Hokianga | Painting | by Sean Beldon

Hokianga is an original work by New Zealand artist Sean Beldon, created as part of his 2026 solo exhibition Loveletters from Nowhere. Part Two: The Quiet.

Location: Ōmāpere (2023)

In December 2024, my friend Shaun and me travelled up to the Far North. We stayed in Ōmāpere, overlooking the Hokianga harbour and its golden dunes. Around sunset, a parade of clouds came by and as the light faded to a glow, we watched the tide come in from our high verandah in a house that felt a little haunted.

This work occupies the emotional territory Sean is known for, quiet tension, layered meaning and an image language that rewards sustained looking. Working in oil, Sean builds surfaces that feel simultaneously intimate and expansive, personal and universal. The Quiet as a body of work explores themes of absence, memory, longing and stillness through a visual vocabulary that is precise, restrained, and deeply felt.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 1800mm x 1300mm 

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