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Below is a list of tutors teaching various classes at Uxbridge. Click on the names to view their profile.
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Merv Appleton
Merv was born and educated in Otahuhu, Auckland. He was interested in art from early childhood and was given great encouragement from his parents to follow his dream.
After leaving school, he trained as a signwriter and graphic artist, eventually owning and operating his own design studio, specialising in general signs and pictorial art. Merv now pursues his passion for traditional oil painting and also acrylics, painting full tume as a professional artist. He exhibits successfully throughout New Zealand and more recently in Italy and Australia, developing a strong following of admirers both locally and overseas.
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Jennifer Barrett
Having practised yoga for many years, Jennifer holds a Diploma in Yoga from Wellpark College of Natural Therapies. Class content includes Hatha Yoga incorporating elements of Iyengar style Yoga using props. There is a strong emphasis on cautions, working with body awareness, breath and ahimsa (non-harm) to ensure student safety at all times.
Jennifer enjoys teaching and sharing the practice of Yoga. She highlights the benefits of yoga that go beyond the physical by bringing awareness to the more subtle aspects of asana practice that work on mental, emotional and spiritual levels.
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Amanda Brett
Amanda’s style of watercolour painting is striking and vibrant, with a character of its own, very different from traditional watercolour artworks. She specialised in traditional watercolour 15 years ago and enjoys the medium for its unique effects and complexity, describing it as “full of surprises, it's dynamic and truly beautiful". Amanda is a popular New Zealand artist and has won many exhibition awards; her paintings are held in collections internationally and in New Zealand.
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Amber Brook
Amber Brook runs an art and design business, creating beautiful, original and individual artworks. "There is nothing more rewarding than finishing a piece of art and sharing it with others: to be able to use nature’s beautiful palette of colours and show it within my canvas." An experienced tutor, Amber teaches our popular Young Artists, Drawing and Painting classes and new adult 'Ready Steady Paint!’ course.
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Guy Capper
For more than 15 years award-winning Guy Capper has run workshops in character development, story telling, claymation techniques and creating comedy. Guy has had his claymation on both New Zealand TV and also played at New Zealand cinemas before feature films an award winning Cinema advert called " Dave Likes Art " for the New Zealand Land Transport Association. Guy is presently developing an animation project called Robert and Sheepy which has been a New Zealand internet sensation on www.youtube.com.
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Neill Castles (BCom, CA)
Neill Castles previously an accountant, is now a commercial photographer specialising in real estate, with frequent website, portrait and tourism commissions. His main area is stills photography and he regularly ventures into virtual tour panoramas and some digital videos. His other passion is trout fishing and fishing / landscape photography. He is a published photographer and author of a book on New Zealand trout fishing, with other photographic projects underway. Neill's tutoring approach is informative and very supportive to those entering the exciting world of digital photography, where camera skills as well as computer literacy push the boundaries.
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Judy Charlesworth (IYTA, TTT, YFHF)
In 1990 Judy co-authored a book with Kay Martin titled 'Yoga - A Practical Approach for New Zealanders'. Judy has been with Uxbridge for over ten years and has been teaching for over eighteen years. Judy has also been a tutor for the International Yoga Teaching Association for ten years. She is a very popular tutor. Judy teaches daytime Yoga classes on Tuesday, Thursday & Friday.
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Neil Craik
Neil Craik was born in Oamaru, New Zealand and now lives in Auckland.
In 1995 he decided to take an Adult Learning class in Leadlighting one night a week so that he could add his own touch to the house by installing beautiful windows. The results were so successful that by 1998 Neil was tutoring the class and continued to do so this until he moved to Auckland in mid-2011. In 2005 he took a course in hot glass and fusing in Christchurch and became a hopeless kiln addict, thoroughly enjoying the challenges of transforming ‘hard’ sharp surfaces into soft smooth pieces of art. Neil's glass art range includes jewellery, candle holders, wall tiles, wall art and leadlighting and part of his philosophy is to incorporate recycled glass material wherever possible in to his work. These can be off-cuts from glaziers or old windows and doors from demolition businesses. It is satisfying to transform an unwanted piece of glass into a new “treasure”. As well as selling some of his pieces through the Uxbridge Art Store, Neil Craik is tutoring a workshop in Glass Fusing.
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Carol Croucher
Carol Croucher is a local glass artist, art jeweller and member of NZ Glass Bead Artists. Carol has worked for several years creating contemporary jewellery using her handmade lampwork glass beads and is delighted to have the opportunity to teach her very popular glass beading workshops at Uxbridge.
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Juan David Diaz
Juan has practiced Yoga for seven years learning from different traditions and teachers. He holds a Diploma in Yoga from Wellpark College of Natural Therapies and is currently furthering his Iyengar training with senior Iyengar teachers. Juan enjoys teaching, sharing and practicing Yoga and approaches Asana (postures) as a way to heal the body on physical, emotional and intellectual levels. His emphasis is on proper alignment and allowing the body expression through the posture.
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Evelyn Dunstan
Evelyn is a local artist with a background of 20 years as a Designer & Graphic Artist in the fields of Advertising, Illustration, Photography, Publishing and Print. With a lifelong love of pottery and in-depth training in ceramics from Peter Collis in the 70's, she now works as a full time sculptural artist in her own studio in Pakuranga, mainly in Cast Glass and Ceramics, but her passion for creating also extends into Stained Glass and Lead Lighting, Mosaics, Copper Metalwork, Composite Concrete Sculpture as well as landscaping with brick, concrete, stone and water-features. Evelyn was the winner of Ranamok for 2007 with her work titled Ngahere Karauna (Forest Crown).
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Lynn-Frances Eaton
Lynn has been learning and performing the art of Middle Eastern dance since 1981 and has been teaching since 1990. She has attended classes in New Zealand and overseas from world renowned dance tutors. As well as teaching the art of Belly Dance from Beginners through to Advanced levels, Lynn is a Choreographer in Belly Dance and also directs and runs the Arabesque Performance Troupe. Lynn will be teaching the Belly Dancing classes.
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Gillian Elmslie
Gillian Elmslie has worked in the Soft Stone medium for 25 years. She exhibits throughout the North Island, participates in symposiums and exhibits in her extensive Herne Bay garden. Her work is generally for the garden. Her popular class has been going for 8 years where students can successfully create a 3-dimensional artwork in one day (Soft Stone Sculpture Workshop).
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Maria Fowler
Maria is a local artist who has worked for several years at creating hand built pots and faces using sculpture and terracotta clays. More recently Maria paints primarily cosmic themes in a semi abstract manner. Using acrylic paints, combined with textured mediums and other materials she creates on either stretched canvas or MDF Board. Her inspiration stems primarily from her fascination in the search for the beginning of creation. Man's place in the universe, the tremendous forces of nature and the exchange of energy have fuelled her imagination. Combining textural and flow techniques with bright and intense colours, Maria aims to capture in an expressive, emotional and meaningful manner, the energy exchanges controlling the dynamic processes of creation, birth, death, and rebirth. Her paintings range from quiet resting moons, to explosive webs of spreading matter. Maria tutors the Awaken the Artist Within classes on Tuesdays.
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Alex Gleed
Alex has been immersed with drama and all things theatrical since 2001 when he joined the Howick Children's and Youth Theatre. Since then he has acted in over 20 productions for HCYT including 'Peter Pan', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Hayfever' and 'Twelfth Night'. He made his directorial debut in 2012 with 'Tom Sawyer'. He has been a drama tutor at HCYT since 2010, and also taught drama and theatresports after school classes at Bucklands Beach Intermediate. Alex's passion for acting, teaching and directing knows no bounds.
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Carys Grant
Carys is a qualified primary school teacher who has taught Arka Dhyana in Auckland for eight years - at Adult Education Centres, other institutions, and privately.
Carys has attended Arka Dhyana workshops both in New Zealand and overseas and although she has tried other meditations, she has found this the best as it is simple but highly effective.
Attendees to her classes can expect to experience personal growth and self development through using their own touch, breath, and sound; manage day-to-day challenges by learning how to redistribute their energy, to relax when needed and to transform stress into success; find peace and live with a more positive attitude toward life.
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Kathie Hewitt
Kathie's introduction to gilding was approximately 10 years ago, while decorating and restoring pieces of furniture. Fascinated by the effects of gilding, she has produced a series of paintings with gilded vessels, which are held in private and corporate collections throughout Auckland. Kathie will teach the Gilding one-day workshop and will show you how to gild on a variety of surfaces using schlagmetal and gold leaf.
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Ben Ho
Born in GuangZhou China in 1962, Ben attended different studies program in GuangZhou Academy Of Fine Arts University before emigrating to New Zealand in 1988. Since then he has won numerous prestigious art awards including the Otago Regional Council Award, the K G Fraser Award, NZ Herald Award and the Gold Medal Award in the Royal Easter Show. In 1999 Ben was selected as one of five NZ artist representing NZ art at the “World-Wide Millennium Painting Competition” in London, England.
Having done numerous solo and shared exhibitions nationally and internationally, Ben is a frequent judge for nationwide art competitions. A popular tutor, Ben has been sharing his skills with his students in oil and watercolour across New Zealand and overseas since 1991.
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Suzie Illes (Yoga Diploma RYT)
Suzie Illes (Yoga Dip, RYT 500) is a qualified teacher completing her teacher training at Wellpark College of Natural Therapies with Dr Shridhar and Pooja Maddela (India). She has been teaching Integrated Hatha Yoga classes in Auckland since 2005.
Suzie’s classes are based on Traditional Indian Yoga and consist of a wide variety of Yoga asanas (both dynamic and held), as well as Pranayama (breathing) and Yoga Nidra (relaxation).
Suzie believes that Yoga is a lifetime learning and she continues her studies of different Yoga traditions.
She is a Yoga Alliance “500 hours” Registered Teacher.
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Dylan Kay
Recently moved to Auckland from the UK, Dylan has been teaching guitar professionally for nearly 20 years. This included many years at the Guitar Institute in London and teaching at a number of high profile UK schools. Dylan has taught hundreds of private students, together with group classes and coaching bands. Educated at Berklee College of Music, the Guitar Institute and Oxford University, Dylan studied with some of the world’s finest guitar educators and has performed extensively in the US and throughout the UK leading his own bands and performing with others.
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James Lawrence (BA, MFA)
James is well known in Auckland and overseas as an accomplished painter and printmaker. His works are widely exhibited and he has won awards for his drawing, printmaking and painting. James tutors popular ‘The Joy of Painting’ and ‘Drawing & Painting’ classes at Uxbridge; generous with his extensive knowledge, James students comment on how much he has added to their appreciation and understanding of art.
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Penny Lin
Penny Lin is an artist and environmental educator from Howick. Beautifully researched and executed, her work is no stranger to success, Penny has won the Estuary Artworks Competition on two occassions, in both 2009 and 2012. Penny tutors the 'Splash of Colour' watercolour course, covering drawing techniques and moving on to watercolour.
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Juliet Lloyd
Juliet trained and worked professionally as a dancer. She began at the age of 4, and at 16 years of age successfully secured her first professional engagement. From 1985 to 2002 she had various contracts working as a dancer and/or acrobat in Spain, America, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Africa, London, Finland, & Denmark. In 2001 Juliet retrained as a Pilates teacher and in 2002 took the Body Control Mat Work course in Covent Garden London and passed her practical examination starting her new career. After taking her written theory and anatomy exam in 2003, Juliet has taught Pilates group classes to the ballet dancers of the London Central School of Dance, Body Control Pilates studio in David Lloyd in Kensington and Gordon's Studio in Knightsbridge. Juliet has also taught privately to clients one on one. Juliet tutors the Pilates classes and workshops.
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Simon Misdale
I have been in the trade for over thirty years and teaching jewellery for 7 years in Auckland and Cook Islands. I encourage my students to do the best they can, making sure they have the right techniques and be who they are. As an award winning designer, my lyrical style leans towards the natural and everything in my environment inspires my creativity.
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Raewyn Neale
Raewyn began pottery in the mid 1970’s joining the society of Pakuranga potters and Auckland Studio potters participating in many workshops and exhibitions. In the 1980’s she was co-owner of the Rich Earth craft shop in Howick exhibiting and selling her pottery. Over the last 15 years she has been teaching adults and children specializing in wheel and slab work. Raewyn is also painting acrylics on canvas, a new artistic venture and enjoying both mediums. Raewyn teaches the adult Clay Sculpture and childrens' Fired Up Clay classes.
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Corinne Philogene
Mauritian-born Corinne is a native French speaker. A highly energetic and enthusiastic French language teacher, Corinne has over 14 years solid teaching experience and is looking forward to an opportunity to share her passion and knowledge of French with her Uxbridge students.
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Jacqui Pounder
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Ngaronoa Renata
Ngaronoa tutors our Contemporary Weaving workshop. Working with flax, Ngaronoa brings a modern twist to a beautiful and traditional artform.
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Ramon Robertson
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Marie Sanders
Marie trained as a graphic designer at the Wellington School of Design, which at the time, taught all aspects of drawing, - life, general, technical, perspective and fashion drawing. She then worked as a fashion illustrator with some of New Zealands top fashion designers, and eventually discovered pastels .She found the special quality of pastels were ideal for life and figure drawing, enabling her to capture the movement of a figure in a quick sketch; the vibrant colours perfect for landscapes and still life drawings. Marie now teaches pastel classes across Auckland, to encourage students to learn the fundementals of the pastel medium, and produce still life, portrait and landscape paintings, while discovering the pleasure of painting with pastel. Marie is also the Auckland Representitive for PANZ.
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Elizabeth Serjeant
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Stacy Shramana
Stacy is an experienced T'ai Chi tutor, sharing his knowledge with many students for over 25 years; helping them learn the moves and improve their overall health. His commitment to T'ai Chi, continuing education and promotion of this highly beneficial martial art, makes him a much sort after tutor.
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Ria Van Rooyen
Ria van Rooyen believes in painting subjects that you love! From the eye to the heart, and from the heart to the hand… You see, you love, you paint!
Ria van Rooyen’s love for art over the last 25 years is seen in the many works displayed on wall of banks, corporate offices, galleries, private collections and calendars around the world. Her enthusiasm is obvious. It shows during demonstrations and workshops, painting holidays and in her studio. In four years on local television Ria hosted 4 popular art series ‘How To’ ‘The Drawing Room’ ‘Fast and Effective and ‘Art and Inspiration’.
For 9 years Ria tought adult further education at two highschools: Hornby High and Cashmere High in Christchurch.
She had numerous solo and combined exhibitions over the last 25 years.
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Sang Vallabh
Sang is a qualified personal trainer who understands the time and busy lifestyle restrictions that affect so many of us today. Keen to promote health and aid people with their fitness goals, she is an excellent addition to the Uxbridge tutoring team. Leading our Zumba classes, Sang creates a fun and friendly, motivating and musically-charged environment that encourages students to 'give it a go' - it's no wonder they keep coming back for more!
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Amanda has a wonderful style of painting, her work is striking and vibrant, it has a character of its own and is very different from traditional watercolour artworks.
Having always drawn and painted, Amanda specialised in traditional watercolour medium 15 years ago. She says that "there are so many effects that you just can't make happen in any other medium, watercolour is complex, it's difficult, full of surprises, it's dynamic and truly beautiful". Amanda is a popular New Zealand artist and has won many exhibition awards, her paintings are held in collections internationally and in New Zealand.
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