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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 our amazingly talented artists.
Address:
19A Osborne Street
Newmarket
Auckland 1023
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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
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.
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.
ArtSelect Gallery's 2024 Christmas Exhibition
Be in to win a festive Candle & Tea Light Display from Retreat Luxury Candles by attending our Christmas exhibition opening. We are celebrating the arrival of new artists in our annual group exhibition for the Christmas season so please join us again to create a buzz, share a glass of wine and light refreshments to welcome the arrival of new works of art to the gallery.
Date: Tuesday 26 November 2024
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Venue: ArtSelect Gallery, 19A Osborne Street, Newmarket
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
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
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.
Kevin Dunkley
Solo Exhibition Now Showing in the Back Gallery
Kevin's retro subconscious trips back to his childhood, via his landscape paintings, have taken on a fluency that reflects the accumulative years of dedication to paint.
Despite sell-out exhibitions, Kevin remains grounded, "I started out not having a clue what to do or how to do it but by experimenting I have found a style I enjoy and I have become part of my paintings."
Still non-specific; they are invocations of a mood rather than true recordings. Reminded of a place (or time) viewers often feel a strong and personal connection to specific paintings.
The works of art on display can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/kevin-dunkley-1
Mother & Son
Judy & Oliver Curnow
Now Showing in the Back Gallery
Judy Curnow
Judy's style is impressionism, bordering fauvism, enhancing the colours and tones of the natural world. Painting mainly landscapes Judy finds this genre invigorating and reaches into the core of her imagination as an artist. She is fascinated with light and its constantly changing effects.
Meeting Tim Wilson, one of New Zealand's most acclaimed landscape artists in 2009 changed her life. After viewing Judy's work Tim offered to mentor her and take her work to another level.
The works of art on display can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/judy-curnow
Oliver Curnow
Oliver skillfully navigates the interplay of light and shade, reveling in the art of juxtaposition and contrast. This dynamic is evident not only in his motif selection, it can also be seen in his adept use of two and three-dimensional aspects. His approach is nuanced, balancing a naive charm in certain elements with the precision of hyperrealism in others.
The works of art on display can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/oliver-curnow
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.
JK Reed
Now Showing in the Back Gallery
New Zealand Water-colour Artist JK Reed is regarded as one of New Zealand’s leading landscape water-colourist, with works sold through-out Australasia and the United States of America.
His paintings, depicting street scenes around the world are held by notable persons as ex-President Bill Clinton, ex-Prime Minister Helen Clark, Jenny Shipley and are displayed in numerous galleries in New Zealand and overseas.
The abstract works developed from Art School influence and a keen interest in figurative and Cubistic painting. The medium of oil paint was a contrast to watercolour during those early years.
A preview of JK Reed's exhibition can be seen by clicking on this link below:
https://www.artselect.gallery/johnkeithkreed-1
Bernie Kirkham
On Show in the Back Gallery
Bernie Kirkham takes us on a journey into a different world, captured by her imagination and interpreted on canvas.
Elements of steampunk and whimsical art works will enhance your reality and transform your spaces, an island theme which leads on from some of my earlier work but there is a bit of an environmental statement such as rising sea levels in some of these with the islands on stilts.
Bernie's an acrylic artist with imaginative and illustrative works being her forte.
Her colourful paintings and distinctive style emanate joy, freedom and adventure.
She's a story teller and her paintings tell a story about the journey of life.
Exhibition images of available work can be viewed at this link:
The Red Chair Auckland Project - Simon Woolf
Solo Exhibition Now Showing in the Back Gallery
In conjunction with the Auckland Festival of Photography
ArtSelect Gallery supports The Auckland Festival of Photograhy with The Red Chair Auckland Project by Simon Woolf at Woolf Photography.
The Red Chair Project by Simon Woolf is about a Chair, its travels, its originality, and its ability to start a conversation!
The Red Chair Project is about Original One Off Fine Art Photography, beautifully constructed composed and created.
It is about the pureness, printing, and final presentation of a piece of art no one else will have. The Red Chair, in each of its locations, guises and moods is a one off, not to be replicated.
Each is large and framed. The Red Chair Project aims to raise money for charities including Women’s Refuge and The Wellington Hospital Foundation.
Opening: 6-8pm Fri 31 May
RSVP essential to Ngaire Stone on info@artselect.gallery
Image credit: Synergy with our Natural Environment, Simon Woolf
Solo Exhibition - Now Showing in the Back Gallery
The Blah Blah Variations by Paul Vincent
Paul's exhibition images can be seen by clicking on this link below:
https://www.artselect.gallery/paul-vincent-upcoming-exhibition
Get in touch with me, Ngaire, on info@artselect.gallery to register your interest in these quirky and entertaining works of art.
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