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Arteries

arteries

Our studio has no walls. It’s wherever we are.

Glenn and Claire, two artists from Aotearoa New Zealand, letting ideas flow wherever they need to go.

our story

Some days we feel like the two souls in Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here: two people out of billions, still working out who we are and where we’re heading. We have a real sense of purpose in our art and creative work, but we’re also ordinary people trying to live life our own way.

Arteries is how we connect the things that matter to us: art, creativity, experiences and purpose. The heart is us and our love of art. Like arteries carrying life out from the heart, everything we make and share flows from there. Travel is one of those arteries too. Exploring new places is how we keep growing, and it feeds everything else.

We work best together because we’re different. We bring complementary skills and distinct perspectives, and we challenge and build on each other’s ideas until we reach something neither of us would have found alone.

Our motto, creative thinking, creative doing, is how we approach almost everything. Think first, then do. It keeps us flexible, and it means we can adapt to whatever a project, a person or the journey asks of us.

what we do

Sometimes we work separately, sometimes together. Either way, ideas turn into something real.

  • Thinking & making. Glenn helps people work out the right problem, then solves it: a brand, a book, a product or a digital tool.
  • Art, illustration & writing. Claire’s painting, illustration and writing, and Glenn’s large-format oils. Original works and prints are available in the shop.
  • Books & products. We design and publish books, calendars, badges and prints, for ourselves and for other artists.
  • Retreats & experiences. Workshops, one-on-one and small-group retreats at The Escape Artist, our beach bach, starting in 2027. Beyond that, wherever the journey takes us.
Claire's Art from the Heart print in a black frame — her anatomical heart artwork surrounded by flowers — with three heart pins beside it

art from the heart

A fundraiser for Rotorua's ICU and CCU nurses

Art from the Heart grew from Claire's heart journey and her gratitude for the care she received from the nurses in Rotorua's intensive and coronary care units.

Claire's heart artwork is now a limited-edition A3 print and a heart pin. 100% of profits support ongoing education for Rotorua ICU and CCU nurses.