John Campbell

John’s interest in art evolved from the age of 13 when he attended Coventry College of Art, UK from 1952 to 1954. On completion John took up printing.  John emigrated to New Zealand in 1964 and continued in the printing industry until retirement. In 2004 he again took up watercolour painting.

Now retired and living in Westmere, Auckland, he is looking forward to spending more time doing the hobby he loves. Specialising in New Zealand and Australian landscapes, as well as trying to capture the rural scenes of old buildings, letterboxes, buses and anything that captures his eye, every subject is a challenge which he enjoys capturing and sharing with others.

Grac Coyle

Grac Coyle is an artist who loves to draw and paint. They have had art tuition in multiple mediums but choose to use water colour and acrylics in addition to ink pens to create their beautiful mandalas and canvas paintings. Grac gains inspiration from nature and art surrounding them. They have exhibited their art previously and aspire to bring joy to those around them through various art forms.

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Jenny Coyle

Jenny is a ceramic artist who lives in Tairua and is the owner of Wood Bay Studio.   She likes to take a creative approach to her work and works on individual unique pieces.  Within her pottery Jenny is constantly experimenting with new ideas, shapes and techniques to create stunning pieces and loves the challenge of trying new techniques.  Jenny runs pottery classes for adults and children and loves sharing the joy of pottery with others- see classes section of website.

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Adrian King

Adrian is very inspirational in creating technical creative pieces of pottery.  He is inspired by his travels around the world and recreates pieces with similar attributes at times.  Adrian was a member of Titirangi Potters for about 10 years.  He individually crafts each piece and handpaints them to create individual items that are unique and lovingly made.

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Jenny Masterton

Jenny is a vibrant experienced silversmith who works with sterling silver, carefully sourced semi-precious stones and other natural and upcycled materials. She is influenced by living in beautiful bush and coastal surrounds. The koru features in all her designs. It symbolizes new life, new beginnings and its meaning, along with  the beauty of the unfurling fern frond seem to resonate with her. The finished quality of her pieces are as important to her as the design.  Jenny finds satisfaction in creating mini works of wearable art.

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Hakan Nedjat

Hakan has lived in New Zealand since 2013. His photography which started like many visitors as holiday snaps has quickly developed into a fully-fledged passion. Hakan has a huge interest in wide field astro photography and nightscapes. Astro photography requires considerable dedication and often missed sleep! A simple star trail image can take up to two hours to capture excluding the drive/hike to the location. Hakan wants to develop his passion and continue to showcase the beauty of New Zealand through his creative and stunning imagery.

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Kelly Oh

Kelly is a beautiful woman who is very talented in painting ceramics.  The fine detail is astounding and her skills are so impressive.  You can appreciate the loving time she puts into creating her masterpieces.  Kelly studied graphic design and ceramic art in South Korea where she had her own ceramic studio and exhibitions.  Kelly works at Botany Pottery Studio as a ceramic artist and has lived in NZ since 2011.  Kelly’s work has won her awards at various exhibitions and shows.

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Odile Sprenkeling

Odile has lived out West since 1990 and was born in Holland. She considers herself very lucky to have been exposed to many of the Dutch Masters artworks as a child growing up in Holland. From a very early age she admired Art, and enjoyed creating things. Odile has been painting for 15 years and has incredible talent with an eye for detail.

She loves experimenting with different mediums and tends to paint images that personally move her. Odile has worked in Chigirie (a Japanese Art Form) Water Colour but she mainly works with acrylics.

Recently Odile has taken up ceramics and loves the three dimensional aspect of working with clay.

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Val White

I am mainly a self taught artist of Russian origin with a typically British education. I achieved 3 ‘A’ levels, including Art and much to my father’s dismay went on to complete an Art and Design Foundation Course from West Notts College in the Midlands.

I also have a degree in Interior Design from Christchurch Polytechnic but decided I didn’t want to pursue life as a designer although aspects of that knowledge have been rather useful – eg learning to draw in perspective and colour theory.

All I know is that I have been drawing and painting as far as I can remember and if I don’t physically sit down with a paintbrush or marker of some sort every other day I actually get creative withdrawal symptoms !!!

My style of work and application is very much an extension of myself and my personality; – diverse, somewhat traditional, eclectic, explorative and fun. I hope you enjoy it.

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John Wyse

John is an amazing enthusiastic potter who expertly throws all his pieces and high fires them in a gas kiln.  He is very experienced and has been perfecting the art of creating domestic ware for 30 years.  John likes to create functional pieces that can be admired and used daily.  In a recent exhibition John received the award for the best thrown piece.

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