Artists & Groups

From Central Otago

Profiles

Nicola Bennett

Gallery: Nicola Bennett Studio, 66 Tarbert Street, Alexandra, Central Otago

Nicola is an abstract expressionist painter, inspired by the sensory deliciousness of food. Often collaborating, she works on large scale canvases, with oils and mixed media. …

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Andrew Barr

Gallery: The Oamaru Stone Gallery, 5169 State Highway 8, Ettrick, Central Otago

I have been working with Oamaru stone for about 5 years now having re- discovered a long held passion for the stone. While in travelling in India, in 2004 visiting a village where …

Les Riddell

Gallery: Objects Of Art, 71 Melmore Tce., Murrell's Shed, Old Cromwell Town, Cromwell

Les Riddell is a fine jeweller who operates from an historic old stone store in Old Cromwell. There he has a fine display of his work and a fully equipped workshop attached. There …

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 …

Eric Schusser

4 Larch Crescent, Alexandra 9320

Photography has fascinated me since I was a boy and watched my father taking photographs and printing in his darkroom. It was a special time of walking and talking together along …

Gretl Barzotto

241 Mc Arthur Rd, Springvale, Central Otago

Gretl Barzotto was raised in Aotearoa New Zealand and spent many years around mountains and lakes in the North and South Islands. Connection to nature in vast open landscapes is …

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Sally Jory

Millers Flat Central Otago

I have always loved drawing and have enjoyed it ever since I was a child. Portraiture is one of my main areas of interest. I particularly enjoy dry media, but also work in …

Marion VIALADE

10 Success Street, Alexandra, Central Otago, New Zealand

I’m MARION VIALADE, an artist made in France! No Diplomas, no art school, just me, a real self-taught artist. As far as I can remember, I always loved drawing. But being the …

Kōpūwai, Ida Valley

Idaburn Valley, Oturehua

A sculpture by artist Ephraim Russell, created for Transpower in collaboration with mana whenua. Located opposite the Idaburn Dam in the Ida Valley, the work depicts the Ngāi …

Vivienne Robertson

16 Milford Street, Middlemarch 9067

Viv has always enjoyed being in amongst the hills,snow, tussock horses, cows, sheep and the odd dog.These subjects are what she likes to paint, mostly in oils and sometimes adding …