Andrew Hollis is a North Shore-based painter. The studio is separate to the house and is where I paint full-time. I will be working in the studio throughout the weekend to welcome visitors and share the techniques I use.

I’m an artist who loves creating bright, colourful paintings. I primarily work with oils and love using smooth, bold brushstrokes that add movement and energy to the canvas.

Fritha Fischer is a New Zealand painter working primarily in oils. She paints from life whenever possible, favouring loose, expressive brushstrokes that embrace the raw, tactile qualities of the medium. Her practice spans portraiture, still life, and landscape—whether en plein air or in the studio.

She paints new life into each piece making it a unique artwork using the grains of the oak wood quite often to dictate the final outcome. She also uses redundant wooden planes and other wooden objects and occasionally canvases always painting in oils and using gold or silver leaf.

Welcome to my studio — a space where my journey as an emerging artist is taking shape. I work mainly in oils, creating nature-inspired scenes that weave people into their surroundings. Bold black outlines are my signature, giving each piece energy and definition.

Jo Harris is an Auckland-based artist whose practice revolves around the theme of the authenticity of self and the masks we wear. A multimedia artist, Jo employs a range of materials in her work, including ceramics, recycled, and found objects, creating pieces that transcend traditional mediums.

In Niki Hill's current art practice she creates photographs and paints pyschological landscapes that evoke spirituality and otherworldliness—moments of calmness in a world of chaos. She also collaborates with her disabled daughter as GENIUS art collaboration to create projects that advocate for the environment.