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Open Day, Demonstration and Class


 Saturday, January 21, 2023 10-3pm.


FREE demonstration - RSVP
starting promptly at 10am until 12pm

(please take your seat at 9.45am, the Gallery door will be closed promptly at 10am).
From 11.30 my demonstration will be followed with a question and answer session about my painting
and signing up for a class


FREE LESSON -
FULL
for weekly class sign-ups from 1pm - 3pm
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BOOK YOUR CLASS HERE

(bring your own painting materials, still life set up available or bring your own subject resource).
If you're a beginner, be prepared to play and have a go! 

beginner's painting sets available for purchase



As a wee New Year's gift for my VIP's - FULL
I have space for you to come and spend the day painting from 10-3pm
with a free lesson from 1pm.
Please rsvp below, limited numbers, first in, first served - tx!!

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You will need to book your seat now as there is limited seating in the Gallery - WAITLIST

Venue: Gifford Gallery Poronui Street, Mt Eden, behind the children's playground
or you can just google map me 

coffee and tea available, $1 each

PLEASE - NO PHOTOGRAPHY OR VIDEO RECORDING

Small paintings Christmas Sale 
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​50% OFF until 11 December

see them all here!
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Triplets, en plein air

Thrilled that Tiplets has won a Merit Award at Splash 2022

I suspect that this is the first en plein air work to win an award at National level in NZ - yay!!

AVAILABLE from Splash 2022
​Watercolour New Zealand

Sadness upon the passing of the great Ken Howard, September 11, 2022

"For me painting is about three things. It is about revelation, communication and celebration. By revelation I mean giving people a way of seeing, revealing the world around them in a way they have never seen before, opening their eyes." 

"To catch the light and its changing effects, you’ve got to paint quickly. Practice makes you fast. At the same time it is a constant struggle – you are constantly questioning, sometimes questioning your own ability."


"Everyone should paint, it makes your life richer."

"painting is a process, a verb, not an end result. It is the act of engaging and of creating and deepening a connection with what surrounds us." Peter Brown
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5 days painting

fabulous

Lucca Tuscany
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6-10 June 2022

read more here
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Lucca Workshop options
Harum Scarum - FIRST PRIZE.
​Watercolour New Zealand Summer Competition, sponsored by Winsor & Newton
What the judges said:
A beautifully composed work of art which evokes the feeling of summer holidays near the water. You are drawn into the picture which tells a story. The more you look the more you see. Extremely skilful use of watercolour. Lovely harmonious colours with fluid under-washes.

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BUCKET LIST

Destroyed but now safely returned to my studio

AVAILABLE
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​​Auckland Art Show
NEW DATE Opening Thursday 18th November
tickets available

the Cloud, Auckland 

​​​Auckland Plein Air Artists
Inaugural Invitational Exhibition
Opening Sunday 12th Sept 4pm
The Lake House, Fred Thomas Drive Takapuna

CANCELLED my en plein air paintings can be purchased directly from my web
Gallery Page
Bait & Ice 
Splash 22, Recipient of an Honourable Mention, awarded by Juror Keiko Tenabe

LIMITED EDITION FINE ART PRINT
#11 NOW AVAILABLE!!
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Beginners One Day Workshop
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Saturday June 19, 2021


​Mt Eden Auckland New Zealand
​BOOK ONLINE


WORKSHOP  Watercolour New Zealand
Generating Design with Imagination


July 24-25th 2021

​Karori Arts Centre, Wellington email me to sign-up
Watercolour Studio
​Open Day - FREE!

Saturday January 23, 10 - 3pm
Demonstration 10.30 to 12pm

VENUE: Gifford Gallery, 27a Poronui St,
​Mt Eden Auckland NZ

BOOK ONLINE HERE
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A recent article about me in
American Watercolor Weekly
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thrilled to say:
1st Prize 

Watercolour New Zealand online competiton

Auckland Viaduct studio greys

see my Paintbox Tips for more about this painting


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and a detail pic:
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NEW WORKSHOPS!!


Weekly Classes BOOK ONLINE
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Watercolour Painting Holiday Workshop
​Lucca Italy May 2022



Beginners watercolour 
​Saturday March 20, 2021
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NEW EXHIBITION

An Antipodean Painter's Paradise
Art Matakana Gallery
from March 3, 2018

Watercolour Painting Holiday Workshop 
Lucca, Italy
12-19 May 2018
​BOOK ONLINE

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Eastlife Magazine
thanks to Journalist Jon Rawlinson and
​Photographer Wayne Martin 

September 2015

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click the image to read the article

Howick & Pakuranga Times, 1 October 2015
thanks to Journalist Jon Rawlinson

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Latest Publication
​Watercolour New Zealand

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Thrilled with my latest article
in the February issue of
The Leisure Painter,
​available from ​31 January!
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International Watercolor Artists, BOOK 2
available from amazon!!

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The Artist's Palette 141,
Demonstration and Insight Articles
June 2015

Amanda Brett artist, the Artist's Palette Demo & insight 141 may 2015
click the image to read the article
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Amanda Brett artist, Art in a Day, Parnell, east and Bays courier 110315
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NEW!! Beautiful 
watercolour designs from 
Villeroy & Boch - Mariefleur

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Amanda Brett artist, fleeting glimpse inspires howick and pakuranga times july 13
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Santa Vittoria's beauty in every bubble advertisement and of course - there's so much beauty in a watercolour!!

Amanda Brett - Watercolour Artist

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Quality Guarantee: All my watercolours are painted with only modern professional grade watercolour paints on Museum exhibition grade watercolour papers, they are extremely lightfast and will become a family heirloom and passed down to subsequent generations. ALL art of ANY medium should be hung away from direct sunlight. If​properly cared for, watercolour paintings will last as long, if not longer, than oil paintings. I only paint on 100% cotton rag paper, mostly Arches and Fabriano, and frame to conservation standard with acid free materials.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Watercolour Painting Holiday Workshop
Lucca Italy May 2024, read more and book online

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STARTING SOON!! Watercolour Weekly Classes
Auckland New Zealand

NEW DATES!! Beginners One Day Watercolour Workshops 
Auckland New Zealand
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