organisations. My paintings have been acquired by private collectors in New Zealand and worldwide. I also actively participate in international Surreal Art exhibitions in Europe, showcasing my talent and dedication to my art.
The works of art on display and the full artist bio can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/elvira-baranova
Bruce Mortimer
Bruce Mortimer is primarily a photorealist creating charcoal drawings of people, objects and landscape, and the interaction between them, at times incorporating some looseness or flirting with hyperrealism. He does, however, alternate between series that include abstract expressionist paintings in acrylics and mixed media including found industrial materials, as well as fine art photography.
​Almost all his work references the various emotions of solitude, both positive and negative, often through elements of minimalism, and thereby represents a passive social commentary on our chaotic, materialistic and competitive world.
The works of art on display can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/bruce-mortimer
The Art of Dr Seuss
We are excited to have an Authorised Estate Edition of a recently-released Horton 70th Anniversary Pigment Print on Paper included in our Christmas exhibition along with other exciting rare works of art by the legendary author and artist.
Maico Camilo is featured with an impressive Infinite Bloom painting in a circular frame. It's one of his most spectacular paintings in the season in our opinion.
https://www.artselect.gallery/maico-camilo
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Julie Kwen's new portrait images, instead of painting a self-portrait, she chose someone who reflects her energy and gaze. Through their intense eyes, she wanted to show a feeling of confidence and vibrant energy. Julie used rich colours to bring out both their strength and beauty.
https://www.artselect.gallery/julie-kwen
Contact me, Ngaire, on any of my contact details below to purchase any of these works of art before the opening.
We look forward to seeing you and your guests at the opening reception and during the exhibition.​
Rachael Errington & Karyn Hitchman Joint Exhibition
Now Showing in the Back Gallery
Be in to win movie tickets for two at the Rialto Centre, by attending our next exhibition opening. Rachael Errington & Karyn Hitchman are traveling from Australia and the South Island respectively to be at the opening of this exhibition so please join us to create a buzz, share a glass of wine and light refreshments to celebrate the amazing works of art they have created.
Date: Tuesday 29 October 2024
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Venue: ArtSelect Gallery, 19A Osborne Street, Newmarket
Rachael Errington
Rachael grew up in the middle of an English wood where she, with her brother, spent most of their time building dens and treehouses.
This beginning has undoubtedly cemented Rachael’s enduring fascination with trees.
Although Rachael’s BA (Hons) is in Illustration, her studies included photography, textiles and printmaking; all of which have influenced the way she paints now. After various creative endeavours and travels, including a research trip to Asia to study the influence culture has on art; Rachael relocated to New Zealand and is now absorbed in the diversity that this landscape presents.
As time has progressed, Rachael’s tree paintings have taken on a life of their own. Intricate textures of bark created with modelling paste and other ‘secret’ compounds are tactile and 3-dimensional. The colours are the depth and warmth of autumn and the fresh lime green tones of spring.
Fascinated by the ever-changing play of filtered light Rachael encourages the viewer to step into the woods, to smell it, to feel it and to be soothed.
“I’m endlessly fascinated with using different techniques to recreate colours. I love being able to squash colour across a surface”.
Rachael constantly draws inspiration while walking and hiking.
“My work is emotive – It is all I ever want to do. “
The works of art on display can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/rachael-errington-1
Karyn Hitchman, Painter in Oils & Children's Book Illustrator
Karyn has started a new series, called Romantics. This is inspired by firstly her love of this group of artists' artworks, and then by a recent trip to the UK and Nederlands and visiting the galleries full of beautiful artworks held there, especially the Pre-Raphaelites exhibition 'The Rossettis' held at the TATE Britain gallery in London, and the Pre-Raphaelites drawings exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford.
I paint on canvas in a classic realism style using oils. I love painting in oils, having the ability to work slowly and mix and blend colours, sometimes directly on the canvas.
I worked for many years in the fashion industry as a designer and pattern-maker, then for several years guiding tourists on the mountain and nature trails of New Zealand's South Island, I have been inspired by these as well as history and costume. Therefore, I love painting colour, texture, fabric, nature, and I love painting people. I am a self-taught artist and have taken private lessons with some of my much-admired fellow artists.
I am a kiwi, and after moving around New Zealand for a few years, my husband (who is English), and I have settled in Oamaru - an arty, historic town on the east coast of NZ's South Island.
My paintings are found in galleries and private collections in New Zealand and other countries around the world.​
The works of art on display can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/karyn-hitchman
Contact me, Ngaire, on any of my contact details below to register your interest to purchase any of these works of art before the opening.
We look forward to seeing you and your guests at the opening reception and during the exhibition.​
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