That flash of electric blue lifting off an old wooden post is always inspiring down on the South Brighton estuary walk. I love how the digital watercolour painting wraps around the side so half of the post continues onto the back.
Kingfisher fans, by popular demand—this one’s for you! That heart-stopping moment when they explode into the air… now wearable.
Available now on pure cotton tees in four coastal colours tuned to show off the kingfisher’s plumage! https://magentadotbrands.com/shop/
Kingfisher Rising on a rust colour t-shirt.Kingfisher Rising on a tan colour t-shirt.Kingfisher Rising on an aqua colour t-shirt.Kingfisher Rising on an aqua colour t-shirt.Kingfisher Rising on a black t-shirt.
This is the first retrospective dedicated to the works of the design pARTners behind Surface Active—The New Zealand Nature T-shirt Company—who mined their love of nature and of home, wonderful beautiful New Zealand. Now, post 2020 lockdown, you can shop our range wildlife art t-shirts and wall art at;
• view the range at our New Brighton Store, where I do the printing of the shirts myself (the online store is under construction, please email enquiries to hello@surfaceactive.nz).
Over the summer months you can shop at our New Brighton Seaside Market stall every Saturday in New Brighton mall; 10 am–2 pm, or check out our exhibition of shirts and wall art at Brighton Gallery on the corner of Carnaby Lane, New Brighton Mall (next door to PaperPlus) open 7 days; 10 am–4 pm.
You can also view our original native animal wall art and clothing at our exhibition at The Creatives Edit—The New Brighton Art and Craft Collective, 105 New Brighton Mall (Monday–Saturday). Browse here to view our range of large and small format, signed, original prints.
RETROSPECTIVE: A Retrospective Exhibition of Surface Active—The New Zealand Nature T-shirt Company T-shirts 1986–2021 by design pARTners Chrissie Terpstra and Shaun Waugh.