Welcome to
ARTSELECT GALLERY
ArtSelect Gallery is a Dealer Gallery that offers the discerning collector a curated range of superb works of art by our amazingly talented artists. This space is also is more than an art gallery. It’s also a friendly place where a community of new and old friends of the gallery can come to enjoy the pleasure of viewing and collecting a variety of works of art.
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Address:
19A Osborne Street
Newmarket
Auckland 1023
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Regular Opening Hours:
Tuesday - Friday 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Sat -Sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
By Appointment:
Contact Ngaire on +64 21 415 449​
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If the Gallery is closed and you would like to purchase any works of art then contact Ngaire on 021 415 449 for a special viewing.
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Our web site is updated regularly so please return to see more updates as we make progress with our window to the creative world of our amazing artists.
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Easter Trading Hours
Bruce Mortimer
'Scenes from a Journey' Solo Exhibition
Bring a guest along to meet Bruce and celebrate the opening of Bruce Mortimer's "Scenes from a Journey" Solo Exhibition.
Date: Tuesday 8 April 2025
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Venue: ArtSelect Gallery, 19A Osborne Street, Newmarket
Bruce Mortimer Solo Exhibition Artist Statement
"‘Scenes from a Journey’ is far more conceptual than it looks. Or
rather, journeys themselves are more conceptual than we think. We
imagine them to happen at defined times, moving from point to point, and
yet our most revealing journeys are within, and much like a caver
explores downwards in hidden places and returns to the same place, from
another’s perspective we don’t always appear to have got anywhere.
Sometimes we even look like we have gone backwards.
But the nature of journey is that it isn’t linear, it isn’t repeatable,
and every moment during every journey is a destination. We travel
through our varying perception of time, uncovering our skills, a slave
to our feelings, attempting to carve out our place within whatever this
strange environment is that we refer to as the world. And we don’t
really get anywhere. That said, my journey just got interesting, but
over to you...
All you have right now is this moment in which you are reading. Even
this sentence has become a scene in your own journey.
I could have scrawled some isolated unattractive marks on a canvas in
angst and exultation, but you would still not truly understand where
those emotions came from even after reading a written statement. Instead
I have expressed my own journey in a way that the artworks appear to
represent somewhat attractive real scenes, so at the very least inviting
you to spend more time with them whilst I gather my thoughts, and whilst
you have a slightly longer moment with them in your travels.
After all, no journey is complete without the realisation that much of
it is still to come."
The works of art on display can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/bruce-mortimer
Contact me, Ngaire, on any of my contact details below to register your interest early to purchase any of these works of art before the opening because they are attracting a lot of interest.
We look forward to seeing you and your guests at the opening reception and during the exhibition.​
Maico Camilo Solo Exhibition Now Showing
in the Back Gallery and Stock Room
Maico Camilo
Artist Statement:
I find inspiration in unplanned subjects, drawing from my life experiences and keen observations of the world. My artwork is an invitation for viewers to explore and interpret what they perceive in my work. I intentionally reduce clarity, creating a sense of ambiguity or mystery. However, through the final step in my artistic process, I provide a linear view of the world, offering a sense of definition and meaning in each piece.
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This deliberate approach to diminishing clarity and then providing a clear perspective, as per the work above, can create a dynamic and thought-provoking experience for the viewer. It challenges them to engage more deeply, reflecting on their own interpretations and perceptions of the subject matter.
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By drawing from real-life experiences and using acute observation, I infuse my artwork with authenticity and a connection to the world around me. This allows my audience to potentially connect with the emotions and narratives embedded in my work.
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Overall, my artistic process involves a deliberate exploration of perception and definition, inviting viewers on a journey of discovery and reflection.
The works of art to be displayed can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/maico-camilo
Contact me, Ngaire, on any of my contact details below to register your interest to purchase any of these works of art before the opening.
We look forward to seeing you and your guests at the opening reception and during the exhibition.​
Bee Doughty Pratt Solo Exhibition - "Inside Out Again"
Now Showing in the Back Gallery
Bring a guest along to celebrate our first exhibition of the year. We are very excited host the Solo Exhibition of Bee Doughty Pratt, "Inside Out Again" with a number of amazing new abstract landscapes.
Date: Tuesday 21 January 2025
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Venue: ArtSelect Gallery, 19A Osborne Street, Newmarket
Bee Doughty Pratt
Bee Doughty Pratt is recognized for her evocative and atmospheric semi-abstract seascapes and landscapes which include imaginary vistas from the Bay of Islands to the Milford Sounds.
Bee paints in oils and accepts commissions for larger works via ArtSelect Gallery - often working on several paintings at once, layering oils, inks and other media, rolling, brushing, scraping or dribbling for a number of weeks until each one is complete.​
Bee says "Water in some form or other features in virtually every canvas I paint, often created by using different media with my oils in very fluid ways. I like it when this watery spontaneity overtakes my paintings with unintended outcomes. Lately swathes of mist seem to be predominating. Not sure why but details, structures, horizons - even whole paintings now seem to be disappearing into the mysterious mists of time.” ​
“Colour is also key for me . . . I love colour and try to use colour to capture atmosphere or evoke feelings rather than portray actual detail. Limiting my palette on a painting by painting basis, I feel, helps with this. Sometimes I happily binge on a particular colour for weeks at a time. Occasionally more vibrant colours lead my paintings into less inhibited abstraction.
The works of art on display can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/bee-doughty-pratt
Contact me, Ngaire, on any of my contact details below to register your interest early to purchase any of these works of art before the opening because they are attracting a lot of interest.
We look forward to seeing you and your guests at the opening reception and during the exhibition.
"Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets"