The Eastern Southland Gallery’s latest fundraiser is a collaborative exhibition and fundraising project, celebrating creativity, community, and our connection to the river. Artists and local personalities have been invited to transform a simple brown trout silhouette into an original work of art.

This exhibition features a selection of paintings by Dunedin artist, Patricia France and poems by Paekākāriki poet, Dinah Hawken.

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Faces & Flowers has been curated by Vicki Robson and Greg O’Brien. Our grateful thanks to all the individuals and organisations who kindly loaned work for the exhibition and to Toi MAHARA—Kāpiti Coast District Gallery for their support of the show.

This show marks something of a departure from Eliza Glyn's iconic west harbour landscapes, moving toward something more experiential, both mystical and domestic. This new body of work seeks a deeper inquiry into questions of perception and subjectivity through both the Catlins riverscapes and recent still lifes.