Creative Connections

Rolly Munro is a self taught New Zealand wood artist who has been sculpting wood since the early 1980s. His work is held in public and private collections around the world and he has contributed to many publications and symposiums offshore. His sculptures are strongly influenced by natural forms found around the coastlines of New Zealand including shells, shellfish, animals and plants. In this episode Rolly talks about how he discovered his passion for wood and wood turning, his early influen...

Wendy Leach is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Mangawhai Heads, Northland, Aotearoa NZ. In this chat we unpack her long successful artistic career, from making domestic inspired still life works as a young mother to painting European and New Zealand landscapes, painting abstracts, working with oil pastels and gouache, exploring photography and working with light. Wendy talks about her time studying at Elam School of Fine Art at age 18 and why she chose to return to study year...

Maico Camilo has been a professional contemporary artist for nearly two decades and has made a significant impact on the art scene. His abstracted figurative and abstract paintings are unashamedly neon bright, bold, textured, energetic and unique. Born in Southern Brazil, Maico Camilo first arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2005 and has since lived, travelled and shown his work throughout Europe, Asia, The United States and Oceania. His experiences across different cultures have informed an ...

Andrea Robinson is a painter from Wellington Aotearoa NZ. Her paintings celebrate nature and are made with the intention to touch people's hearts and shine a light on conservation and environmental protection. From stylised realism to illustration, Andrea explores many styles and approaches within 3 series: florals; landscapes and native birds with a particular focus on kiwi. In this episode Andrea shares her personal challenges with health issues and periods of chronic pain and how she...

Nicole Russell is a watercolour artist born in Germany and now living in Ruby Bay in the Tasman district at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. Nicole paints her local environment and what she sees and she loves to paint en plein air. In this episode Nicole talks about how she came to a full time painting practice after a career in law, her journey to living in Aotearoa, her watercolour journaling practice and what informs the paintings she makes. We discuss her experience study...