Gaynor Mulholland's paintings capture the reflection of light in her New Zealand landscapes.
She left Wanganui after completing secondary school and lived mainly overseas before returning four years ago.
Mulholland first started painting in watercolours in Indonesia to "keep sane" and because it was transportable. The next country she moved to withher husband was Northern Ireland, where she continued painting and exhibited her works. The family then moved to Dubai, where there were few artists. Mulholland said she had held three exhibitions of her work, capturing the architecture and scenes in watercolours. A family on a beach in Oman is one work in her exhibition. She has always been interested in creating, starting with embroidery, and agrees that her talent is a gift.
But she has to keep practising and says her painting has improved. "Painting is a rhythm, rather like a dance."
Marie Grice started painting five years ago after an accident left her bedridden and having to relearn how to walk again. But these days, it's a different challenge for the painter who enjoys capturing the realism of the animals and birds she paints, and "bringing them to life".
Grice's jersey bull that she says has "attitude" is strikingly realistic, as is her sparrow, which has already been sold. She was an equestrian and crafts were her medium before she started drawing and painting in watercolours, inspired by artist Julie Greig.
