Allan Beaver – Featured Artist Issue 36
December 1, 2025
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The Coromind crew visits Allan Beaver’s studio in Coromandel Town on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
The Coromind crew visits Allan Beaver’s studio in Coromandel Town on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
A woman walks up to my table at a craft show. She flips through my greeting cards and abstract paintings before discovering my sock monstahs, the playful little stuffed guys I make out of …
Originally hailing from Hamilton, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vegas Brown had an illustrious career before moving to Whitianga.
After completing a Fine Arts degree from Oxford University, I then spent 40 years teaching art – firstly as a secondary school art teacher in the UK and then as Teacher in Charge of art in NZ.
I previously shared a story of my time in Pádraig Ó Tuama’s poetry retreat, and my lesson in regaining ownership of naming myself an ‘artist’.
The Coromind crew visits Allan Beaver’s studio in Coromandel Town on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
A woman walks up to my table at a craft show. She flips through my greeting cards and abstract paintings before discovering my sock monstahs, the playful little stuffed guys I make out of …
Originally hailing from Hamilton, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vegas Brown had an illustrious career before moving to Whitianga.
After completing a Fine Arts degree from Oxford University, I then spent 40 years teaching art – firstly as a secondary school art teacher in the UK and then as Teacher in Charge of art in NZ.
I previously shared a story of my time in Pádraig Ó Tuama’s poetry retreat, and my lesson in regaining ownership of naming myself an ‘artist’.
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