Estuary Arts Centre overlooks the beautiful Te Ara Tahuna Walkway, located in Orewa on the Hibiscus Coast Highway, only 25 minutes from Auckland city centre.  A creative Hub for all creatives, whatever age, level or ability.  With 5 gallery spaces which change out exhibitions monthly there is always something new and fresh to see.  Three art studios offer a perfect setting to learn and experience art and an onsite café to get your fix of caffeine. Plenty of free parking.

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Open:   9am - 3pm Monday - Friday

              10am - 3pm Weekends

              10am - 2pm Public Holidays

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Estuary Arts Centre

214B Hibiscus Coast Highway, Orewa

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Phone:      09 426-5570

Email:       admin@estuaryarts.org

Website:  estuaryarts.org

A warm welcome to Louise Taylor art studio and gallery.  Inspirational oil paintings, vibrant colours, abstract and evocative, with a depth of layering and oscillating light, guided by the energy of emotion and intuition.  Louise’s work adds a focal point of colour, vibrancy and energy to home and office.  Private commissions to complement your space are most welcomed.  

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Studio Open by Appointment Only

19 Jean Place, Stanmore Bay, Whangaparaoa

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Phone:      021 0237-7600

Email:       louisetaylorart@gmail.com

Ann's journey towards acrylics has been circuitous starting with a childhood love of graphite drawing and followed by forays into watercolours. The result is clean forms and vibrant colours inspired by the natural world.

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Studio Open by Appointment Only

Mahurangi West

 

Email:     anncook.nz@gmail.com

Large-scale iconic landscapes are brought to life with contrasting and harmonious colours, dramatic compositions, which create a 'picture window' like view on your wall.  Limited edition prints by Talia Russell are all hand-pulled to create minor variations to each print which makes each unique and original.

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Studio Open by Appointment only - Sat/Sun/Mon

540 Mahurangi West Road, Mahurangi West

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Phone:    027 583-9942

Email:     taliarussellprint@gmail.com

Website: talia-russell-print

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Karena de Pont is a visual artist whose body of work is an assemblage of different expressions from abstract acrylic paintings through to contemporary oil paintings, to sculpture, and more; whatever works best to bring her vision to life. Whatever the medium used, colour, texture, and the interplay of light are always a consideration in her work. 

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Studio Open By Appointment Only

WHARE KOA

27 Opahi Bay Road, Mahurangi West

 

Phone:    027 631-3083

Email:     karenadepont@gmail.com

Website: karenadepont.com

Philippa works in her newly created studio, using a wide range of media employing her skills in painting, digital printing, textile arts, ceramics, and sculpture to create artworks inspired by her love of NZ nature and landscape, and of colour, texture and pattern.  A frequent finalist in World of WearableArt (WOW) with 8 garments in shows and a category winner. 

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Studio Open By Appointment Only

60a Cowan Bay Road, Pohuehue

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Phone:   027 929-4849

Email:    philippastich@gmail.com

Mark's design based art studio showcases a diverse range of unique works from his home studio/workshop in the Warkworth countryside.

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Studio Open By Appointment Only

19 Kaponga Lane, Kaipara Flats, Warkworth

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Email:      mark@only.co.nz

Website: only.co.nz

Ian's story in parabolic allegories speak through his art disciplines of oil painting, illustration, photography, leather art, sculpture, poetry and art on fashion.  

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Studio Open By Appointment Only

IAN ANDERSON FINE ART GALLERY

Temporary Studio - phone for directions

 

Phone:    021 425-941

Email:      ian@ianandersonfineart.com

Website: ianandersonfineart.com   

Julia's mother was a talented artist and her sister is too so it followed that, when she had time, she would take it up as well . Having been involved with farming and animals, especially horses all her life it follows that  these are her favourite subjects to paint and draw. 

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Studio Open By Appointment Only

STUDIO 384

384 Sandspit Road, Warkworth 

(just 2km outside Warkworth)

 

Phone:  09 425 7095  or  027 365 6334

Email:  puketiro1@gmail.com 

Kathy is a well known flax weaver in the Mahurangi Area and Internationally. Her unique contemporary style has been developed over many years of practice.

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Studio Open By Appointment Only

16 Creek Street, Sandspit, Mahurangi East 

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Email:  nevkathy@gmail.com 

Experience a unique open-air gallery in a sublime native landscape, discovering more than 60 large-scale sculptures along the 2km trail.  Enjoy relaxed all-day dining in the spectacular Glass House while enjoying celebrated estate-grown wines.  The foyer gallery features a wide range of small sculptures.

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Open:   10am - 4pm   Monday-Friday

              10am - 5pm   Saturday-Sunday

Entry:    Age related entry fee rates or

              Family Pass Available

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Brick Bay Wines & Sculpture Trail

17 Arabella Lane, Snells Beach

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Phone:    09 425-4690

Email Restaurant:  glasshouse@brickbay.co.nz

Email Art Manager: sculpture@brickbay.co.nz

Website: brickbaysculpture.co.nz

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Peter has been 'making things' most of his life and since retiring to Snells Beach has decided to share some of his inspired and quirky ideas to a wider audience, and established a workshop where magic happens, creating mainly large (award winning) wooden sculptures that are thought provoking.

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Studio Open By Appointment Only

40 Tamatea Drive, Snells Beach

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Phone: 021 545-234

Email:  petermansfield51@gmail.com

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Studio 22 has a range of works by several artists, ranging from beautiful watercolours to oils and acrylics in a variety of genres. Featured artists are Maureen Roke, Jo-ann Farnell, Shelley Gray and Blair Fraser.

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Studio Open Hours: 

Thursday 9.30am - 2.30pm

or at any other time by appointment

STUDIO 22, 22 Muncaster Street, Snells Beach

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Phone:   022 350-5706 (Jo-ann)

             027 474-0001 (Maureen)

Website: maureenroke.nz

In approaching her art, Glenda Hopkins is always mindful of the intricacies within nature, its lines and patterns are artful in themselves.  This year sees approaches using different materials, tools and being freer in form, more intuitive rather than defined by exacting something seen. 

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Studio Open Hours:

First Sunday of the Month 10am - 1pm

129 Ridge Road, Scotts Landing, Mahurangi East

 

Phone:    027 235-6868

Email:     wahinetoi@gmail.com

Website: wahinetoi.co.nz

Warkworth artist, Pauline Gough, is a self taught contemporary acrylic and mixed media painter.  Her aim is to paint intuitively and she works quickly in order to maintain a fresh result.  She loves to paint in an impasto style, with energetic brushwork and deliberate texture.  

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Studio Open By Appointment Only

161 Sharp Road, Matakana

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Phone:     021 183-2738

Email:      goughy@xtra.co.nz

Website:  paulinegough.com

Brendan Adams, merges his painting background with ceramics, using vibrant colours and graphic detail in his pottery. Since 1988, he has explored the endless possibilities of form and texture in clay, creating both functional and sculptural works that have been exhibited nationwide.

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Studio Open By Appointment Only

42 Green Rd, Matakana

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Phone:    022 058-5300

Email:      info@badams.co.nz

Website: badams.co.nz

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Nicola Bedford, Vitality Therapies Art Studio, is an emerging NZ Creative with a vibrant colour palette and whimsical style. Nicola works with acrylic and resin to handcraft eye-catching artworks, often functional in nature. Nicola also shares her passion for art, and her own creative processes/techniques in a series of workshops in her studio in Matakana.

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Studio Open By Appointment Only

102 Omaha Flats Rd, Tawharanui Peninsula

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Phone:    022 605-1619

Email:      nicola@vitalitytherapies.co.nz

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Alysn Midgelow-Marsden is a maker of inspiring and visually compelling forms comprising three-dimensional lines, structures and patterns in complex, lyrical fluidities using media such as textiles, wires, metals and plastics. 

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Studio Open By Appointment Only

KOTARE STUDIO

865 Takatu Road, Tawharanui Peninsula

 

Phone:    022 318-6750

Email:     alysnmm@gmail.com

Website: alysnmidgelowmarsden.com

Artist's workspace and garden gallery. Come walk through the beautiful established gardens and view various sculptural pieces in ceramics and glass. Enjoy a lesson on the pottery wheel or watch the artist at work. 

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Studio Open By Appointment Only

or during 2024 Mahurangi Artist Studio Trail

365 Old Kaipara Rd, RD1 Warkworth

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Phone:   027 628-7007

Email:    info@freedom.ac.nz

Caroline Bell is a ceramic and encaustic artist based in the beautiful Whangaripo Valley just outside Matakana. Her larger pots are mostly hand built with textual slips and glazes applied.  Her sculptures are a mixture of whimsical animals that depict human characteristics.  With the encaustic painting she uses a loose style depicting abstract flowers and landscapes.

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Studio Open by Appointment Only

958 Whangaripo Valley Road, Whangaripo

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Phone:    021 270-8337

Email:     tanny@hotmail.com

Website: carolinejaneart.com

My practice combines the observation of ecologies with record keeping and interpretation. Especially where ecologies intersect with and influence, or are influenced, by my body. My paintings are abstract captures recording the emotion of this intersection, whereas my photographs record the ecology as it appears in the moment of capture.

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​Studio Open by Appointment Only

256B Pakiri Road, Leigh

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Email:     annebasquin@gmail.com

Website: annemariebasquin.com

In her art, Andrea explores the fragility of nature and how we interact with it.  Her application of layered paints, gilding techniques, and dynamic brushstrokes transform indistinct memories into evocative projections. Andrea is fascinated by our local underwater world - influenced by her research time at the Leigh Marine Laboratory. Her works invite an immersive, sensory response from the viewer. She also loves to portray our bird life in the bush and gardens, in her own colourful interpretation of the ancient style of Chinoiserie.

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​Studio Open by Appointment Only

76 Coxhead Creek Road, Whangateau (temporary)

New studio currently under construction in Leigh​

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Email:     andrea@avinteriors.co.nz

Website: www.andreaventlingart.co.nz

Pakiri local Rachel Waterhouse created Pakiri Clay as she is passionate about pottery. Rachel’s unique and stunning designs are a perfect combination of function and form, lovingly created at her home studio overlooking the rolling hills behind Pakiri Beach. Rachel draws inspiration from the natural beauty surrounding her.

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Studio Open by Appointment Only

1197 Pakiri Road, RD2, Tomarata

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Email:     pakiriclay@gmail.com

The OWL Community Arts Hub is a community based social enterprise between the Auckland Regional Council and local artists where 10% of total sales go to a community fund.  There are currently 22 artists with works on display and for sale, ranging from swamp kauri sculptures, paintings, ceramics, resin art, crystals, contemporary Maori art works, jewellery and more.  Well worth a visit and you can even relax in the lounge area for a friendly chat.

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Open: 9.30am - 2pm  Fri/Sat/Sun

120 Rodney Street, Wellsford

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Phone: 021 626-859  Paul McRae

Email:  owlarthub@gmail.com

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