East Coast artist Prudence Davis has unveiled her latest exhibition, "Going with the Flow," at the Matawhero Art Gallery. The collection features a series of paintings deeply inspired by the local landscape and the artist's personal connection to the ocean. Davis, who comes from a significant artistic lineage, uses this body of work to explore her environment through fluid, nature-focused compositions.
The exhibition highlights the ongoing legacy of regional New Zealand art and the weight of historical influence on contemporary practitioners. As a descendant of the noted landscape painter Kennett Watkins, Davis’s work represents a modern continuation of a family tradition, bridging 19th-century landscape heritage with a personal, coastal perspective.