The back room
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Painting by Seb Gower: a surfer carving a pale wave
Painting by Seb Gower: a straight road running toward snowy mountains
Painting by Seb Gower: a decorated surfboard with a pink and blue flower design
Painting by Seb Gower: a weathered face in warm brown tones
Painting by Seb Gower: a dense mass of pink, orange and yellow flowers in heavy impasto
FlourishPainting by Seb Gower: a warrior figure in armour holding a spear
Painting by Seb Gower: a couple standing together in front of a stone arch
Painting by Seb Gower: a crowd of figures carrying loads in bright, busy colour
Painting by Seb Gower: a person fishing at sunset by a lake
Painting by Seb Gower: riders and horses at a wooden pen
Painting by Seb Gower: a figure diving through a dark blue wave
Painting by Seb Gower: a garden path through lush trees and flowers
Painting by Seb Gower: a white dog with a dark background
Painting by Seb Gower: parrots and a cockatoo perched together
Painting by Seb Gower: a crowned statue holding a torch, in teal and lilac
Painting by Seb Gower: an elderly face looking upward, eyes closed
Painting by Seb Gower: a family group posed at a table in warm light
Painting by Seb Gower: portrait of a man in red and blue, framed
Painting by Seb Gower: an elderly person smiling, hand to cheek
Painting by Seb Gower: figures scattered across a wide misty landscape
Painting by Seb Gower: a ballet dancer with arms raised in a white tutu
Painting by Seb Gower: an elderly woman with deeply lined skin
Painting by Seb Gower: portrait of a man in glasses in green and magenta strokes
Painting by Seb Gower: a city street at night in blue and orange light
Painting by Seb Gower: a stag in a brown landscape
Painting by Seb Gower: a child in red standing in a doorway
Painting by Seb Gower: a gorilla with a thoughtful expression in teal and blue
Painting by Seb Gower: an elderly woman with a deeply lined face
Painting by Seb Gower: a man resting his hand on his face, in purple and blue
Painting by Seb Gower: boats moored in a harbour under an orange sunset sky
The harbourPainting by Seb Gower: a man shearing a sheep in a shed
Painting by Seb Gower: two men smiling side by side, painted in bright layered colour
Painting by Seb Gower: a small purple dragon character on green
Painting by Seb Gower: a figure walking into a blue and orange sea
Painting by Seb Gower: a brown and black dog looking up
Painting by Seb Gower: a dancer twisting mid-leap in red and gold
Painting by Seb Gower: trees and hills mirrored in still water in soft broken colour
Still EchoesPainting by Seb Gower: an older man with a long beard in a patterned coat
Painting by Seb Gower: a muscular classical statue figure in lilac, blue and yellow strokes
Hercules – Sensitive StonePainting by Seb Gower: a man with a crown of red leaves, in yellow tones
Painting by Seb Gower: a misty waterfall and dark cliffs in blue-green tones
Milford TrackPainting by Seb Gower: a black dog sitting
Painting by Seb Gower: a lone tree on a lakeshore in soft lilac and green
Through the Pohutukawa LeavesPainting by Seb Gower: a figure in loose, layered strokes
Painting by Seb Gower: a round canvas with a spiral of warm strokes
Painting by Seb Gower: elephants walking under large trees by water
Painting by Seb Gower: a rider and horse in a wide green and gold valley
Treasure StatePainting by Seb Gower: an older woman in a headscarf smiling
Painting by Seb Gower: a surfer on a pale, flecked wave
Painting by Seb Gower: rolling green hills under a pale sky
Painting by Seb Gower: an elephant facing out, ears wide, in thick multicoloured strokes
Capture the characterPainting by Seb Gower: two monks seated by a stone temple
Painting by Seb Gower: a sprinter mid-stride in front of a crowd
Painting by Seb Gower: a brown dog standing in shallow water, framed
Painting by Seb Gower: a man in round glasses in blue and yellow strokes
Painting by Seb Gower: three figures walking on a wet, reflective beach
Painting by Seb Gower: an ornate arched doorway seen from a dark interior
Painting by Seb Gower: a figure in a grass skirt dancing
Painting by Seb Gower: close portrait of a bearded man in warm, jagged strokes
Painting by Seb Gower: a dog-like figure in warm brown and red strokes
Painting by Seb Gower: two people walking together in bright patches of colour
Painting by Seb Gower: a white horse among tall dark trees
Painting by Seb Gower: rocky cliffs and figures in an ochre landscape
Painting by Seb Gower: a beach scene with a far shoreline, framed
Painting by Seb Gower: a grinning bearded face in loose strokes
Painting by Seb Gower: portrait of a man with a strong jaw in bright strokes
Painting by Seb Gower: a wide waterfall tumbling over green, rocky ledges
Ban GiocPainting by Seb Gower: an elderly couple seated with a golden dog
Painting by Seb Gower: palm trees and pink hills reflected in water
Painting by Seb Gower: sunflowers in a vase
Painting by Seb Gower: a breaking wave in yellow and green
Painting by Seb Gower: a river winding through a green valley
Painting by Seb Gower: dense red and pink strokes around a dark centre
Painting by Seb Gower: a man in a hood, in red and teal
Painting by Seb Gower: a surfer crouched on a green wave
Painting by Seb Gower: a bearded man in purple and magenta tones
Egg and EarthThe recipeA healthy chickenWhy egg and not acrylicThin and glowingFragile, like a newbornThe Poison QuestionThe cracked windowThe frontal lobeOilsAcrylicsFat over lean, and the cracks
Getting Your Hands Dirty
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