Artists & Groups

From Central Otago

Profiles

Gail de Jong

Bannockburn

Art has always been the focus of my working life. After attending Art School in Dunedin and gaining a Diploma in Fine Art, I began teaching at Timaru Girls High School. I …

PKay Maracin

Old Jailhouse, 57 Erris St, Cromwell

American by birth, Germany for the career, Aotearoa for the love. After living on three continents I settled in Old Cromwell in 2007.I am a weaver and textile designer, and …

  • High country - Acrylic on canvas (90 X 70cm)

Jenny Chisholm

Gallery: Lakeside Gallery, Wanaka (by appointment), Star Dust Gallery, 7 Earne Street, Naseby,, Lakeside Gallery, 61 Lakeside Road, Wanaka

Jenny spent a number of years living and working overseas, including Australia, England, Vietnam, Malaysia and lastly India. In 2009 she returned to Central Otago and has based …

Marie Velenski

Old Cromwell Historic Precinct, Melmore tce, Cromwell

Fused glass jewellery, small framed works and wire work. I have been experimenting with glass fusing since 1999. I am self taught. I locked myself away in the garden shed with my …

  • The Manuherikia Valley looking north towards the Hawkdun Range 95 x 75cm framed - Oil on water colour paper 640G (95 x 75cm framed)

Jane Whitaker

Gallery: Naseby Art Studio, 885 Ranfurly Back Road (Naseby end), Naseby

My work is predominantly impressionistic and focuses mainly on landscapes, though I have recently enjoyed painting a number of portraits in a variety of media.  My enduring …

  • Hunters Arawata

Denis Kent

50 Ashworth St, Alexandra

I was educated in Dunedin and studied at the Dunedin School of Art. It was under the tutorship of Tom Esplin, that I became interested in oil painting, and have been using this …

Ross Cowie

5 The Stonestack, Clyde, Central Otago

A lifelong interest in art has been maintained during a busy business career. I specialise mainly in printmaking, being part of a strong school of printmakers emerging from the …

Odelle Morshuis

Gallery: Odelle Morshuis Studio/Gallery/Cellar Door, 128 Cairnmuir Rd, RD 2 Cromwell 9384

Odelle Morshuis (M.F.A) has a studio and gallery at her home in Bannockburn which you are welcome to visit. Her work is varied from large scale steel figurative sculptures to …

Robert Franklin

Gallery: Fusion Ceramics, 434 Bannockburn Road, RD 2 Cromwell

Robert Franklin Lives and works in Bannockburn, near Cromwell, Central Otago. He was a part-time studio potter for a decade in the 1970’s. “My return to ceramics has …

Marion Mewburn

5 Beaumont Station Road, Millers Flat

I have been potting for 20 years now. In 1996 I started making teapots, first in Waitati, north of Dunedin, then in Millers Flat.I have had two solo shows of teapots in Moray …