Angela creates vibrant paintings characterised by bold, saturated colours and dynamic gestures. Angela is passionate about creating art that elicits emotional response and inspires discussion. Limited and open edition reproductions will be available to view and purchase, as well as originals on board, art calendars and greeting cards.

Bree is an oil painter, exploring colour and intricate brushwork while trying to convey the personality and individuality of our native birds. Originals and prints available, works in progress as well as finished pieces.

Bryn is a multimedia artist currently working with ceramics. His practice combines photography, lino cutting, painting and sculpture to create unique hand made tiles of local architecture. Bryn will have a variety of recent works for sale as well as displaying the process he has been using and developing.

Donny Grahamer is an American born painter living and working in Waitakere ranges. He found painting as a  further means of self expression outside of his career in the film and TV industry. Donny's work isn't just a study of the world around him, but a deconstruction of the world he is passing through. His work is a study and celebration, of life, movement and colour.

Painting as ‘darkugh’, Daryl creates bright, stylised, graffiti‑infused mixed‑media work. He began selling at the Titirangi Market over 20 years ago and has been refining his distinctive, character‑driven illustrative style ever since. Expect fun!

Davy's Cottage has offered studio space to visiting artists for many years. This year several past artists have been invited back to further create and display their work. Painting, jewellery, and assemblage will be on display.

Dean is one of New Zealand’s most recognisable and prolific painters. For over 30 years, his technically brilliant oils have captured the colour, geometry and beauty of our landscapes and natural world. Inspired by an active life spent cycling, climbing and exploring the bush, Dean paints with unmistakable energy and passion.

Derek’s love of nature and concern for the conservation of the natural environment is reflected in his work. This year he is exhibiting drawings, paintings and sculpture at Matuku Link, featuring recent and older work, some of which will be for sale. Matuku Link is a wetland restoration project in the Waitākere River catchment. Along with viewing the work you might like to enjoy a self-guided walk in the restored wetland habitat, or to take a guided tour, available both days at 11am and 1pm. No dogs please.

Sian Faber’s mixed media paintings and mosaics bring a little Spanish flavour to her Exhibition Drive studio. Inspired by time in Andalusia, her work captures the movement of flamenco dancers, the patterns of their dresses and the energy of the sea. Visit her studio for her first Open Studios exhibition.

Guy is a watercolour and graphite artist. The subjects he chooses are for no other reasons than to give pleasure and to celebrate the medium he is working in. Guy looks forward to converting his garage into a gallery and welcoming visitors. Original framed and unframed works for sale.

Helen creates colour-rich, layered paintings featuring soft, overlapping forms and plains, sweeping curves and painterly marks. Step inside Helen’s colour-filled home studio and see large scale artworks on canvas, and work on paper.

Jago Neal is a mixed-media artist, illustrator and photographer, and the Manager of Kumeū Arts. Working from his home studio and darkroom, his practice combines photography, drawing, painting and collage, with a focus on experimentation. During the Open Studio weekend, Jago will be making new work using photo transfer techniques. Framed photography, original artworks and photo tiles will also be available for purchase.

Karen Jarvis is a painter and photographer whose work explores memory and unspoken narratives. Visitors can see paintings and photos, purchase prints and copies of her art and photography books, and view samples of her Photobook Memoir work.

Established Auckland artist Katherine Simpson creates layered contemporary paintings that explore the relationship between abstraction, landscape and subtle figurative forms. With a painting practice spanning many years and a return to exhibiting in 2026, her space offers visitors an insight into her evolving process of building, removing and revealing layers. Original works will be available to view and purchase.

A multi-media environmental artist who lives in Karekare, Mandy has a passionate relationship with her local environment. Her current work focuses largely on deforestation and habitat loss in New Zealand, and the plight of many endangered native species. 

Monique has been painting for around 30 years, with much of her work inspired by West Auckland’s landscapes, flora and fauna. Over the years, her paintings have received numerous awards in art competitions.

Peter Force is a figurative artist whose work explores the weight and presence of singular objects. Lone subjects that act as visual anchors surrounded by noise or at times, resting in near-empty space. Primarily working with charcoal, soft pastel and oils, Peter employs bold and expressive mark making to lend weight and ground his artworks. 

Ronald Boersen is a potter, ceramic artist, glaze nerd, and educator. In his ceramic work he explores the materiality of clay – freezing a moment of creation in fire. His pots are functional in nature, though hope to evoke an experience beyond the mere utilitarian, exploring touch and texture. 

Rhyll works with encaustics, an Ancient Greek/Roman method that uses heat to mix tree resins with beeswax and pigments. She blends painting and stone assemblage with copper and natural materials such as sticks, leaves, feathers and wood blocks to give expression to the sacred in nature.

Sheryl works in a range of media including acrylics, oils, photography and print. She is inspired by her travels, both far and local. Her work includes abstracts, landscapes and still life images. Original framed and unframed works will be for sale, plus limited-edition giclée prints.