Kiwi-Dutch artist Alfred Memelink is an established watercolourist who is well known in his hometown of Petone.

 

Memelink studied at Seven Seas Marine School of Creativity and taught himself to paint whilst sailing across the oceans working as a marine engineer. His love for the sea is manifested in his many waterscape paintings, though he regularly paints New Zealand landscapes and cityscapes as well.

 

Memelink’s paintings emphasize the beauty and escapism of New Zealand nature. The fluid ease of his brushwork renders familiar leisure spots and mountain ranges with rich, luminous colour and tangible mood.

 

His first solo exhibition was in 1994, since followed by many more. Memelink recently set up his own gallery in Petone where he exhibits his own work as well as that of over 100 local artists. 

 

In 2010 Memelink was awarded the Watercolour New Zealand Supreme Art Award. He is also a long standing committee member of the society ‘Watercolour New Zealand’, in 2007-2009 serving as its president. He has been a council member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts for several years and was elected artist member in 2004.