Gregory O’Brien
For background on the artist and works, see below.
Current Works
Love song of Frances M Hodgkins, Villefranche
Star & crown coral sea
Always song in the water (Bay of Plenty)
Water and its Foes (From the hydrospheric notebook)
John Builds a House on Ancestral Land, Liku
Ashburton Riverbook III
Ashburton Riverbook II
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Ashburton Riverbook I
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Whale Chapel
Farewell to Raoul
Whakaari… obscured by Seabirds
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Tuhua (Mayor Island) obscured by Seabirds
Raoul Island obscured by Seabirds
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About the Artist
Between 2011 and 2015, painter and poet Gregory O’Brien found himself following the migratory routes of whales and sea birds across vast tracts of the South Pacific Ocean. These paintings and prints are the result of time spent on a number of islands – Raoul Island (in the Kermadecs), Whakaari/White Island and Tuhua/Mayor Island (in the Bay of Plenty) as well as Rapanui/ Easter Island, Tongatapu and the Chathams. His works are a poetic exploration of these outlying places, the ocean between them, and the whale species and sea birds which are found there. Born in Matamata (1961) and currently based in Wellington, Gregory O’Brien is a poet, painter, curator, essayist, and printmaker. He frequently works in collaboration with John Pule, prominent Niue-NZ artist.Please contact us to confirm current prices: most prices are posted at the time of exhibition, and may be revised as the artists' values increase.