PACIFIC ART   Naturally Gifted Alistair Hudson Andrew White Ann and Sarah Ambler Brent Wong Diana Poor Greenstone Artists Cooperative 3 Jengis John Ecuyer Kelcey Chandler-Yates Mark Cross Pacific Artists cooperative Pacific Curls - Musicians Paddy Bourke Paua or Blue Pearls Paua Shell Collective Reuben Price Reuben Price - Framed Photograhs & Canvas Art Rick and Jenny Bromhead Sarah Johns Susan Haywood-Smith Watea Arts and Design                     Naturally Gifted Alistair Hudson Andrew White       Ann and Sarah Ambler Brent Wong Diana Poor       Greenstone Artists Cooperative 3 Jengis John Ecuyer       Kelcey Chandler-Yates Mark Cross Pacific Artists cooperative       Pacific Curls - Musicians Paddy Bourke Paua or Blue Pearls       Paua Shell Collective Reuben Price Reuben Price - Framed Photograhs & Canvas Art       Rick and Jenny Bromhead Sarah Johns Susan Haywood-Smith       Watea Arts and Design                         Many of the artists living and working in New Zealand create Pacific art, strongly influenced by the landscapes, cultures and people of New Zealand and elsewhere in the Pacific. We are delighted to present a range of Pacific art in our online gallery, ranging from pieces in paua and pearl to Pacific Rim inspired paintings. Ann Ambler is a New Zealand artist. In the 1980s she was well known for her ceramics, as a member of Albany Village Pottery and President of Auckland Studio Potters. Later in that decade the New Zealand Government sent her to Indonesia,to start a ceramics project on the island of Lombok. When her contract ended she decided to design textiles and silver jewelry. Ann now lives between New Zealand and Indonesia. Her jewelry designs have a strong New Zealand and Pacific rim influence. She works with silver, New Zealand paua, New Zealand jade, pearls, bone and semi-precious stones. She incorporates traditional and contemporary design and sells widely. John Ecuyer is a noted contemporary New Zealand wood artist whose exquisite bowls are in collections throughout the world. He works with a variety of native woods such as Pohutukawa, Black Maire, and Purple Heart from South American, and decorates with such materials as brass, silver, patternated copper, paua, pearl shell and shark teeth. Mark Cross is considered one of the South Pacific's leading contemporary realist painters. Based in the central Polynesian island of Niue, his works are sought after by collectors from the Pacific rim and further afield. Employing landscapes, often with people in them, his works are well known for imparting a social message that speaks of mankind's delinquent abuse of his home the Earth. They speak of the world but are intrinsically Pacific. Mark Cross exhibits regularly in New Zealand, where he was born, Hawaii and Rarotonga. New Zealand paua (abalone) pearls are grown in a marine aquaculture venture using a combination of pearling techniques to produce unique, spectacularly coloured mabe pearls. We are privileged to be able to offer these to you. Diana Poor has been a ceramic artist for 30 years and in that time has established herself as a consistant producer of high quality work, from her decorative tile range,distinctive black and brown dinnerware or her highly personal sculptural work for interior or garden setting. Her work is also shown in major New Zealand Galleries and in personal collections overseas. Jengis has been potting all his life, learning first form his father who was also a professional potter and, in hi late teens, from pioneering New Zealand potter, Bary Brickell. In the late 1980s he began developing his own range of ceramics, a mix of domestic ware, and larger sculptural pieces decorated with one-off designs. In the mid 1990s he sailed the Pacific and Indian Oceans for two years, exploring the art and culture of the different people and regions. The designs he encountered now inspire the range of domestic ware he has listed on our site. Jengis' artwork, including larger one-off pieces, can be found in art galleries throughout New Zealand. Rick and Jenny Bromhead work as a team developing their beautiful jewellery. Rick, a qualified jeweller, specializes in mounting diamonds and precious stones, has been in the jewellery trade for over 35 years. Jenny has always had a keen interest in art and loves colour and design. These components have come together into a mix of traditional Maori and original art nouveau jewelry using gold, silver, precious, semi-precious and New Zealand paua shell that is refreshingly different. Kelcey Chandler-Yates jewelry is made of silica and dichroic glass coloured in the shimmering reds, oranges, yellows and blues of the tropical reef fish, the sparkle of crystal and deep blues inspired by the endless night sky and the vivid greens of the spectacular islands of her home in New Zealand. Her delicate awareness and a state of being one with her subjects, makes her a true artist transcending her own perceptions to bring you the magic of other dimensions. Sarah Johns lives in a seaside settlement north of Auckland. She has a Diploma in Jewellery (1996) from the Hungry Creek Art and Craft School, where she was awarded a Merit for jewellery design excellence at the 10th Anniversary Graduates Exhibit. Her silver jewellery, often with Maori and Pacific design themes, is in strong demand. Watea started their company in 1995 with the thought that people like to treasure some of the spirit of New Zealand wherever they are - in New Zealand or overseas. Uppermost in there minds was the belief that the gifts they create must be something people like to surround themselves with. The products must all be suitable for placement in homes as well as business. They use state-of-the-art technology for all their framing and stand by the quality of our workmanship and timely delivery.