Put Some Colour in Your Life: Ceramics, Airbrush & Pencil

In 1984, Barbara migrated to south-west Ireland where she established a studio and became widely known for her creative achievements in both ceramics and watercolor painting. In 1990 she moved to New Zealand and established the Kowhai Water Color Studio in Coromandel, and in 1993 was joined by local artist Patrick Greene. 2004 saw the opening of her gallery in her new cliff top home, on Long Bay.

David Wells is an eclectic artist having worked professionally as an actor, graphic artist, dancer, web designer, circus and street performer, musician, children's entertainer and visual artist. He has exhibited extensively. David believes that a living person is more interesting than any artwork ever made; everyone is a masterpiece waiting to be painted.

Janet admits that the driving force behind her pencil drawing at an early age was to compete with her sister. Janet's sister was seven years her senior and she disliked very much any extra attention she received (as most five year olds do). So on one particular day when Janet's mother praised her sisters picture more than her own, Janet made a decision to be better.

Lynette has experimented with a variety of mediums and styles with most of her recent work being created with a mixture of both brush, airbrush and now pastel. She enjoys painting a wide variety of wildlife subjects, however, wild candid and or posed, equine subjects are the ones that hold a special meaning in her heart and have been a reoccurring theme in her art since childhood.