
Some of our Artists for 2025

Yasmin Waters

Hello my name is Yasmin Waters I am a 22 year old professional artist from the West Coast.
My main medium is acrylic paint on canvas, stones and bottles. I paint native birds, other animals, portraits and some landscapes.

Trish Saunders

"My creative practice involves research, processing and un-processing. My interest is to do with who we are, how we intertwine and weave our way through the complexity of relationships with ourselves, each other, objects and the world around us. Reality and unreality collide or sometimes land more softly and melt in these interactions.
The joy I feel when painting is immense. I work mainly in oil, though once again I like to delve into the mixing of possibilities, in this case adding and exploring other mediums when put into close proximity."

Jenny Longstaff
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There is a strong sense of design in Jenny Longstaff’s pictorial compositions, reflecting her professional background as a graphic designer. Jenny paints in acrylics, with coloured pencil
detailing. Her work features bold colours, patterns and outlines, which reference her love of stained glass windows and mosaics.
Subject matter ranges from rural themes to nature and still life arrangements.
Australian-born, Jenny Longstaff has lived in Dunedin for the past 40 years and is a past president and life member of the Otago Art Society.

Jeremy Leach

Born and raised in Greymouth, I’ve been drawing and painting since I was a wee fella. Initially, it was cartoons and comic strips, and as a teenager, fantasy art. Early influences were Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo, among many others.
After studying Art and Design in Christchurch I returned to the West Coast in 2003. Since 2010 I’ve been working as a tattooist, recently allocating more time to landscape painting and rediscovering my love of sci-fi and fantasy art.

Fiona Carruthers

I live near Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island. I am constantly inspired to paint
what I see around me. The variety of choice is amazing. There is something about watercolour’s ability to convey a sense of light and vibrancy that compels me to try and capture the essence of my subject.

Gary Hopkinson

Gary spent 45 years working as an architect in Greymouth honing basic drawing skills taught at Grey High School and Auckland university.
Retirement 12 years ago gave the time to develop those skills, and learn the basics of water colour. A week long course with John Lovett in Queensland gave him the confidence to experiment with the watercolour medium, introducing ink, charcoals, gouache and gesso. Encouragement and critiques from his wife Rae has helped along the way.
The challenge was to record structures in a more loose and colourful way, and produce pen and watercolours of buildings and landscapes as an alternative to photographs.
While travelling Gary realised he had the skill to draw structures and landscapes quickly and loosely, using a 40 year old watercolour travel set and quality Moleskin art diaries. Gary noticed that art exhibitions were devoid of paintings of historic and heritage structures, many of which are disappearing from our landscapes and towns. This has been a focus to date.
He has enjoyed ‘playing’ with watercolour, experimenting with different techniques and finishes to create mood and an emotive response.

Rae Patton

From my studio in Kokatahi, Hokitika, I paint, draw, carve woodcuts, and experiment with ancient letterpress techniques. My current artistic practice involves using natural materials as an art support. Shells gathered on evening walks at my Southern crib have become my tiny vessels for beauty. Fragile as porcelain, yet resilient enough to be tossed up intact by waves. Once each shell is painted and sealed it becomes a miniature and unique collectible featuring local West Coast favourites such as hydrangeas, rata flowers, Kowhai, and the foragers’ special… blackberry. Select just one or build your private tiny gallery.

Ivory's Art

Ivory was born in the Philippines and moved to New Zealand at 15 years old where she found the passion of painting at her high school in Morrinsville. She is a self-taught acrylic artist who specialises in bodies of water, sunsets, native birds and pet portraits. She paints on canvas, wooden panels, plant pots, walls and even faces as a face painter. She loves to create especially to recreate the beauty she sees in the region she fell in love with - the West Coast where she found a home to settle in with her husband and three children. Most of her work are sold privately through commissions and now also proudly displays her work alongside the talented local artists in the gallery of Colours of the Coast.

Maxine Morgan

This is my second year at Art in the Park.
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I discovered I had a talent for drawing as a child. By my early teens I was producing simple watercolours paintings. An interest in patterns found its way into my ink and coloured pencil artworks. These are popular in poster for or as cards.
Although I continue to produce ink and pencil works, I also enjoy working with acrylic paint on canvas and watercolour. I attend Art4Me and various workshops. Art is a continuing journey for me, striving to improve, enjoying the company of other artists through groups such as the Greymouth Art group.
I have had a long involvement with the Left Bank Art Gallery as both a volunteer and member of the Committee. I get great inspiration from the work of others.

Carla Fahey

Carla was born in Greymouth NZ and has been an art enthusiast for as long as she can remember. In her younger years she loved sketching and creating. Her career as a Beauty Therapist let her put her creative touch on the women of the West Coast, makeup and colour was her passion.
Lockdown gave her time to really get creative, she immersed herself in the art world and was creating something new every day.
Barry Wright introduced her to oil paints and guided her and bought out her flair with colour in landscape paintings.
She wants the viewer to feel something, whether it is the crashing of the waves or the perfectly tranquil waters, art should be something you can actually feel.
Living on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand is an artist’s playground, there’s no other place in the world I’d rather live!
View Carlas original art work at Colours of the Coast Art Gallery 106 Revell St, Hokitika.

Trish Silcock

Hello, I’m Trish a dairy farmer from the West Coast with a love of gardening and art.
I have dabbled in many art forms over the years from painting acrylics, watercolours and oil, Sewing clothing and quilts, Sculptures stone, clay and Paverpol.
While I still enjoy all of these, I really found my niche with Paverpol.
I first came across Paverpol when I ordered a kit from a magazine 15 years ago, from there I did a class with the NZ trainer & importer in nelson, then in 2009 I trained to become a certified Paverpol instructor, I have been teaching workshops ever since.
Paverpol is a fabric hardener that allows the artist to create sculptures suitable for outdoors using recycled natural materials such as old t-shits, muslin, towels, curtains etc.
You will always find projects on the go in my small studio workshop. And thanks to my Husband & daughters I now have a small Gallery that is open by appointment.

Beth Nolan

Beth Nolan is a Hokitika-based fine artist working under her brand Flick & Co. Creative Studio.
Beth paints with watercolour on paper & acrylic on canvas to create vibrant and dynamic depictions of New Zealand birds that celebrate the beauty and wonder of Aotearoa.
She grew up on a farm in South Westland, a childhood surrounded by the stunning beauty of the southern alps, rugged beaches and lush rainforests. Spending much of her adult life travelling overseas, on coming home, she felt exploring the beautiful wildlife and landscape of New Zealand would help her reconnect with home, it has been her obsession ever since.
Beth’s work is a dance between spontaneity and restraint. Layer, upon layer of flamboyant colour and fluid shapes add a jewel-like quality her work, depicting her subject's energy and their depths of movement.
Beth exhibits her original work in galleries throughout the South Island, takes commissions & sells a selection of fine art prints. She is looking forward to meeting you all next weekend!
Facebook: @flickcostudio Instagram: @flickcostudio
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Amhairghen Faithliaig

Having cut and carved gemstones of all kinds since 11 years of age and trained in carving under Ian Boustridge among others, Amhairghen Faithliaig (Avirin) now runs Woven Stone Jade in Greymouth: a small jade and hard stone carving company specialising in high-quality, one-off jewellery and sculptural pieces. "Quality work, or not at all" is his company's motto; and he takes that motto seriously. He stocks works in local pounamu (nephrite and bowenite) and some foreign nephrite jades, aotea, local rhodonite, aroha stone, Guatemalan blue jadeite and occasionally even whalebone.

Marlene Trounson

Carver Marlene Trounson has turned her dream of working with greenstone into an actuality – and a passion. She had, for many years, worked with natural gemstones and pearls to create distinctive fashion jewelry. Ten years ago she enrolled for the Diploma in Jade and Hardstone Carving at Tai Poutini Polytech. “I started full of excitement, but within days was asking myself what on earth I’d got myself into,” she chuckles. “I hadn’t touched carving tools before, and it was definitely more complex and challenging than I had anticipated.”
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But she persevered, graduated, and now creates a wide range of beautiful carvings - traditional pendants and earrings as well intricate sculptured works including flowers and delicate leaves. While 90% of her work is with greenstone, she also works with other gemstones and agates sourced from overseas.
Marlene has been exhibiting at Art in the Park since 2009.

Karma Taylor

I am a ceramic artist at Mud and Stone Studios.
Nature is my muse; it fuels my creativity and informs the colours, textures, and materials I explore. Born and raised in Sweden, my design blends Scandinavian minimalism with mid-century retro vibes aiming to bring joy through the interactions with refined artistic forms in everyday objects.
All my work is handmade. Each piece is either wheel-thrown, hand-built, or both. I mix my glazes from scratch and my primary clay body is made from 100% New Zealand clay. I believe that objects we interact with should go beyond simply solving problems; they should enrich our lives in some way too.

Scott Taylor

I am a Stone Artist at Mud and Stone Studios
I explore the dynamic relationship between the natural environment and the man-made world. Drawing inspiration from my childhood love of science fiction, I aim to spark the imagination and encourage people to view the world through a curious lens.
I am naturally drawn to symmetry, and my passion for New Zealand's ingenuity and engineering spirit invariably influences my work, too. I love the beauty of clean and simple objects, so my goal is to achieve an effortless and uncomplicated aesthetic in my work without falling into the realm of the ordinary.

Slade Tiller

I am a self-taught artist who was born and raised on the West Coast of the South Island. I love to create unique paintings, mostly using oil to create landscapes and seascapes. I also have a passion for other art forms such as drawing and fantasy art. In my spare time I love to paint and draw, gathering inspiration from our beautiful local surroundings.
Using different techniques, I try to capture local scenes and recreate them in my own style which borderlines on contemporary. Sometimes using fine brushes to create an intricate scene or bold broad-brush strokes to centralise a painting.
I really love spending time on my artwork, some pieces can take months to complete while others are quicker, but all the while I like to challenge myself and try exciting new projects with different colours and shapes.
I look forward to Art in the Park not only to participate, but to see all the other beautiful art on display.
See you there!

Joanne McDougall

Joanne McDougall
Primarily self-taught, my background is in science, and I’ve been painting now for forty years. What started a hobby ended up a small business as I ran an art school from my home studio and produced two books. I enjoy colour, movement and playing with reflectivity, and more recently have been combining analogue with digital art.

Jan Fraser

My journey started as a youngster growing up on a New Zealand farm; being lifted into the wool press to keep me out of trouble when I followed to the wool-shed at shearing time. I come from a family of artists, and leaving school, went on to study craft design. However it wasn't until 30 years later I took up felt making. I have dedicated myself to explore and express myself through the medium of wool.
I am passionate about my country and believe I live in one of the most inspiring corners of the world. Not only is New Zealand beautiful, it produces high quality wool, which I source locally, direct from small farms and family run businesses. By preparing fleeces myself, and hand dying for individual pieces, I craft truly one off works of art.
In the handful of years I have been making felt I have studied under some top international tutors i.e. Fiona Duthie. I have exhibited locally and internationally and sell online: lomahfelt.wixsite.com/home and www.facebook.com/lomahfelt.

Bob McQuarrie

Greymouth’s Bob McQuarrie is well recognised around the Coast for his functional stoneware – beautifully shaped bowls, coffee mugs, cups and platters from his busy potter’s wheel, and freeform tiles, small animal and bird ceramics.
His ceramic garden-art towers were a hit at last year’s Art in the Garden in Flaxmere, Canterbury. “As it’s in October it forces me to be busy over winter,” he says.
Bob uses only local clays from various sources, which sometimes can be straight out of the ground but usually need to worked to remove stones, sand or roots. He achieves vibrant decorative effects by creating his own glazes, often from differently coloured recycled glass. His kiln is fired by dry pine from trees he planted on his Karoro hill property many years ago. Wood ash provides unique glaze effects. “It’s a lot of effort but it’s good to have a hobby you love that also brings in a bit of money.”

Chris Webster

Chris has exhibited at Art in the Park since its inception. His speciality is highly detailed pen and ink paintings of people, animals, houses, and vehicles of all kinds. Chris has a wide range of art interests include cartooning, calligraphy, logo design, photography, bone carving and driftwood sculpture. Over the years, his illustrations have been published in a variety of books, including children's’ stories and homestay guides.
All the prints for sale here are on German stock paper, printed by Microfilm Digital Print Christchurch. Larger or smaller prints are available on paper or on stretched canvas.

Donna Brydon

Donna has been a regular at Art in the Park since its inception. Her Corrie Iron Art is well loved all around the South Island of New Zealand and she never seems to run out of inspiration!

Lorna Lay Flurrie

Lorna is an artist, based in Greymouth. She paints mostly in both oils, acrylics and water colours.. but is always learning new tricks!

Shirley Day

Hello Art Lovers, my name is Shirely Louise Day and I create unique collages using a wide range of flowers, leaves, paints and mixed media.
I’m completely self-taught and through much trial and error have arrived at a place where I believe my work will delight and bring smiles to my viewers.
All of my work incorporates flora grown, picked and pressed by the artist. I live in Christchurch and regularly display my work at various markets that concentrate on supporting creators and makers.

Rachelle McKellar-Basset

Rachelle McKellar-Basset lives and works on the beautiful West Coast of the South Island. She is inspired by the wild coastline and exquisite driftwood crafted and shaped by the sea. Incorporating beach stones she creates whimsical works that sometimes include a saying or quote to inspire, encourage or just make you smile.
She worked for many years as a Visual arts teacher in Auckland but now feels home is on the coast. Preserving and caring for the natural environment is close to her heart. With her husband she runs an eco campsite on their rural property, practicing permaculture and breeding free range chickens and organic lamb.
Rachelle is a graduate of the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Visual Arts, 2005. She was awarded the Toss Wollaston scholarship in her first year of study.

Margaret Mary Wallace

The Daft, Mysterious Woman
Margaret Mary Fabiola Wallace started back with 'New Beginnings’ Visual Art recently. She had a long sabbatical break from painting. Now she has a new approach to art, looser, freer and more experimenting. She is expressive, loves colour and texture. Her art now is based on memories packed with love, emotions, mood, texture and our beautiful planet we live on. She has fresh ideas and no boundaries now. Also known recently as 'The Daft Woman’ according to a recent post. Margaret Mary is inspired by her environment and the beautiful wild West Coast beaches.
She is a West Coaster and ex-pupil of St Mary's. Some of her upbringing reflects in her art work, richness of colour, lights and darks. These days she finds inspiration closer to home, “from my garden”. Her house acts as a whole new outlook, “I don't have to go far, there are spontaneous views from my windows and never ending inspirations”.

Shelley Lock

Shelley has always been creative, dabbling with arts and crafts since a child; training as a milliner as a teen in New Zealand, and going onto train as a lampshade maker when living in Melbourne. She went onto study lead-lighting in a studio in Melbourne in her late teens. Doing something creative has always been a way of life. Shelley has worked for herself making stained glass windows, and dabbles with mosaics using tiles and crockery, to the West Coast joy of finding driftwood for her Japanese kokedama... there is also a bit of crocheting, quilting, and other bits and bobs along the way. It is creating art though, which she is passionate about.
Shelley has a passion for sketching with pigment ink; and painting using acrylics.
Ink sketching of nikau (a regular past-time), and also sketching buildings and houses, another favourite. Shelley's acrylic art ranges from Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings as they are found now in Egypt, to sea views and sunsets. For something different, she enjoys painting 'Odes' to famous artists works - and of course... nikau!