GAEN
PALE IN COMPARISON
FEB 12-25
Join us for an opening night on Feb 12 from 5:30-7:30pm. Drinks and Music.
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We are pleased to present a solo exhibition of new works by Gaen.
Drawing on the landscapes of his childhood- Hawkdun, the Southern Alps, and beyond- Gaen distils place into memory, light, and form. Rendered in soft, nostalgic pastel palettes, the works reduce familiar terrains to their geometric essence: a single contour, a rising peak, a band of cresting light. In blocks of pure colour, these fragments are enough to conjure the feeling of a landscape rather than its likeness. The paintings play with notions of near and far. Up close, they dissolve into abstraction; from a distance, they resolve into place. This shifting clarity mirrors the way we often understand the power of the landscapes we grew up in—most clearly when viewed from afar. The result is a quiet, reflective body of work: a gentle meditation on distance, memory, and belonging. Come and enjoy Gaen's contemporary reimagining of the New Zealand landscape through a cubist lens. |
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
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Found You (Lake Grassmere Salt Flats, NZ) Acrylic on Canvas, Oak Tray Framed 930 x 1230mm 2026 $4900 Available |
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Likeness (Lake Taupo, NZ) Acrylic on Canvas, Oak Tray Framed 1280 x 1280mm 2026 $5900 Available |
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Where Are My Neighbors (Canterbury Plains, NZ) Acrylic on Canvas, Oak Tray Framed 930 x 1230mm 2026 $4900 Available |
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Mixed Emotions (Glenorchy, NZ) Acrylic on Canvas, Oak Tray Framed 930 x 2430mm 2026 $7900 Available |
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Lighter By The Day (Glenorchy, NZ) Acrylic on Canvas, Oak Tray Framed 1230 x 930mm 2026 $4900 Available |
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Panacinematic (Lake Taupo, NZ) Acrylic on Canvas, Oak Tray Framed 930 x 2430mm 2026 $7900 Available |
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Soulscape (Hawkdun Range, NZ) Acrylic on Canvas, Oak Tray Framed 830 x 1730mm 2026 $6500 Available |
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Unsurrounded (Central Otago, NZ) Acrylic on Canvas, Oak Tray Framed 830 x 1230mm 2026 $4900 Available |
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The Great Rise & Fall (Hawkduns Range, Central Otago.) Acrylic on Canvas, Oak Tray Framed 830 x 1730mm 2026 $6500 Available |
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The Vanishing I (Southern Alps, NZ) Acrylic on Canvas, Oak Tray Framed 830 x 1230mm 2026 $4900 Available |
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Sister (Lake Taupo, NZ) Acrylic on Canvas, Oak Tray Framed 1030 x 2030mm 2026 $7500 Available |
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The Vanishing II (Southern Alps, NZ) Acrylic on Canvas, Oak Tray Framed 830 x 1230mm 2026 $4900 Available |
