Allan has lived and worked all his life on the West Coast of the South Island. Not always an artist, over the years he has worked for the New Zealand Railways and latterly retrained as an Accountant, mixing this occupation with his art work. After a break of ten years to concentrate on raising a family, one day in 2004 he decided to step back into the art world, try a new direction, so embarked on painting.

He is an entirely self-taught artist painting on canvas using oil paints, applied in a meticulous fashion, layering thin glazes of colour to achieve a photo realistic effect. The beauty of the West Coast in its many forms has inspired Allan’s work from architectural flora in all its diversity and colour to close up detail of rugged coastlines. He tries to capture a sense of tranquility and beauty in many of his paintings. In essence, natural unspoiled New Zealand.

 

Works in Gallery

Allan Batt
‘Harakeke Home’
Oil on Canvas (framed)
1540 x 1540 mm
$16,000 SOLD

Allan Batt
‘Harakeke Deep’
Oil on Canvas (framed)
1050 x 1050 mm
$7,500 SOLD

Allan Batt
‘Harakeke Beauty’
Oil on Canvas (framed)
790 x 790 mm
$4,900

Allan Batt
‘Harakeke Abundance’
Oil on Canvas (framed)
2040 x 1040 mm
$15,000

‘Coastal Flora’
Oil on Aluminium
900 x 800 mm
$2,800 SOLD

‘Kowhai’
Oil on canvas
1500 x 1200 mm
$9,750 SOLD

‘Polenator of Harakeke’
Oil on canvas
1600 x 1200 mm
$9,750 SOLD

‘West Coast Harakeke’
Oil on Canvas
1800 x 900 mm
$7,500 SOLD

‘Coastal Flora’
Oil on canvas
500 x 500mm
$2,200 SOLD

‘Manuka Morning Light’
Oil on canvas
1500 x 1500 mm
$9,900 SOLD

‘Koru’
Oil on resin
900 x 900 mm (framed)
$4,100 SOLD

‘Pohutukawa Gold’
Oil on canvas
900 x 900 mm
$4,100 SOLD

‘Pohutukawa Daylight’
Oil on canvas
1600 x 1400 mm
$9,900 SOLD

‘First Light Harakeke III’
Oil on canvas
1500 x 1500 mm
$9,900 SOLD

‘Harakeke Love’
Oil on canvas
670 x 1830 mm
$6,500 SOLD

‘First Light Harakeke II’
Oil on canvas
1100 x 1100 mm
$6,500 SOLD

‘First Light Harakeke’
Oil on Canvas
1100 x 1100 mm
$6,500 SOLD

‘Harakeke Daylight’
Oil on Canvas
900 x 1100 mm
$6,500 SOLD