CURATED IN CULVERDEN
Located on the main street of Culverden, beside the Red Post Café, is the Culverden Gallery. Situated in the fully restored former Culverden Public Hall, it’s a beautiful space to display art in a genuine rural New Zealand setting. The gallery also has a small selection of quality antique furniture, which sits nicely in the 1903 built space.
Running the gallery for eight years, owner Bruce Johns is passionate about art and is especially keen to profile emerging and local artists. Diversity is the focus of the gallery. With over 20 artists from all over New Zealand offering works across all mediums, there is something for everyone.
This forthcoming spring exhibition will show some 20 new works by the well-known Christchurch artist John Gillies. The gallery has an established connection with this leading artist. John is not only a sought-after artist, but also currently a bestseller at some of Queenstown’s top galleries.
Using a ‘palette knife’ technique, these works are strikingly crisp, clearly delineated, and very distinctive. For this exhibition, John has created several new works of local subjects. Exhibiting with John is Svetlana Orinko. From Christchurch, she has been a leading New Zealand artist for more than two decades. Svetlana has excellent technical skills with her watercolours being held by serious collectors here and abroad. The gallery is fortunate to be able to host these highly respected artists with offerings showing two quite different genres.
Culverden Gallery’s newly enhanced website has all works listed, with free delivery New Zealand wide.
John and Svetlana’s exhibit opening is on Thursday 22 October – head along for a wine or juice, and hors d’oeuvres. The artists will be in attendance to discuss their work.