Marlon Hart is an illustrator/artist with a background in advertising and art direction.  As well as animal wrangling, yoga, karate and acting! Go Marlon!

He has lived in Muriwai for 30 years. He spent his childhood growing up in Vancouver, Canada, which instilled in him a great love of nature, and culturally, left a lasting impression. Working in advertising as an art director and illustrator for more than three decades, Marlon has honed his fine art practice using a wide range of styles and artistic mediums. 

Marlon is currently working on a series of graphic artworks inspired by his Canadian and NZ cultural connections as well as the animals he loves from both of these countries, from Grizzly Bears to Piwakawaka, Moose to Tui - all telling stories from Marlon's fascinating life.

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Liz Smith is an embroidery artist living in Muriwai Beach, Auckland NZ.

Her business The Stitchsmith NZ  brings you fresh, new designs for needlepoint cushion/pillow kits, cross stitch and embroidery kits and patterns.

Most of Liz's designs are drawn from the wonderful scenery in New Zealand where she lives and she is constantly inspired by the local flora and fauna here. She loves birds and a lot of her designs feature the gorgeous native birds that live in her garden and in the forest nearby. at Muriwai Beach.

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Amanda is a long-term Muriwai Beach resident, a ceramicist and a painter. She specializes in hand-built sculpture, often in the form of jewellery and wall installations. 

Amanda prefers natural, found or recycled materials and makes in traditional ways when possible, such as pit firing with combustibles collected from the beach.

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Immersive installations that almost "use sound as a new way of seeing," drawing inspiration from nature, sound vibrations and materials. Join us for a wonderfully therapeutic conversation with installation and textile artist Mette Hay.

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Kylie is a printmaker (lithography) and painter, inspired by the land, sea and skies of New Zealand. Hear her story from a farm in Hukerenui to Elam - a prestigious Art School in Auckland, her printmaking and painting process and her fascinating journey to becoming a full time artist.

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Tanya is a full time artist and a mother of one, living at Muriwai Beach, North West of Auckland NZ.

Tanya shares many insightful thoughts and ideas and I'm quite sure you will find something in her story to inspire and inform your creative journey or your life in general. She discusses her childhood, her private inner world, her travel, her art studies, her sculpture and painting, her process and her art practice.

And she even has a big secret to share with us!

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