He Ringatoi o nga Tupuna : Isaac Coates and his Maori portraits by Hilary and John Mitchell
80.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art
Isaac Coates was an Englishman who lived in Wellington and Nelson between 1841 and 1845. During that time he painted watercolour portraits of 58 Maori from Nelson, Marlborough, Wellington, Waikanae and Kapiti. Some of these portraits have been well-known for nearly 180 years, although their creator was ...Show more
A Painted Voyage by Sean Garwood
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art
The 108 page book featuring 27 ofSean Garwood's maritime paintings Informative background text on the artist as well as the subjects of his paintings depicting New Zealand's maritime history. Sean’s experience and understanding the sea is clearly evident in his work and it has led him to become one ...Show more
Railways Studios by Neill Peter & Atkinson Alsop
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art | Reading Level: near fine
For many decades the Railways Department's design studios, Railways Studio, was New Zealand's 'go-to' advertiser. Its tourism and product ads appear on railway-station hoardings and billboards throughout the land, and it developed some of New Zealand's most iconic graphic images. This big, beautiful boo ...Show more
Artists in Antarctica by Patrick Shepherd (editor)
80.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art | Reading Level: near fine
What transformation happens when writers, musicians and artists stand in the vast, cold spaces of Antarctica? This book brings together paintings, photographs, texts and musical scores by Aotearoa New Zealand artists who have been to the ice. It explores the impact of this experience on their art and ar ...Show more
Wonderland: The New Zealand Photographs of Whites Aviation by Peter Alsop
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art | Reading Level: near fine
Whites Aviation produced many of New Zealand's best hand-coloured photos between the 1950s and 1970s. These glorious senic vistas changed the way we saw our country and were a sensation, adorning offices and lounges thoughout the land. Now, despite massive changes in society and photography, these retro ...Show more
New Zealand Tattoo: In the Home of the Tattooist's Art by Chris Hoult & Steve Forbes
75.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art
We have tattooing in the blood in New Zealand, and styles worn with pride here in Aotearoa are appreciated worldwide by admirers of beautiful design. And in the early 2010s, tattooing is going through a renaissance. Chris Hoult immersed himself in the Kiwi tattoo scene from 2011 and 2012, and brought wr ...Show more
Te Toi Whakairo: The Art Of Maori Carving by Hirini Moko Mead
50.00 NZD
Category: Māori
Te Toi Whakairo is an essential guide to Maori wood carving by distinguished carver and academic Sir Sidney (Hirini) Moko Mead. The book presents all the elements of carving in different regions of New Zealand, with practical advice on techniques and styles, and is abundantly illustrated with photos, di ...Show more
Goldie by Roger Blackley
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art | Reading Level: very good
Charles F. Goldie (1870-1947) is one of New Zealand's best known artists, with mystique surrounding his work. His fame has been fed by newspaper reports documenting record-shattering prices, thefts, vandalism and forgeries. The book explores Goldie's career, his early still life paintings, his time as a ...Show more
Tussock by Bruce Hunt
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art
"Tussock is the colour of my country. It is, for me, a coming home.” Over the course of nearly 40 years, artist Bruce Hunt has explored the ridgelines, hills and valleys of Otago and Canterbury, photographing the quiet grandeur of undulating foothills, observing braided rivers growing and gathering mom ...Show more
Paul Dibble - X - A Decade of Sculpture 2010-2020 by Paul Dibble; Fran Dibble
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art | Reading Level: very good
Paul Dibble has traversed many subjects in his sculptural work - often returning to them years later, like godwits coming home to roost. Between 2010 and 2020, human figures and native New Zealand flora and fauna have been among Dibble's oft-revisited subjects, his work refining these figures to their s ...Show more
Drawn to the Wild - Paintings of New Zealand Birds by Nicolas Dillon
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art | Reading Level: near fine
Nicolas Dillon is one of New Zealand's leading wildlife painters, who has built a reputation over the last 30 years for his masterful portraits of our wildlife, in particular birds. His evocative, moody paintings are deeply considered observations of nature and the environment. At the heart of his pract ...Show more