Kevin Burgess
Visual Artist
Nelson
Kevin Burgess is a Canterbury University graduate whose career has spanned a lifetime in education, culminating in his role as Head of the Arts Faculty at Nelson College. Since retiring, he has returned to his painting practice, presenting two successful solo exhibitions with Craig Potton Gallery.
Working almost exclusively in oils on canvas, Kevin describes himself as an “old school” practitioner, creating realist paintings that balance a strong sense of place with an appreciation for the material qualities of paint itself. His work explores the relationship between subject and surface, allowing the construction and character of the paint to play an integral role in the finished image.
With a longstanding connection to the Nelson region, Kevin has recently turned his attention further inland. His latest series, Beyond Gravel Roads, captures the mountains, shifting weather and expansive landscapes of the South Island. These atmospheric land and weather-scapes reflect his deep affinity with the region and its distinctive natural character.
Grounded in traditional oil painting yet distinctly personal in style, Kevin’s work invites viewers to look beyond the landscape itself and consider the expressive possibilities of paint, light and atmosphere.
Jade Barclay
Unframed Paper Dimensions: (A3) 297×420mm
Printed in NZ with archival pigment inks (aka giclée printing) on heavy-weight 310gsm textured archival 100% cotton rag paper.
Limited Edition of 100
Above it all, we see the lay of the land, and understand, it’s been here all along, quietly unfolding, settling into place.
Inspired by the view from Corner Peak in Hawea, looking toward Lake Wanaka.
Jade Barclay
Paper Dimensions: 297×297mm
Print Dimensions 261×261mm
Printed in NZ with archival pigment inks (aka giclée printing) on heavy-weight 310gsm textured archival 100% cotton rag paper.
Limited Edition of 100
Jade Barclay - Tāhuna, Queenstown
With the ease of a gentle sigh, she melts into the earth, savouring the fading sunlight as she drifts into a deep sense of peace and rest.
A fine art print from original painting in my 'From There to Here'
Here, now, means there was a there, then. It’s a cycle of becoming: Dreaming, growing, emerging, blossoming, resting and reflecting. Our experiences mirror the rhythms of nature, and like nature, through embracing all parts, we invite balance, with each part contributing to our unfolding story.
Each piece in the collection stands on its own yet contributes to the larger narrative of internal transformation, exploring different colour palettes, textures, and compositions to evoke a range of emotions. Together, they tell the story of the metamorphosis of self.
Jade Barclay
Paper Dimensions: 297×297mm
Print Dimensions 261×261mm
Printed in NZ with archival pigment inks (aka giclée printing) on heavy-weight 310gsm textured archival 100% cotton rag paper.
Limited Edition of 100
Jade Barclay - Tāhuna, Queenstown
Pausing to savour the delicate depths of this moment, she treasures every drop, allowing it to enrich her heart. This, here, now - wow.
Original Painting on show at Ashe - view details here.
Cult Ceramics
Handmade Ceramic Tumbler
Crafted in Ōtautahi Christchurch
Each piece is ONE OFF and unique.
Handmade ceramics are sturdy little things, but they're still ceramics - so please handle with reasonable care. Hand washing is recommended. Gravity is undefeated.
Based in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Courtenay creates functional ceramics guided by intuition rather than instruction. She likes a starting point, not a rulebook. Her process is instinctive and experimental, letting each piece evolve through making rather than working towards a perfectly predetermined outcome.
Speckled clay, earthy colours, carved surfaces and sculptural details give her work a distinctly tactile quality. For Courtenay, luxury isn't pristine porcelain or polished perfection. It's the texture of earth beneath your fingertips, the satisfaction of running your hands over a carved surface, and objects that make you want to pick them up and have a closer look.
Her practice is an ongoing experiment in trusting the process, following her instincts and seeing what happens when she stops overthinking it. Through Cult Ceramics, she makes functional art for people who appreciate a little texture, a little unconventionality, and objects that are anything but ordinary.
Cult Ceramics
Handcarved Coffee Cup with Handle
Crafted in Ōtautahi Christchurch
Each piece is ONE OFF and unique.
Handmade ceramics are sturdy little things, but they're still ceramics - so please handle with reasonable care. Hand washing is recommended. Gravity is undefeated.
Based in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Courtenay creates functional ceramics guided by intuition rather than instruction. She likes a starting point, not a rulebook. Her process is instinctive and experimental, letting each piece evolve through making rather than working towards a perfectly predetermined outcome.
Speckled clay, earthy colours, carved surfaces and sculptural details give her work a distinctly tactile quality. For Courtenay, luxury isn't pristine porcelain or polished perfection. It's the texture of earth beneath your fingertips, the satisfaction of running your hands over a carved surface, and objects that make you want to pick them up and have a closer look.
Her practice is an ongoing experiment in trusting the process, following her instincts and seeing what happens when she stops overthinking it. Through Cult Ceramics, she makes functional art for people who appreciate a little texture, a little unconventionality, and objects that are anything but ordinary.
Cult Ceramics
Handcarved Ceramic Takeaway Cup (95-110mm high)
Crafted in Ōtautahi Christchurch
Each piece is ONE OFF and unique.
Handmade ceramics are sturdy little things, but they're still ceramics - so please handle with reasonable care. Hand washing is recommended. Gravity is undefeated.
Based in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Courtenay creates functional ceramics guided by intuition rather than instruction. She likes a starting point, not a rulebook. Her process is instinctive and experimental, letting each piece evolve through making rather than working towards a perfectly predetermined outcome.
Speckled clay, earthy colours, carved surfaces and sculptural details give her work a distinctly tactile quality. For Courtenay, luxury isn't pristine porcelain or polished perfection. It's the texture of earth beneath your fingertips, the satisfaction of running your hands over a carved surface, and objects that make you want to pick them up and have a closer look.
Her practice is an ongoing experiment in trusting the process, following her instincts and seeing what happens when she stops overthinking it. Through Cult Ceramics, she makes functional art for people who appreciate a little texture, a little unconventionality, and objects that are anything but ordinary.
Rebekah Hall
Flight: Inspired by the Kārearea, NZ Falcon and bird of the year 2025, designed recently for New Zealand Airport awards trophies.
Medium: 180×90mm
Large: 230×110mm
Rebekah, a Ceramic Artist, originally from the UK moved to New Zealand with her family in 2005 she now works from her home at: The Kauri Tree Studio, Picton, Aotearoa New Zealand. She gained a Diploma in Ceramic Arts (Level 6) from Otago Polytechnic, via Auckland Studio Potters, in 2013 and undertook studies in Sculpture, Life drawing & Design at Hungry Creek Art School Puhoi, Auckland.
Living near the coast encourages her to be a watcher of water, enjoying a slow pace of living and making, becoming part of its ebb & flow. Rebekah will occasionally incorporate local wild dug clay & slip or river sand into her ceramic work. Pieces are sculptural & often biomorphic in design to express her fascination with the skeletal forms of plants & animals. The works becoming a vehicle to capture movement, time, light & shadow.
Her most recent body of work looks at the human figure; reductive, roughly & quickly modeled resulting in an inherent vitality of movement. These forms are combined with a “plinth” which has a painterly surface created by a multiplicity of glazes, reminiscent of the ocean or seabed that is her local environment. These works encourage you to get close, touch, explore from different viewpoints, hopefully enabling the viewer to connect with her in a shared story of place.
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Rebekah Hall
Shoal Ocean Reef Bowls
Medium: 180×90mm
Large: 230×110mm
Rebekah, a Ceramic Artist, originally from the UK moved to New Zealand with her family in 2005 she now works from her home at: The Kauri Tree Studio, Picton, Aotearoa New Zealand. She gained a Diploma in Ceramic Arts (Level 6) from Otago Polytechnic, via Auckland Studio Potters, in 2013 and undertook studies in Sculpture, Life drawing & Design at Hungry Creek Art School Puhoi, Auckland.
Living near the coast encourages her to be a watcher of water, enjoying a slow pace of living and making, becoming part of its ebb & flow. Rebekah will occasionally incorporate local wild dug clay & slip or river sand into her ceramic work. Pieces are sculptural & often biomorphic in design to express her fascination with the skeletal forms of plants & animals. The works becoming a vehicle to capture movement, time, light & shadow.
Her most recent body of work looks at the human figure; reductive, roughly & quickly modeled resulting in an inherent vitality of movement. These forms are combined with a “plinth” which has a painterly surface created by a multiplicity of glazes, reminiscent of the ocean or seabed that is her local environment. These works encourage you to get close, touch, explore from different viewpoints, hopefully enabling the viewer to connect with her in a shared story of place.
Collect with Confidence
Personalised interest-free payment plans are available on selected artworks.
Fluid Pottery
Olive Green glazed tea cups with handle by Fluid Pottery
Hand crafted using Aotearoa clay, made for a lifetime of enjoyment.
Hand painted with quality, long lasting glaze
Food Safe
Quality New Zealand clay
Approximately 80cm wide x 13cm (including handle) x 6.5cm high
Each piece is different due to being lovingly handmade by Fluid Pottery (Megan Hope) in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Fluid Pottery
Multi-coloured glazed tumblers by Fluid Pottery
Hand crafted using Aotearoa clay, made for a lifetime of enjoyment.
Hand painted with quality, long lasting glaze
Food Safe
Quality New Zealand clay
Approximately 8.5cm wide x 7cm high
Each piece is different due to being lovingly handmade by Fluid Pottery (Megan Hope) in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
Mixed Media on Canvas
Dimensions: 405×510mm each
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026
At the centre of the exhibition is Staged, a work that brings many of the ideas within BULLSEYE together. On the left, a figure sits on a stage playing guitar, his face partly hidden beneath the shadow of his hat. On the right, an audience fills the auditorium, watching from below. The figure on stage is performing, but there is also a sense of protection in the guitar and the character he has created.
Scott describes the work through the idea that “sometimes the only obstacle is yourself.” The pouncing panther becomes a representation of his own sense of self - a symbol of the confidence, ambition and instinct required to step beyond the small stage and into something bigger. It also speaks to one of the central questions running through the exhibition: what we choose to show people, and what they actually see.
Mixed Media on Canvas
Un-Stretched
Dimensions: 1550×1550mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026
Mixed Media on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 800×1440mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
Two wheels, no plans, see where the weekend takes you.
Oil on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 1000×1500mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
Shake the Frost Off My Bones brings together a traditional tattoo-style panther with a small blue skeleton - Scott himself, painting away in the freezing South Island winter. It is humorous, bold and slightly ridiculous, but also a very honest snapshot of his everyday life.
Some days you just gotta shake the frost off and keep going.
Mixed Media on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 1015×1015mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
One of my personal favourites in the exhibition is NW, or Norwest. If you live in Canterbury, you’ll probably understand this one. The legendary Norwest wind can be relentless, and Scott has taken that experience and translated it into something that feels slightly chaotic and unhinged. It is a painting that captures what a few days of Canterbury weather can do to your head.
Mixed Media on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 760×1015mm
Darfield, Canterbury
NW references the legendary Canterbury Norwester!
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
Time Out depicts a young boy sitting on a chair facing the corner - a familiar childhood punishment. But the idea becomes just as relevant in adulthood. Sometimes we all need to take a seat, step away from everything for a moment and give ourselves a time out.
Mixed Media on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 505×1015mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
The exhibition is a mash-up of styles and influences. Some works are highly stylised, drawing heavily from traditional tattoo imagery, while others move towards a more recognisable or realistic representation. Across the body of work, Scott has developed a distinctive approach to leaving elements raw and visibly painted.
Look Up, for example, could initially appear unfinished. There are areas where the viewer might expect more refinement or detail. But that is intentional. Scott's view is that “a camera can take the perfect image. A painting should look and feel like a painting.” Each brushstroke remains visible. The work isn't trying to replicate perfection; it embraces the physical act of painting.
Oil on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 760×610mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
Dutch Courage takes a different approach. A Jameson whiskey bottle is painted in a more traditional still-life style, but the subject carries a much more contemporary and personal association. The work considers the role alcohol can play in social situations - that little bit of confidence we sometimes convince ourselves we need before speaking to people, walking into a room or putting ourselves out there.
It is an experience many people will recognise, and another example of Scott taking an everyday object and giving it a little more to say.
Oil on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 460×610mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026
Mixed Media on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 460×610mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
$23.95 an hour. Feels like you’re working for peanuts sometimes, doesn’t it?
Mixed Media on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 460×610mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Mariska de Jager
Dimensions: H 420 x W 290 x D 150mm
Working from her studio in Ōhope, Mariska De Jager creates contemplative figurative ceramic sculptures that explore the quiet complexity of the human experience. Drawn to the expressive possibilities of the human form, Mariska captures mood and emotion through subtle shifts in pose, gesture and expression.
Fragility is a recurring theme within her practice. Her figures explore the many emotions that shape our inner lives - from anxiety and despair to love, hope and resilience - reflecting Mariska’s interest in the delicate balance between vulnerability and strength. Every face tells a story, with the smallest changes in the eyes, mouth or posture revealing something of what lies beneath the surface.
Rather than defining a single emotion or narrative, Mariska leaves space for the viewer to connect with each figure in their own way. Her work is deeply personal, drawing on her own feelings and experiences and inviting a sense of recognition, empathy and quiet reflection.
Fluid Pottery
Boobie Mugs by Fluid Pottery
Crafted using Aotearoa clay, made for a lifetime of enjoyment. White stoneware, carefully thrown, trimmed and glazed. Great for hot & cool drinks as the ceramic keeps it cooler for longer.
Hand painted with quality, long lasting glaze
Food Safe
Quality New Zealand clay
Approximately 6.5cm wide x 6cm high x 8cm (including handle)
Each piece is different due to being lovingly handmade by Fluid Pottery (Megan Hope) in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Fluid Pottery
Boobie Mugs by Fluid Pottery
Available in an assortment of dip glazes. Crafted using Aotearoa clay, made for a lifetime of enjoyment. Dark brown stoneware, carefully thrown, trimmed and glazed. Great for hot & cool drinks as the ceramic keeps it cooler for longer.
Hand painted with quality, long lasting glaze
Food Safe
Quality New Zealand clay
Approximately 8.5cm wide x 9cm high x 9cm (no handle)
Each piece is different due to being lovingly handmade by Fluid Pottery (Megan Hope) in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Fluid Pottery
Boobie Mugs by Fluid Pottery
Available in an assortment of dip glazes. Crafted using Aotearoa clay, made for a lifetime of enjoyment. Dark brown stoneware, carefully thrown, trimmed and glazed. Great for hot & cool drinks as the ceramic keeps it cooler for longer.
Hand painted with quality, long lasting glaze
Food Safe
Quality New Zealand clay
Approximately 8.5cm wide x 9cm high x 13cm (including handle)
Each piece is different due to being lovingly handmade by Fluid Pottery (Megan Hope) in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Fluid Pottery
Handcrafted Ceramic Plate & Platter Set by Fluid Pottery
Made using New Zealand Clay
Dimensions: approx. 200mm x 30mm (Small)
approx. 240mm x 30mm (Large)
Fluid Pottery (Megan Hope) - Ōtautahi Christchurch
Hand painted with quality, long lasting glaze
Food Safe
Each piece is different due to being lovingly handmade
Fluid Pottery is a ceramic/art business created by Queer artist Megan Hope. Handmade pottery pieces are carefully made with New Zealand clay within small batches. This includes special mugs, unique platters and small funky art pieces to make us feel special, as-well as yoni bowls, boob vases and realistic vulvas to express different movements and emotions. Fluid is without a complete definition to Megan, they best describe it as a growing artistic business that is in a constant state of motion, with random learning curves and creative outbursts. Megan is a passionate artist focused on real people, self-love, body diversity, and anything cat related.
Fluid Pottery
Handcrafted Ceramic Plate & Platter Set by Fluid Pottery
Made using New Zealand Clay
Dimensions: approx. 200mm x 30mm (Small)
approx. 240mm x 30mm (Large)
Fluid Pottery (Megan Hope) - Ōtautahi Christchurch
Hand painted with quality, long lasting glaze
Food Safe
Each piece is different due to being lovingly handmade
Fluid Pottery is a ceramic/art business created by Queer artist Megan Hope. Handmade pottery pieces are carefully made with New Zealand clay within small batches. This includes special mugs, unique platters and small funky art pieces to make us feel special, as-well as yoni bowls, boob vases and realistic vulvas to express different movements and emotions. Fluid is without a complete definition to Megan, they best describe it as a growing artistic business that is in a constant state of motion, with random learning curves and creative outbursts. Megan is a passionate artist focused on real people, self-love, body diversity, and anything cat related.
Fluid Pottery
Large Platter by Fluid Pottery
Handmade ceramics, crafted with New Zealand Clay
Dimensions: 290×220mm
Hand painted with quality, long lasting glaze
Food Safe
Each piece is different due to being lovingly handmade
Fluid Pottery is a ceramic/art business created by Queer artist Megan Hope. Handmade pottery pieces are carefully made with New Zealand clay within small batches. This includes special mugs, unique platters and small funky art pieces to make us feel special, as-well as yoni bowls, boob vases and realistic vulvas to express different movements and emotions. Fluid is without a complete definition to Megan, they best describe it as a growing artistic business that is in a constant state of motion, with random learning curves and creative outbursts. Megan is a passionate artist focused on real people, self-love, body diversity, and anything cat related.
Janina Hodges
Material: Wheel Thrown Stoneware Clay Blend
Dimensions (H x W): 145×100mm
Sirra Ceramics is the work of Janina Hodges, who works in ceramics with an approach shaped by intuition, texture and movement. Coming from two generations of New Zealand artists, she was drawn to clay as a way to carve out a creative practice of her own, working on the same wheel once used by her father.
Trained originally in textile design, Janina brings a strong sense of pattern and surface to her ceramic work. She treats glaze and underglaze much like paint, using colour, movement and texture to build depth across each piece. Natural, flowing glazes are central to her practice, each piece carrying its own individual character from the firing process.
Working primarily in vessel forms, Janina creates small collections and one-off statement pieces, each shaped as much by process and material as by intention. Pieces made to be admired and lived with, bringing something distinctive and tactile into the home.
Jade Barclay
Limited Edition Print
Unframed Paper Dimensions: (A3) 297×420mm
Printed in NZ with archival pigment inks (aka giclée printing) on heavy-weight 310gsm textured archival 100% cotton rag paper.
Limited Edition of 100
The earth beneath me and the blood within me warm with the golden trickle of the rising sun. Each step feels lighter, lifting me higher.
A fine art print from original painting in my 'From There to Here'
Here, now, means there was a there, then. It’s a cycle of becoming: Dreaming, growing, emerging, blossoming, resting and reflecting. Our experiences mirror the rhythms of nature, and like nature, through embracing all parts, we invite balance, with each part contributing to our unfolding story.
Each piece in the collection stands on its own yet contributes to the larger narrative of internal transformation, exploring different colour palettes, textures, and compositions to evoke a range of emotions. Together, they tell the story of the metamorphosis of self.
Original Painting on show at Ashe. Available to view here.