Sandy Adsett - Lot 20

(mixed media)

"Adsett is known for his striking new interpretations of kowhaiwhai...(he) has been an influential figure, both in Maori arts education and administration, and as a practicing artist." (Icons Nga Toanga, Te Papa Press)

A senior figure in the establishment of contemporary Maori art, Sandy is the principal tutor at Toimairangi Contemporary Maori art school in Hastings.

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Lex Benson-Cooper - Lot 4

Pandora's Box (mixed media) 

"Every beholder has an eye for art"

Lex has had numerous exhibitions in New Zealand and abroad. His work was selected in the 2007 Norsewear art award and he continues to exhibit successfully throughout New Zealand.
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Wellesley Binding - Lot 19

Floating World (Acrylic & Photograph)

Wellesley's work has confronted and amazed viewers throughout New Zealand in his many solo and group shows. His work has an intellectual gravitas that places him as the leading contemporary artist in Hawke's Bay. His customary silver and black palette lends itself to documentary interpretations of his subject: the post modern urban condition.

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Jo Blogg - Lot 18

(Acrylic)

Jo has been producing innovative sculptural work, paintings and prints for a number of years and exhibiting in solo and group shows. Her work was most recently exhibited in her solo show of minutely painted mandalas on CD cases at Black Barn Gallery. An inventive sculptor and painter whose work combines interesting ideas, innovative uses of materials and a fastidious approach to detail.

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Gaiel Bloor - Lot 3

Drink Like a Fish (Acrylic)

Gaeil has been producing artwork at Mosaic around her preferred theme of Animals. Her work focusses on the qualities of her subject beyond their appearance.

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Eddie Budd - Lot 16

Big Trouble in Little Winebox (Acrylic & Mixed Media)

"And now you dont have to drink too much to see double and stuff that aint really there"

Eddie is a survivor of mental illness and his work draws its strength from his experiences of this process. He work has now been in a number of exhibitions in Hawke's Bay and he is currently working towards a new show at Mosaic Gallery.

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Dick Frizzell - Lot 12

The Fruit Box of New Zealand (Oil)

Dick Frizzell is one of the highest profile artists in New Zealand with major exhibitions and numerous publications about his work.

He has spent a long career exploring the New Zealand venacular in many successful and controversial exhibitions. His series of wineboxes have all featured witty twists on the relevance of the box itself.

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Jane Gray - Lot 17

Around Every Corner (Mixed Media)

Jane has held sell out exhibitions in New Zealand and the UK. Her paintings have been featured in national and international magazines She has held numerous exhibitions since 1989, and is the driving force behind Wine Country Gallery in Havelock North.

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Maggie Scott - Lot 6

Tipu-a-Rangi   (Fly and be Free) (Mixed Media)

Born in Scotland and having emigrated to New Zealand, Maggie draws her inspiration from everyday things. She uses her imagination to picture what a place would look like. Maggie has now held several exhibitions at Mosaic and also exhibited her work at other venues in Hawke's Bay. Recently Maggie has been working on a collective exhibition for Matariki with the Mosaic Toi Maori group.

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Nicole Sanders-O'Shea - Lot 10

Golden Home (Screen Print)

Nicole has exhibited her printmaking widely in New Zealand, Australia, America and Canada with over 50 solo and group shows, Arts projects and curated exhibitions to her credit. since joineing the EIT Visual arts department she has been a driving force in the resurgent interest in printmaking in Hawke's Bay. Her work features an interest in feminist ideaas, consumerism and new print technologies.

Tish Scott - Lot 2

Booze Box (Mixed Media) 

Tish's works are known for their deeply layered and complex paint effects combined with an immediate execution and visual appeal. She has exhibited widely in solo and group shows throughout New Zealand. This winebox features many small paintings, drawings and mixed media works enclosed in beer bottle caps.

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Veronica Toebeck - Lot 9

My Garden Flower (Acrylic)

"I love to paint flowers because its one of my favourites - planting and growing flowers" 

Veronica's favourite theme is the flower, and her stylistic abstractions are very appealing. Her solo exhibition on the theme at Mosaic Gallery was very successful.

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Paul Van Kampen - Van Kampen Fine Furniture - Lot 15

(Tasmainain Blackwood & American White Ash)

Paul is a fine furniture maker in the tradition of James Krenov , designing and constructing individual peices from his Hastings workshop. This piece is inspired by Japanese design and is entirely constructed from quality timbers, replacing the original box!

Joleen Wilson - Lot 13

Fun Art Heart (Mixed Media)

Joleen has been producing artworks at Mosaic for the last seven years, her large work was selected in the 2006 Hawke's Bay Review, and was also featured in this year's Womens' Art Calander from the Hastings Womens Centre

Joleen's work features a combination of anxious and innocent imagery that makes it intriguing and appealing. Her work has attracted interesrt during the last year from overseas collectors of Outsider Art

Linda Bruce - Lot 14

Insulate the Heart (Mixed Media)

Linda has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand. Her most recent solo exhibition was "Insulate" held at Thermostat, Palerston North. She also won the award for sculpture in 2005, and the supreme award at the 2007 Hawke's Bay Review. She recentlywas selected to produce a large scale scupltural work for Sculture on the Shore in Auckland.

Chris Bryant - Lot 7

Lime Kuri (0il)

This years wine box continues to focus on the Tutaekuri River, a river that historically commemorates the preparation and cooking of hundred 'kuri' or 'dogs' to feed the hungry guests of local chief, Hikuwera II. The wine box has been painted to reflect the Tutaekuri River conforming to modern trends to become a 'Lime Kuri', as a recently installed white lime sand path trails along its riverbank. Hence the title of the wine box is, "Lime Kuri".

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Liz Earth - Lot 5

Time Changes Everything (Mixed Media)

Grapes on the Vine

Water to Wine

Angels fly

Flies Fly

Time Flies.... Regardles

Liz's multi media installations in the Hastings CBD are well known, as are her public sculptures at Hawke's Bay events. She has exhibited her paintings, ceramics, drawings and photography in many exhibitions throughout New Zealand.

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Para Matchitt - Lot 8

Black Ensemble (mixed media construction) 

Matchitt is a senior figure in contemporary New Zealand art with a great many exhibitions and both private and public commissions to his name. Preferring to be known first as a sculptor and not for his Maori heritage, Matchitt's symbolic constructions are full of vitality.

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Piera McArthur - Lot 21

(Mixed Media)

Piera's inventive and exuberant figurative works are well known throughout New Zealand. Combining the genuine passion of a committed artist and the joy in creating of a child, her works are immediately appealing for their sense of humour and free use of paint.

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Fane Flaws - Lot 11

Number 3 (acrylic)

Flaws is renowned for his witty works, graphic design and printmaking. Exhibiting extensively throughout New Zealand, he has had a series of inventive solo shows locally at Black Barn Gallery. An artist with wide ranging talents and a creative pedegree linking back to BLERTA days, a recent icon in his work is the bird. Is it avisitor / messenger or a metaphor for the artist? Who knows?

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Ricks Terstappen - Lot 1

(Metal & Wood)

Terstappen's inventive and quirky sculptures have been installed as commissions in many parts of Hawke's Bay and New Zealand.

His work is also held in many private collections throughout New Zealand. He has worked collaboratively on a number of large commissions with artists such as William Jameson and Jacob Scott, on such projects as the re-furbishment of the Hawke's Bay Opera House. Connected with the Cicada workshops, Ricks profile as a sculptor is growing steadily.

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