Original Diptych Painting by Jocelyn Friis
Mangawhai, Northland
Artwork Dimensions: 280x280mm (each)
Material: Acrylic on Canvas
Timber Float Frame
Showing now at Ashe as part of ‘In Good Company’ a special group exhibition celebrating One Year of Ashe
17-31 August 2026
Sometimes we need a little comfort in this life of uncertainty and stress. Both to ask for and give support are necessities.This painting is a reminder that there is a time (and its ok) to lean on others and receive, whilst other times to be that one holding a hand can be life changing. Be the love in the world you'd like to see.
Jocelyn Friis, a New Zealand-based painter, creates semi abstract land and seascapes out of her coastal home studio in rural Mangawhai. Using acrylic and encaustic mediums, she explores the seemingly contrasting themes of the resilience and vulnerability of nature, mirroring it to our human condition. Jocelyn's artistic journey has been marked by exploration and self-study. Growing up on a small holding in Cape Town, South Africa, she experienced precious freedoms such as regularly riding her horses on the peninsula's unspoiled white beaches and spending endless hours savouring the outdoors.
Awakened by her Steiner education, she learnt to appreciate creativity in nature, which inspired her direction in art making. Immigrating to New Zealand in 1996 opened up a doorway for her to pursue her professional art career, first joining the Estuary Arts Centre, Orewa and later Mangawhai Artists Inc. Training in the areas of eco art and process art has deepened her awareness of the connections between our wellbeing, creativity and nature.
Original Diptych Painting by Jocelyn Friis
Mangawhai, Northland
Artwork Dimensions: 280x280mm (each)
Material: Acrylic on Canvas
Timber Float Frame
Showing now at Ashe as part of ‘In Good Company’ a special group exhibition celebrating One Year of Ashe
17-31 August 2026
Sometimes we need a little comfort in this life of uncertainty and stress. Both to ask for and give support are necessities.This painting is a reminder that there is a time (and its ok) to lean on others and receive, whilst other times to be that one holding a hand can be life changing. Be the love in the world you'd like to see.
Jocelyn Friis, a New Zealand-based painter, creates semi abstract land and seascapes out of her coastal home studio in rural Mangawhai. Using acrylic and encaustic mediums, she explores the seemingly contrasting themes of the resilience and vulnerability of nature, mirroring it to our human condition. Jocelyn's artistic journey has been marked by exploration and self-study. Growing up on a small holding in Cape Town, South Africa, she experienced precious freedoms such as regularly riding her horses on the peninsula's unspoiled white beaches and spending endless hours savouring the outdoors.
Awakened by her Steiner education, she learnt to appreciate creativity in nature, which inspired her direction in art making. Immigrating to New Zealand in 1996 opened up a doorway for her to pursue her professional art career, first joining the Estuary Arts Centre, Orewa and later Mangawhai Artists Inc. Training in the areas of eco art and process art has deepened her awareness of the connections between our wellbeing, creativity and nature.
