Artists 2020
Each year, more and more local artists take the opportunity to welcome the public into their studios to experience the artists’ working environment and passion for their art.
Meet the artists
Use the filters below to find artists within your area, see images of their artwork, information about them and their studios on the Kāpiti Arts Trail, their contact details, and a link to their location on our Kāpiti Arts Trail map.
There is free entry to all venues, and they are open 10am to 5pm each day during the Arts Trail.
You can also view the artists on our digital map.
2i2C Artists’ Guild
2 Innovate is 2 Create. An eclectic arts guild with 15+ members who actively embrace creative diversity and collectively and aim to present fresh and innovative creative experiences to the Kāpiti...
Location: 192 Matai Road, Raumati Beach
Alan Wehipeihana Studio Gallery
Make your way upstairs in the Holtom's building, which houses Alan’s work and a collection of studios and galleries exhibiting local artists. Alan's own varied work includes paintings, carvings,...
Location: Holtom's Building (Upstairs), 1 Beach Road, Paekākāriki
ATB Tattoo Studio and Gallery Art (Hub)
At ATB Tattoo studio, we believe that behind every tattoo should be a great story. And we’d like to be a part of your story. We also offer cosmetic tattooing by Amy. From advanced colour theory to...
Location: Unit 4, 3 Arthur Street (in courtyard opposite Reds Café), Ōtaki
Audrey Moore
Audrey Moore has lived on the Kāpiti Coast for 34 years. Her paintings are inspired by patterns in nature, both in shape and colour, in flora, still life and landscape. She started watercolour...
Location: 35B Sylvan Avenue, Waikanae
Ben Caldwell | BC Arts Space | Micah Gallery
My practice explores the nature and being of objects, nesting in the philosophical enquiry of Object-Oriented Ontology. ‘OOO’ seeks to move beyond the anthropocentric perspective, delving deep into...
Location: Units 9-10 /11 Hurley Road, Paraparaumu Beach
Betty Baldwin
Art has been a lifetime hobby for me, finding much of my inspiration for my land and seascapes from photos I have taken on our travels around New Zealand of its magnificent scenery. My gallery is...
Location: 47 Kapanui Rd, Waikanae
Big Mac Slabs | Creative Centre (Hub)
Stimulate your imagination and experience the diversity of art, gifts, homewares, & furniture on display, or watch artists creating unique pieces of art at the Creative Centre. Artists exhibiting at...
Location: 289 Mazengarb Road, Paraparaumu
Birgit Moffatt
The sustainable and holistic approach to creation is a key aspect of my work and the process of making is equally important as the finished work. Using and making natural materials takes time, which...
Location: 32 Parenga Road, Ōtaki Gorge, Ōtaki
Brent Craig | Awatea Pottery
Brent has been creating pottery Art for the past 28 years. He is currently a tutor at the Ōtaki Pottery Club. He creates large stoneware platters/plates, casseroles & jugs of vibrant colours.
Location: 19 Hadfield Rd, Peka Peka
Claire Lever | Diane Vassey Art
Claire moved to Kāpiti Coast four years ago after living in Wellington for 30 years. She enjoys creating vibrant, cheerful mosaic art, using lots of colour to do so. She works with a variety of...
Location: 53 Ngaio Road, Waikanae
Debbie Graham | Bella Vista Studio
Debbie is predominantly a self-taught artist - living on the Kāpiti Coast since 2006, she relies mostly on her observation and instinct when creating her artwork.
Location: 21 Panorama Drive, Paraparaumu
Diane Connal
I have been a practising artist, jeweller/painter since attending Sydney College of the Arts in the 80s. Jewellery making has been my major artistic outlet for many years. I have a love of found...
Location: 1a Field Way, Waikanae Beach
Diane Vassey | Diane Vassey Art
Diane's paintings show her love of her surroundings, from small birds to dramatic landscapes. Diane uses mixed media (acrylic paint, ink, gold embellishing, and collage). Diane's paintings typically...
Location: 53 Ngaio Road, Waikanae
Dianna Fary
My studio gallery sits in the heart of Paekākāriki village in the century old Holtoms building. Always interested in the arts my own creative journey began as a Furniture Finisher in Taranaki and...
Location: Holtom’s Building (upstairs), 1 Beach Road, Paekākāriki
Donna Clarke
I have been part of the Kāpiti Arts Trail for many years and love the experience. The inspiration for my work is the landscape in which I live and the beauty that surrounds me.
Location: 27 Hicks Crescent, Waikanae Beach
Elisabeth Vullings | The Drawing Board
I was born and raised in rural South Waikato after my parents emigrated to the area from the Netherlands in 1981. Creativity and art were major factors in our upbringing. We were brought up without...
Location: 19 Moana Road, Paraparaumu
Ellen Hodgetts | SweetArts Studio
Ellen is an experimental multi-media artist, mainly working in abstract techniques. She is a practising artist member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and has exhibited work in many Academy...
Location: 7 Langdale Avenue, Paraparaumu
Emily Chippindale | Ruth Cooper Studio
My main ambition is to tell entertaining stories with my illustrations and art, drawing from a plethora of life experiences and cultural backgrounds. I endeavour to create a whimsical atmosphere in my...
Location: 91 Park Ave, Waikanae
Emma Hercus | Ivy and Willow
Emma is mostly a painter and a willow basket weaver. She is experimental and often uses found objects to paint on and use within her art. Emma’s art draws from the flora, fauna and people of...
Location: Holtom’s Building (upstairs), 1 Beach Road, Paekākāriki
Frank Light Pottery
High-fired domestic stoneware pottery in classical glazes.
Location: 28 Manly Street, Paraparaumu Beach
Helen Punton | Gem Division
Gem Division is the work of contemporary jeweller Helen Punton. A graduate of Whitireia's contemporary jewellery diploma, Helen crafts one-off pieces from her studio in Paraparaumu Beach. Organic in...
Location: 197 Manly Street, Paraparaumu Beach
Index exhibitions
In 2020, you can visit several venues to see examples of each Artist in Studio. We’ve called these “index exhibitions”. It’s to give you a taste of the real thing, to encourage you to visit an artist...
Location: 192 Matai Road, Raumati Beach
Isabel Fernandes-Day
I was born in Mozambique and settled on the Kāpiti Coast at the beginning of 1999. I started art/craft as a small child, encouraged by my father and two Mozambican artists from whom I learnt oil...
Location: 18 Weggery Drive, Waikanae Beach
Jaki Marston
Jaki is currently exploring the theme "Diversity in Unity" through integrated montages and semi-abstract pieces. She enjoys exploring texture and colour and works in an organic way, seeing where each...
Location: 21 Taranui Way, Paraparaumu Beach
Jan and Marian Weststrate | Cloggy Art
Jan and Marian Weststrate complement each other in creating different, quirky artwork and mixed media painting, from materials such as upcycled pallets, jigsaw pieces, and hearing aids.
Location: 146 Raumati Road, Raumati Beach
Jane Santos Mosaic Artist
My mosaics use my surroundings and the inspiration gathered from native flora and fauna I observe in my daily life.I like to use a lot of colour in my work, particularly in the cityscapes inspired by...
Location: 3 Kohekohe Road, Waikanae
Janet McDonagh | Two Sisters Pottery
I enjoy making pottery inspired by the colours of nature and the garden around me. I'm drawn to whimsical ideas. Recently I've become very interested in exploring domestic ware designs which are both...
Location: 29 Kaka Road, Raumati Beach
Jennifer Turnbull | Jailhouse Studio and Garden
Jennifer has been a ceramic artist for over 30 years. Diploma of Fine Arts (Ceramics) 1990. She tutors for Otago School of Fine Arts as a distance tutor/supervisor for the Diploma of Arts and Design...
Location: 3 Iti Street, Ōtaki
Jenny Pritchard
Coming to painting in retirement has been a lifelong ambition. I enjoy experimenting with a variety of techniques, which I have been guided in by several artists, including recently Pauline Hailwood....
Location: 11 Pine Ridge Terrace, Waikanae Beach
Jenny Shearer Pottery
My work is mainly porcelain in the form of usable vessels such as cups, teapots, jugs, bowls, and vases. I have been working in porcelain for more than 25 years. I work in a double garage close to my...
Location: 48 Manly Street, Paraparaumu Beach
Joe Buchanan | Diatom Press
Diatom Press is run by scientist and printmaker Joe Buchanan. Joe has a PhD in seaweed or marine macroalgae (you can see it with the naked eye) which fulfilled his childhood ambition of being a marine...
Location: 34 Ocean Road, Paekākāriki
Jordan Harcourt-Hughes
Jordan is a Kāpiti-based artist. Her work is renowned for a vibrant use of colour and is a dialogue about nature, abstract beauty, spiritual experience and pattern making. Jordan’ works in acrylic on...
Location: 42a Makora Rd, Otaihanga
Josh MacKinnon
Josh enjoys experimenting with a wide range of materials over an eclectic range of styles and subjects. He is constantly exploring new ways of creating. His interest in science often influences his...
Location: 4 Atua Street, Waikanae Beach
Julie Davidson Fine Art
Julie Davidson is a fine artist, illustrator and qualified Wedding & Events Photographer. She is a photorealist pastel artist, specialising in, but not restricted to, animals. A self-taught artist,...
Location: 56 Awanui Drive, Waikanae
Kāpiti Arts & Crafts Society Inc
This long-time Raumati Village shop has been serving our talented members for over 34 years, We are a must-visit for quality original knitting, sewing, pottery, and woodenwares, together with...
Location: 20 Raumati Road, Raumati Beach
Kāpiti Gallery
Kāpiti Gallery exhibits works by Kapiti Arts & Crafts Society members and guest artists throughout the year.
Location: 192 Matai Road, Raumati Beach
Kāpiti Youth Support (Hub)
Kāpiti Youth Support (KYS) is a youth one-stop-shop for young people ages 10–24. We provide a range of health and social services whilst supporting various youth activities including the arts.
Location: 15 Tutanekai St, Paraparaumu
Karen McCall | Organic Design Studio
Karen loves to create works of art from vintage costume jewellery and watches, making mosaic pictures and memory pieces from lovely items from family and friends, giving these precious things a second...
Location: 497b Te Moana Road, Waikanae
Kim Kobialko | Studio Reset
Before I even begin painting, I love that my artwork already has a history and a presence that you would not get from a store bought canvas. The Encaustic medium encourages experimentation and...
Location: 239 Hautere Cross Road, Te Horo
Luke Kelly
All New Zealanders are connected to this country: we’ve all migrated here at some point in our collective histories. There were different vehicles, and everyone has different stories, many of which...
Location: 11 Matai Road, Raumati South
Mahara Gallery
The Mahara Gallery is the district public gallery for Kāpiti Coast, and shows a balance of local and national content. The gallery will be hosting 100 Days a Journey - 2020, featuring 24 Kāpiti...
Location: 20 Mahara Place, Waikanae
Marcus Ebbett
Marcus enjoys working with a wide range of materials over an equally wide range of subject matter. There is though a strong feeling for the New Zealand landscape with a leaning toward nautical themes...
Location: 120 Rosetta Road, Raumati South
Margaret Hunt
Margaret has been making ceramics for many years. She tutors adult classes for the Ōtaki Pottery Club. Margaret has attained the Diploma of Ceramic Arts in Level 5, 6, and 7. She has exhibited her...
Location: 173b Waerenga Road, Ōtaki
Matt Comeskey
Matt Comeskey is a newly established Kapiti Coast artist, specialising in painting seascapes and landscapes. Matt's preferred medium is acrylic on stretched canvas. His paintings explore light and...
Location: 26 Arnold Grove, Paraparaumu Beach
Micheline Robinson
Micheline Robinson is a contemporary professional painter creating sculptural glass-like worlds. This year’s series is informed by psychological themes as she explores the idea of connection. ...
Location: 3b Trusham Court, Paraparaumu Beach
Michelle Retimana
My three series of sculpture extend my techniques in clay, bronze and mixed media. Bronze ladies inspired by the Cirque du Soleil have been fun to explore bodily contortion. Dolphin and whale tails...
Location: 83 Rutherford Drive, Waikanae Beach
Old Courthouse Gallery
Local Art & Craft Cooperative including clay-works, textiles, photography, mixed media, paintings, sketches, natural fibres and steelwork. Artists exhibiting: LeeAnne Green, Bronya Clare, Liz...
Location: Centennial Park, 239 Main Highway, Ōtaki
Ōtaki Pottery Club and the Tote Modern Gallery
The Tote Modern Gallery at the Ōtaki Pottery Club will host a wide array of well established and emerging Ceramics artists during the Arts Trail. The Gallery is designed to offer something special for...
Location: Ōtaki Māori Racing Club, 47 Te Roto St, Ōtaki
Owie Simpson
Owie’s paintings are inspired by what she sees, hears and encounters. She is interested in dramatic landscapes, concepts of spirituality and belief systems. She likes to paint pictures that remind the...
Location: Cnr Ono St/38 Rauparaha St, Waikanae Beach
Paula Archibald | Clay Art Ceramics
Paula has been involved with clay and other mediums for the past 29 years. Residing in Ōtaki with a working studio and small gallery at her home, Paula works with a variety of clays and different...
Location: 3 Bell St, Ōtaki
Rachel Pfeffer | Totaranui Glass Studio
As well as traditional and contemporary windows, full time stained glass and leadlight artist Rachel Pfeffer creates stunning sculptural glass art for indoors and the garden. With work in galleries...
Location: 5 Totaranui Rd, Ōtaki Gorge, Hautere
Rebecca Bond | Renown Studio
Unique contemporary jewellery handcrafted by silversmith Rebecca Bond. Rebecca works with precious metals and ethically sourced gems. She is passionate about sustainability and draws her inspiration...
Location: 100 Renown Road, Raumati South
Rebecca Neal Ceramics | Greendale Studio
Rebecca Neal designs, works and teaches from her home in Otaihanga, Greendale Studio (near Southward Car Museum). She has been living on the Kāpiti Coast for 11 years (previously Wellington), having...
Location: 96 Greendale Drive, Otaihanga, Paraparaumu
Rita Schrieken | Renown Studio
Rita creates a range of indoor and outdoor pieces using various mediums. Her work has a Pasifika feel to it with strong design elements which are contemporary and unique.
Location: 100 Renown Road, Raumati South
Rod Graham | Clayworks Ōtaki
I am a foundation member of the Ōtaki Pottery Club and enjoy the motivation and inspiration of working with other potters. I work with a variety of clays and techniques making garden art with a...
Location: 35 Ngaio St, Ōtaki Beach
Roger Daniell
Roger paints in watercolour and acrylic, and enjoys experimenting with new media, including abstract-expressionist works using transparent lacquers to capitalise on the reflective qualities of...
Location: 61 Wharemauku Road, Raumati Beach
Ruth Cooper Studio
I love to paint landscapes and prefer to work in acrylics on canvas. Over time I have learned to be more observant of the landscape around me - paying attention to light, shade, colours, proportions...
Location: 91 Park Ave, Waikanae
Sarah C Shaw | Organic Design Studio
My artwork focuses on hand crafting metals through techniques of fabrication and casting using the principle of "Organic Design" to create one-off original jewelry pieces and sculptures. The principle...
Location: 497b Te Moana Rd, Waikanae
Sarah Pou |Illustration & Art
Sarah Pou has a unique range of work from illustration and high detail portraiture to abstract paintings and wall art. Sarah also loves to work with ceramic tiles and has created a unique range of...
Location: 76 Eatwell Ave, Paraparaumu Beach
Sherelyn Harris | Rustic Repertoire
I create vivid oil paintings that tell compelling stories, and beautiful hanging gardens called succulent walls.
Location: 10 Fenside Street, Waikanae Beach
Shirley Petkau | Kokopelli Art Studio
Shirley began painting in the early 60's when her focus was landscapes. However, due to commitments to family and career, there was no time to engage in this activity until recently. In 2013 Shirley...
Location: 8 Rimu Street, Waikanae
Shirley Sutton | SA Sutton Studio and Gallery
Shirley's preferred medium is oil but she also works in watercolour and acrylic, covering a wide variety of subjects. Her atmospheric paintings capture the colour, light and essence of the landscape...
Location: 43 Tui Crescent, Waikanae
Slim Petkau | Kokopelli Art Studio
Slim became interested in painting during his high school years in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. His principle subjects were portrayals of scenic views reflecting the vastness of his environment in...
Location: 8 Rimu Street, Waikanae
Sonia Savage | SAVAGEART
Sonia’s art has changed and evolved with her life. Now a mother of two, her recent work reflects connections to motherhood and nature. Sonia’s visual vocabulary is often layered with female icons,...
Location: 35 Ngaio Street, Ōtaki Beach
St Paul's Church Hall (Hub)
Artists: Gill Allsop, Tim Allsop, Marion Henderson, Lydia McAllister, Lynda Richardson Gill Allsop is a landscape and abstract artist who is fascinated with the fluidity, interaction, and effect...
Location: St Paul's Church Hall, cnr Kāpiti Rd and Langdale Ave, Paraparaumu
Storm Davenport
Storm sculpts and paints from her studio in Paraparaumu Beach. Ceramics: In 2016 I began to work with clay, and taking my work into three dimensional sculptural forms feels like a natural...
Location: 24b Mahana Rd, Paraparaumu Beach
Sue Wilson | Two Sisters Pottery
The last 12 months I've been enjoying creating new designs and some larger pieces suitable for outdoor or indoors. There are new designs and colours. I've also been working on a range of domestic...
Location: 29 Kaka Road, Raumati Beach
Sushei Hamlin-Sullivan
Sushei Hamlin-Sullivan’s paintings are robust and vibrant, forcibly connecting us with the shocking beauty of our natural environment. Textured and colourfully vibrant, Sushei entices the viewer to...
Location: Holtom’s Building (upstairs), 1 Beach Road, Paekākāriki
Tania Dally | The Boat Shed Studio
Located right on the beach front, I never tire of the view from The Boat Shed. Whether it's a stormy winter’s day or a glorious early evening glow, there's always a touch of Kāpiti in my large...
Location: 15 Matatua Road, Raumati Beach
Tanya Shearer | Shearer Pottery
Tanya’s work focuses on hand built domestic table and oven ware using stoneware clay and fired in a gas kiln. Also a range of flat fronted fun vases. Tanya works happily from a studio in Paraparaumu...
Location: 48 Manly Street, Paraparaumu Beach
Te Ara Korowai
Te Ara Korowai Wellbeing Centre is a peer support and well-being hub located in Raumati. Our workshops and events welcome all ages, backgrounds and abilities with a special focus on those facing...
Location: 8 Weka Road, Raumati Beach
Thomas Green Photography | Jailhouse Studio and Garden
Thomas aims to create dramatic photographs. He wants the viewer to look at the photograph and feel what it was like to be there on location. His creative eye has lead him into portraiture and event...
Location: 3 Iti St, Ōtaki
Toi Matarau Gallery
Toi Matarau is a Toi Iho™ licenced Māori art gallery of traditional and contemporary Māori art located at the Māoriland Hub in Ōtaki Village. A whare tapere – home for the Indigenous, the arts, a...
Location: 68 Main Road, Ōtaki
Tom Beauchamp | Natural Build Sustainable Sculpture
Good planets are hard to find. Settling down with a young family in Ōtaki, Tom has gone full circle in a way, returning to his sculptural roots with an emphasis on exploring sustainability and the...
Location: 35 Ngaio Street, Ōtaki Beach
Tracey Devlin-Bailey
Tracey is a Kāpiti Coast artist who has exhibited in the Kāpiti and Wellington region. She is inspired by the surrounding rivers and sea and the garden. Tracey paints in acrylics on canvas and board...
Location: 10 Terry Lane, Paraparaumu Beach
Vanessa Owens
Vanessa Owens is a Kāpiti Coast Artist who is inspired by the abundant bird life found living on Kāpiti’s rivers, reserves and lagoons. Vanessa’s preferred medium is acrylics onto stretched canvas and...
Location: 28 Harry Shaw Way, Raumati South
Digital trail map
You can also see all our artists and their locations on our digital trail map.