The Ultimate New Zealand Travel Guide
Claire Elliot
Open Studio Tour Address: Contact Year-round:
Luke's Kitchen & Gallery 400 Blackjack Road, RD2, Whitianga 3592
20 Blackjack Road, Kuaotunu Website: www.artfind.co.nz/artist,claiella/1
(north of Whitianga on route 25) phone: (07) 8671569
Use the Google map on my website to find the artists and gallery locations
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Luke's Kitchen & Gallery 400 Blackjack Road, RD2, Whitianga 3592
20 Blackjack Road, Kuaotunu Website: www.artfind.co.nz/artist,claiella/1
(north of Whitianga on route 25) phone: (07) 8671569
Use the Google map on my website to find the artists and gallery locations
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Once a year Mercury Bay Art Escape creates a fantastic opportunity to visit the many artists and galleries in the area from a small village north of Whitianga, Kuaotuna, south through Whitianga, Cooks Beach, Hahei, Hot Water Beach, Whenuakite to Tairua.
I made it a point to be there this year ( March 2015 - two weekends).
Now I am pretty much of a nut when it comes to seeing the work of talented artists and craftspeople. I find it one of the best ways to enjoy life and all its pleasures. Being able to meet and talk with the artists is a real wonderful experience for me and the ones in the Mercury Bay area provided me with a fabulous time getting to see their work and getting to know the artist.
Mercury Bay Escape is a registered Charitable Trust committed to its artists and the community that began in 2006.
They produce a wonderful guide each year - The Mercury Bay Art Escape - listing the participating artists, detailed maps and information about each one that can be used year round when you visit the area. Check on their website.
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I made it a point to be there this year ( March 2015 - two weekends).
Now I am pretty much of a nut when it comes to seeing the work of talented artists and craftspeople. I find it one of the best ways to enjoy life and all its pleasures. Being able to meet and talk with the artists is a real wonderful experience for me and the ones in the Mercury Bay area provided me with a fabulous time getting to see their work and getting to know the artist.
Mercury Bay Escape is a registered Charitable Trust committed to its artists and the community that began in 2006.
They produce a wonderful guide each year - The Mercury Bay Art Escape - listing the participating artists, detailed maps and information about each one that can be used year round when you visit the area. Check on their website.
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A few words about our featured artist here, Claire Elliot.
I was overly impressed with her work. I have a deep passion about the ocean and her paintings show she is as close to feeling the sea she lives by as one can possibly get and expressing it with her art. She has captured the seascapes as good as any I have ever had the joy to see.
Read what she has to say in the Mercury Bay Art Escape Guide.................and you can see what I have said rings very true.
Going to have to go back again I am sure and advise you to drop by on your visit to the area.
Ron
I was overly impressed with her work. I have a deep passion about the ocean and her paintings show she is as close to feeling the sea she lives by as one can possibly get and expressing it with her art. She has captured the seascapes as good as any I have ever had the joy to see.
Read what she has to say in the Mercury Bay Art Escape Guide.................and you can see what I have said rings very true.
Going to have to go back again I am sure and advise you to drop by on your visit to the area.
Ron