Michael Browne – NZ Abstractionist Painter

Shag and Wild Water by Michael Browne - 301x401

Michael Browne, a New Zealand abstractionist painter, trained at the Royal College and went on to teach at Hammersmith, and Chelsea School of Art. Michael Browne was conceived in an alpine hut on Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand, but he was born in Wigan, Lancashire, in the UK. In 1930 his mother, Ruth D […]

Grant Hudson – West Coast New Zealand Watercolourist

West Coast watercolour by Grant Hudson

Grant Hudson, a New Zealand ceramic artist based near Barrytown on the South Island’s West Coast has established himself as a watercolourist. In the late 1960’s, in New Zealand, Grant Hudson had the good fortune to find himself tucked under the wing of first one, and then another motivated female ceramicist. Ceramics as a First […]

Franco Paisio, Australian-Based Italian Abstract Painter and Poet

Abstract by Franco Paisio - 600 x 450

A brief profile of Italian painter, Franco Paisio, who makes his home in Sydney, Australia. Paisio is also a poet and has published four poetry books. Australian-based Italian painter and poet, Franco Paisio is a Scorpio. Both his painterly eye, and the one which observes his thoughts, have the laser-like perception often accorded a November-born. […]

Michael Ayling – Contemporary New Zealand Jeweller

God Mask 1 by Michael Ayling - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Michael Ayling is a contemporary jeweller based in Whangarei, New Zealand. His designs challenge some people but his workmanship is exquisite. Michael Ayling is a contemporary jeweller who sees himself as an artist-craftsman in that he handmakes his own designs. A perfectionist by nature, his workmanship is both precise and fastidious and he isn’t satisfied […]

John Madden – Underground Artist

Blackball mine winch room by John Madden

Profile of New Zealand painter, John Madden, based on Auckland’s west coast. His mentors include Toss Woollaston, Barry Brickell, Yvonne Rust, John S Parker John Madden is a painter based at Karekare on Auckland’s western coast in New Zealand, but he started his art life as a potter. Mentors, Yvonne Rust, Barry Brickell and Toss […]