Originals

Coloured by the artist. Once.

Each set is coloured in full by the artist behind it, and their original works sit beside it. Every piece is signed, numbered and made once. When it has gone, it has gone.

Home-grown, coloured in our studio

The first set of originals: twelve native plants, each coloured in two sizes. Every piece is one of one.

  • The postcard. Coloured pencil over a printed line, 120 by 170 mm.
  • The framed A3. Watercolour pen over a printed line, in a plain black frame.

Each comes signed and numbered, with a certificate that says how it was made. Here are the twelve, before the colour goes down.

  • Pōhutukawa, the line drawing before colour, shown at an angle
  • Flax · Harakeke, the line drawing before colour, shown at an angle
  • Cabbage tree · Tī kōuka, the line drawing before colour, shown at an angle
  • Kōwhai, the line drawing before colour, shown at an angle
  • Mānuka, the line drawing before colour, shown at an angle
  • Kawakawa, the line drawing before colour, shown at an angle
  • Silver fern · Ponga, the line drawing before colour, shown at an angle
  • Nīkau, the line drawing before colour, shown at an angle
  • Kauri, the line drawing before colour, shown at an angle
  • Kākābeak · Ngutukākā, the line drawing before colour, shown at an angle
  • Mount Cook buttercup, the line drawing before colour, shown at an angle
  • Chatham Island forget-me-not, the line drawing before colour, shown at an angle

Pōhutukawa1 of 12

On the desk right now

The first set is being coloured now. Ask for a sneak peek and we will send you a photograph of what is on the desk, finished or halfway there. You can put your name against a piece, or the whole set, before either is listed.

Or have one made for you

Choose the subject and name the palette, the room it is going in, or the occasion. The artist brings the colour, and it is never repeated.

  • Tell us the piece and the palette.
  • Half up front. The balance is due when you see the finished photograph.
  • Four to six weeks. Watercolour cannot be hurried.
  • No changes once the colour is down, so we settle the palette first.

Quoted before anything starts. Talking it through is free.