Leslie Cleary

Leslie Cleary

Leslie Cleary love’s to create paintings that enable people to continuously enjoy their favourite NZ coastal landscapes. Specialising in commissions, she paint’s scenes from dawn to dusk of clients’ favourite views from images taken of the area. Working...
Cecilia De Donatis

Cecilia De Donatis

I was born and raised in Italy and I’ve always loved art making and adventure. As a child I could play for hours on end in a world of my imagination. Growing up was largely an exercise in learning how to reconcile my conventional urban upbringing with my magical views...
Michelle Devine

Michelle Devine

Coming from a family where my mother was a seamstress and my grandmother was known as ‘The Quilt lady of Tauranga it isn’t strange that I too would be a crafter. From a young age I have had a go at most home crafts, including knitting, crocheting, tatting,...
Trisha Fisk

Trisha Fisk

Trisha recently moved to Whangarei Heads after 30 years farming sheep and cattle in the Hokianga. During that time she studied painting and sculpture by correspondance with the Learning Connexion. It meant juggling farm work with small children and art assignments....
Shona Firman

Shona Firman

I was born 1940 in Whangarei. My Cast glass work has been influenced by NZ, Celtic and Pacific culture and imaging. Tattooed Palm Forms, Pacific Pods, Coconuts, Limpets etc. Growth and a reflection of our affinity with the sea and things Pacific. The patterns are...