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Paper-Works is a relaxed and interesting gallery based in the seaside village of Te Awanga in Hawke's Bay. Work displayed is rotated regularly to keep it fresh.

Paper-Works Gallery is a hidden gem in Hawke's Bay's art scene, exhibiting limited edition prints, paintings, photography, and sculpture from leading NZ and international artists. Owned and run by Annabel Sinclair-Thomson, who has been in the art world for over 30 years in Wellington before moving to Hawke's Bay to indulge her passion and set up an art gallery. Dealing mainly in works on paper by

established and up and coming New Zealand Artists, Paper-Works offers drawers full of art you can explore with Bells as your knowledgeable and trusty guide! Paper-Works stocks a diverse variety of works that appeal to different tastes and budgets. Works include paintings, pencil drawings, original limited edition prints such as lithographs, etchings, screen prints, photography. All work can be viewed online through our website. Paper-works is also a good place to find information on establishing or building your collection. Let Bells become your personal buyer! Whether you want to purchase a piece for an investment or simply to excite the eyes (or both) we enjoy exploring the process of finding something that fits all aspects of the client. We also offer gift vouchers and wedding registers.

18/06/2026

"What do you see at sunset in the sky?"

When writer Steve Braunias interviewed artist Paul Hartigan recently, Hartigan had a different answer to most.

"Neon," he replies.

For more than 50 years, Paul Hartigan has been captivated by light. It's a fascination that has shaped one of New Zealand's most distinctive artistic careers, from his early paintings and text-based works through to the iconic neon sculptures that made him famous.

Today, while living with motor neurone disease, Hartigan continues to create. Looking through Hartigan's work, you begin to understand why he sees neon in a sunset. Recent works transform everyday objects into vessels of memory and connection, continuing a career-long fascination with how ordinary materials can be elevated into something extraordinary.

We're proud to have a small selection of Paul Hartigan's works available at Paper-Works Gallery. Visit the gallery to discover the work of an artist who finds new ways to see the world.
🔗https://www.paper-works.co.nz/paul-hartigan
📍 Paper-Works Gallery, Te Awanga
🕒 Thurs–Sun, 11AM–3PM

14/06/2026

𝗜𝗖𝗬𝗠𝗜: One of my favourite things? Seeing artworks find their place in a home.

Featured in NZ House & Garden magazine, this beautiful Auckland home brings together a considered collection of works, including pieces sourced from Paper-Works Gallery. The result is a space thoughtfully layered, where art is not just displayed, but lived with.

It’s a reminder that collecting doesn’t need to be complicated. Often, it’s simply about choosing works that resonate and allowing them to find their place over time.

📰 Read the full feature via .co.nz
https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/350201278/auckland-couples-simple-home-perfect-backdrop-their-art

📩 Enquire about available works via DM or our website
🔗 https://www.paper-works.co.nz
📍 Paper-Works Gallery, Te Awanga
🕒 Thurs–Sun, 11AM–3PM

08/06/2026

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲…
Tax returns, power bills, or that letter you've been meaning to deal with since February. But Gavin Chilcott's latest works might just elevate the situation.

New to Paper-Works Gallery, these handcrafted document boxes and folders are designed to store important documents, treasured correspondence, photographs and the occasional administrative burden. They won't file the paperwork for you, but they will make your desk look considerably more organised.

Proof that not all art needs to hang on a wall. Sometimes the artwork is where you put the paperwork.

Available in a range of colours, visit the Paper-Works Gallery to explore the collection:
Paper-Works Gallery, Te Awanga
Thurs–Sun, 11 AM – 3 PM
https://www.paper-works.co.nz/gavin-chilcott

07/06/2026

ROBYN FLEET:
New art and new gallery at tea room

04/06/2026

A few fragments from the archive of Singapore and Penang ....

A reminder that art doesn’t always announce itself formally. Sometimes it’s hanging perfectly lit in a gallery. Sometimes it’s peeling gently off the side of a building in 32-degree heat.

24/05/2026

The camera doesn’t lie. But it does choose sides.

Photographer, writer, operator of many levers, Simon Shattky is less interested in the obvious shot and more in what sits just off to the edge of it. You’ll recognise his eye from pages of BayBuzz where image and text work together, each sharpening the other.

His practice moves between storytelling and observation, often landing somewhere wry, human, and quietly exacting. His approach? Not everything needs to be overworked or over-explained. As he’s written elsewhere, sometimes the smartest move is knowing when to stop talking.
Because the first glance rarely tells the whole story.

📍 Paper-Works Gallery, Te Awanga
🕒 Thurs–Sun, 11AM – 3PM
🔗 View available works https://www.paper-works.co.nz/simon-shattky

19/05/2026

These begin as flowers.
They don’t really end there.

Florence & Rebecca build compositions that feel
equal parts devotional and slightly impractical.

On the walls now.

17/05/2026

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀
John Pule's practice sits in that liminal space between language and image. His titles read like fragments of verse, and the works follow suit: layered, symbolic, slightly unsteady in the best way. Each of his works are a kind of cartography where memory, migration, and mythology collapse into one another.

𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 $1,600
𝘔𝘢𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘢, $500
𝘔𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯, $800
𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳, $800
𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, $900
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰, 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, $800
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, $800
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, $800
𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, $800
𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥, $700

Available now, in-gallery.
📍Paper-Works Gallery, Te Awanga
🕒 Thurs–Sun, 11AM – 3PM
https://www.paper-works.co.nz/john-pule

10/05/2026

Eliza Glyn paints places that feel recalled rather than seen forms softened, edges dissolved, everything suspended in a kind of atmospheric pause.

The result is something quietly immersive: measured, atmospheric, held together by restraint.
1. 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯'𝘴 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 7, $1,200
2. 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯'𝘴 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 6, $900
3. 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘱, $680
4. 𝘖𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘦𝘢, $780
5. 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘦, $780

Available now at Paper-Works Gallery. Best seen in person.
📍 Paper-Works Gallery, Te Awanga
🕒 Thurs–Sun, 11AM – 3PM
🔗 https://www.paper-works.co.nz/eliza-glyn

05/05/2026

Introducing Synchro Systems by Florence & Rebecca, now on the walls.

A series where floral structures and the body begin to operate as one: held in a state of near-balance, where florals are not decorative but directive.

Still life, but only just.
Better in person, as always.
📍 Paper-Works Gallery, Te Awanga
🕒 Thurs–Sun, 11AM – 3PM
https://www.paper-works.co.nz

Address

268 Clifton Road
Te Awanga
4102

Opening Hours

Thursday	11am - 3pm
Friday	11am - 3pm
Saturday	11am - 3pm
Sunday	11am - 3pm

Telephone

+64274507517

Website

https://www.paper-works.co.nz/

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