
Gaylene Lonergan – Featured Artist Issue 43
I have always been drawn to colour, creativity and the joy of telling stories through art. For many years, I have worked with silk as my canvas, using dyes and a liquid wax …

I have always been drawn to colour, creativity and the joy of telling stories through art. For many years, I have worked with silk as my canvas, using dyes and a liquid wax …

A few months ago, I was asked to paint a mural at Coromandel Area School, collaborating with a class to create a shared vision of a magical forest.

Tairua artist Tanya Finlayson loves doing things that take a long time! She loves the challenge.

Surfing inspired my affinity with the ocean and my motivation to paint it. I first surfed in Whangamatā, and it has always been a special place for me, so its world-class waves are a pleasure to paint.

Some of my earliest memories of art are tactile ones. As a child, my sister and I often stayed with our aunty and uncle.

I have always been drawn to colour, creativity and the joy of telling stories through art. For many years, I have worked with silk as my canvas, using dyes and a liquid wax …

A few months ago, I was asked to paint a mural at Coromandel Area School, collaborating with a class to create a shared vision of a magical forest.

Tairua artist Tanya Finlayson loves doing things that take a long time! She loves the challenge.

Surfing inspired my affinity with the ocean and my motivation to paint it. I first surfed in Whangamatā, and it has always been a special place for me, so its world-class waves are a pleasure to paint.

Some of my earliest memories of art are tactile ones. As a child, my sister and I often stayed with our aunty and uncle.