Looking for a special Christmas gift? Our Hawke's Bay Wine Auction artist Mauricio Benega from Studio Benega Ltd has an incredible offer - 25 x signed limited edition canvas prints showcasing Hawke's Bay wine. The size of these are 750 x 285 mm. $300 per print with 50% of proceeds going to Cranford Hospice to help support families in need.

To view more of Maurcio's artwork, be sure to visit The Urban Winery to view the exhibition, featuring 11 of his original Art Works. 15% of each sale goes to Cranford Hospice. On until the end of December/early January, so don't miss out!

“The Wine Capital of NZ painting, is a big and heavy piece – 2090x1220mm.  The painting explores our region from the good weather, to the beautiful beaches and landmarks.  From the vibrant colours, to the cool laidback lifestyle and everything in between.  All of these things relating to a good wine of course.

My painting process is very slow and I like to do a few other paintings while I’m working on the main one.  For this art auction, I developed a few different sketch concepts where I selected some of them together, to come up with the final visuals for this painting.

However, when I start the composition, I let the process flow naturally and things change in an organic way, with all the layers above layers of paint.  It is then that the artwork starts to come to life.

This piece will make the viewer look over and over again to be able to digest everything.  It’s a visual journal where I play with typography, humour and lots of colours to represent the vibrant and funky Hawke’s Bay Wine Capital of NZ”.

From the Sketch project - Limited edition  of 10 - printed on high quality watercolour paper and framed with 80mm wide acid-free white matboard and white (20mm) white frame with glass - 580x580mm *price includes GST and delivery within NZ area

One of my favourite surf spots here in Hawke's Bay is the inspiration behind this new work. Now available, for more information, contact me by email.