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WINTERGARDEN ORCHIDS II

(oil on canvas, 60cm x 60cm, 2025)

Available at Kumeu Art Awards 2025

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WINTERGARDEN ORCHIDS III

(oil on canvas, 46cm x 61cm, 2025)

Available at the 2nd Art Salon 2025

An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans featuring orchids from the Wintergarden greenhouses in Auckland Domain

WINTERGARDEN ORCHIDS I

(oil on canvas, 60cm x 60cm, 2025)

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An oil painting by contemporary New Zealand artist Karlalise Horstmans known for her floral and figurative works in the style of expressive realism. Features an orchid plant from Auckland Domain's Wintergarden greenhouses.

GAME DAY

(oil on canvas, 60cm x 60cm, 2025)

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An oil painting by NZ based contemporary artist Karlalise Horstmans featuring a team of high school aged boys in a team huddle during a volleball match. Blue and yellow are dominant colors.

BOXING ALLEY

(oil on canvas, 60cm x 60cm, 2025)

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An oil painting by contemporary New Zealand artist Karlalise Horstmans, known for her figurative and floral works in the style of expressive realism. Features two boys walking in an alley with boxing gloves on, beside a puddle reflecting the buildings opposite, and a car, behind which two men chat. A lady stands at the alley end, watching the audience or waiting for someone to exit the alley. The road is viewable behind her. Carks are parked and another alley is viewable, which features buildings and plants.

BEFORE THE HUNT

(oil on canvas, 60cm x 60cm, 2025)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called BEFORE THE HUNT which features a group of young children clutching make shift baskets while they wait for the annual Easter Egg Hunt to begin

CHELTENHAM

(oil on canvas, 102cm x 76cm, 2025)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called CHELTENHAM featuring a colonial villa in historic Devonport, Zealand.

MAUNGAUIKA JUBILEE

(oil on canvas, 102cm x 76cm, 2025)

Available at the 2nd Art Salon 2025

Oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called Maugauika Jubilee which features a white colonial villa with front steps and lawn. To be offered for sale at the Baradene Art Show 2025.

ILLUMINATED

(oil on canvas, 76cm x 76cm, 2025)

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an oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called ILLUMINATE by

SCREEN TIME

(oil on canvas, 76cm x 76cm, 2025)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called SCREEN TIME featuring a young boy watching a screen on the sofa next to an open window, barechested and tanned

THE QUIET ASSAULT

(oil on canvas, 76cm x 76cm, 2025)

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Oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called THE QUIETfeaturing the artist reclining on a sofa in apparent pain with a small dog by her sideASSAULT

IULIA'S VASE

(oil on canvas, 30cm x 40cm, 2025)

Available at Devonport Flowers, Auckland, New Zealand

An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called IULIA's VASE featuring a gardenia bloom inside a small white vase made by Iulia Simtion, resting on a wooden surface with a light blue background

A BREAK IN THE RAIN

(oil on canvas, 92cm x 130cm, 2025)

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An oil painting by New Zealand artist Karlalise Horstmans called A BREAK IN THE RAIN feauring a girl climbing the brutalist stairs outside the Auckland Art Gallery during a break in a passing rain storm. Her hair and skirt swish as she walks.

TAKARUNGA CALLIOPE

(oil on canvas, 130cm x 92cm, 2025)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called TAKARUNGA CALLIOPE featuring a few colonial villas nestled beneath the mountain called Takarunga or Mount Victoria in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand

IULIA

(oil on canvas, 76cm x 92cm, 2025)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called IULIA featuring artist Iulia Simtion seated on a picnic rug, touching her foot, set against a light orange background

THE STOOP

(oil on canvas, 76cm x 92cm, 2025)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called THE STOOP featuring an older man sitting on his front door step shielding s face from the bright sun, dressed in old clothes, with an intense glare and hunched shoulders. An empty pot sits nearby. Organic marks form a parttern in the lower right corner of the work

STANDING GROUND

(oil on canvas, 140cm x 160cm, 2025)

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An oil painting by New Zealand artist Karlalise Horstmans called STANDING GROUND featuring a Tongan / European woman wearing traditional Tongan costume and a black tafetta gown, smiling warmly. The subject is Monique Esplin. Tradtional Tongan symbols form a column behind her in the background.

BURNISHED MONSTERA PARCHMENT

(oil on canvas, 76cm x 76cm, 2025)

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An oil paintingby Karlalise Horstmans called BURNISHED MONSTERA PARCHMENT featuring a dried monstera leaf on a white marble slab on a wooden surface with blue bakcground and white codes or glyphs reminiscent of ancient language

AT THE CRICKET

(oil on canvas, 76cm x 76cm, 2025)

Private Collection

An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called AT THE CRICKET featuring two older people seated in camping chairs on grass beside a fence which has subtle codes or glyphs embedded in it

MONSTERA PARCHMENT

(oil on canvas, 140cm x 90cm, 2024)

Available at the 2nd Art Salon 2025

Limited edition hand signed / 24ct gold leaf hand embellished (unique) fine art prints may be available. Check STORE for details.

An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called MONSTERA PARCHMENT featuring a dried monstera leaf on a white marble slab on a wooden table with an ivory backgrund

BLUE ORCHID

(oil on canvas, 100cm x 50cm, 2025)

Available through Devonport Flowers

An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called BLUE ORCHID featuring white orid blooms set against a blue background

BLOOM STUDY II

(oil on canvas 40cm x 30cm, 2024)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called BLOOM STUDY II featuring a white magnolia bloom with a black background

BLOOM STUDY I

(oil on canvas, 40cm x 30cm, 2024)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called BLOOM STUDY I featuring a white magnolia with a blue background

THE RENTERS

(oil on canvas, 140cm x 90cm, 2024)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called THE RENTERS featuring a white colonial villa with veranda and slate paving stones. A potted tree stands on the veranda and fabric and a hammock hang from the awning.

VILLA WINDOW

(oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, 2024)

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An oil painting by contemporary artist Karlalise Horstmans known for her floral and figurative works. Features a sunlit villa window and interior scene.

NAGMME24P2

(acrylic on canvas, 51cm x 76cm, 2024) 

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called NAGMME24P2 featuring the abstract patters of a native New Zealand moth

NAGMME24P1

(acrylic on canvas, 51cm x 76cm, 2024)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called NAGMME24P1 featuring the abstract patterns of a native New Zealand mot

PINK PRINCESS

(oil on canvas, 140cm x 160cm, 2024) 

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called PINK PRINCESS which features the pink and green leaves of a pink princess philodendron set against the yellow gold background of asemic codes / glyphs / symbols reminiscent of ancien text

SOLAR

(oil on canvas, 150cm x 220cm, 2024)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called SOLAR which features an orchid set against a yellow gold background with asemic code / glyphs / symbols reminiscent  ancient text

CLAIMING GROUND

(oil on canvas, 92cm x 122cm, 2024)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called CLAIMING GROUND featuring a Tonga European woman dressed traditional Tongan costume ana black tafetta gown seated in a corporate foyer staring directly at the viewer. The subject is Monique Esplin

MONARCH

(oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, 2024)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called MONARCH featuring a red hibiscus bloom set against a red background with traces of a monarch butterfly in one corner and a pale grass moth from China the opposite corner. The painting was a response to Jonathan Yeo's Butterfly portrait of King Charles

BORROWED BEAUTY

(acrylic on canvas, 150cm x 140cm, 2024)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called BORROWED BEAUTY featuring two white lilly blooms in a vase on a table in a room with an open door and window. A patterned rug is beside the table.

WOMB OF THE BLOOM

(oil on canvas, 60cm x 60cm, 2024) 

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called Womb of the Bloom. Features a magnlia

BY THE POOL

(oil on canvas, 51cm x 76cm, 2024)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called BY THE POOL which features a magnolia shrub with bloom and an apricot salmon pink background

ABOVE THE DRIVE

(oil on canvas, 60cm x 60cm, 2024)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called ABOVE THE DRIVE featuring a magnolia tree with bloom and a blue background

GUARDIAN

(oil on canvas, 76cm x 76cm, 2024)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called GUARDIAN featuring the artist with a black cockatoo on her sholderand a cascade of codes in the blue background

RANGI HEKE MAI (Future Skies)

(acrylic, mother of pearl, 24ct gold leaf on canvas, 2024)

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An abstract acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called RANGI HEKE MAI which has mother of pearl and 24ct gold leaf. Codes and fields of light feature with towers or pearl and textural orbs

IN BETWEEN JOBS

(oil on canvas, 76cm x 76cm, 2024)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called IN BETWEEN JOBS featuring a man seaed at a dining table with a mix of drinks and an idyllic scene beyond the windows. His head rests in his hand, and he appears weary

CONTEMPLATION

(oil on canvas, 76cm x 76cm, 2024)(

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called CONTEMPLATION featuring a man siting in a white sofa, his legs extended onto a rug, his arms spread, staring into the near distance, deep in thought.

AFTER THE FELL (Chris & Pete)

(oil on canvas, 76cm x 76cm, 2024)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called AFTER THE FELL (Chris and Pete) featuring two men standing outdoors with farm fencing and trees behind them

SUNFLOWER

(oil on canvas, 91cm x 122cm, 2024) 

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called SUNFLOWER featuring  sunflower bloom with a blue background

GIBBS GRANDIFLORA

(oil on canvas, 56cm x 71cm, 2024)

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an oil painting by New Zealand artist Karlalise Hostmans called GIBBS GRANDIFLORA featuring a magnolia tree with blooms and an apricot pink background

GARDENIA IN URN

(oil on canvas, 30cm x 40)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans called GARDENIA IN URN featuring a white gardenia bloom in a pottery urn on a wooden surface with a blue grey background

ALL MY SECRETS BURIED HERE

(acrylic on canvas, 300cm x 160cm, 2023) 

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An oversized acrylic painting by New Zealand artist Karlalise Horstmans called ALL MY SECRETS BURIED HERE featuring a woman levitating above a body of water with islands and headlands beneat her, and a golden thread running through her hands with a tail feather from the black cockatoo on each end, and daisies, and cherries

OCHRE BLOOM

(oil on canvas, 60cm x 60cm, 2023)

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An oil painting by Karlalise Horstmans, a contemporary NZ artist known for her figurative and floral works in the style of expressive realism. Features a magnolia bloom on a windswept tree.

NESTLED

(acrylic on canvas, 51cm x 43cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called NESTLED featuring a magnolia bloom

WE SPEAK IN TONGUES

(acrylic on canvas, 54cm x 64cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called WE SPEAK IN TONGUES featuring a portrait of the artist wearing a dusty pink brown dress and crystal necklace, holding her hands in the pose of a mantra, with a black background

WE THREE ARE ONE

(acrylic on canvas, 120cm x 80cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by artist Karlalise Horstmans called WE THREE ARE ONE featuring orchid blooms set againt a black background with gold copper asemic codes / glyphs reminiscent of ancient text

EMERGENCE

(acrylic on canvas, 380cm v 160cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called EMERGENCE featuring a 24ct gld leaf symbol agains a blue backround with subtle details

REPOSE

(acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, 2023)

Available through DEVONPORT FLOWERS

An acrylic painting by artist Karlalise Horstmans called REPOSE featuring a dusty pink magnolia bloom set against a blue background

COMPANIONS

(acrylic on canvas, 76cm x 76cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by artist Karlalise Horstmans called COMPANION featuring white magnolia blooms and a black background

INTERIOR WITH MAGNOLIA

(acrylic on canvas, 56cm x 72cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by artist Karlalise Horstmans called INTERIOR WITH MAGNOLIA featuring a large magnolia branch with blooms sitting in a vase on a coffee table in front of armchairs in a stylish apartment

GESTURE OF THANKS

(acrylic on board, 50cm x 50cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by artist Karlalise Horstmans called GESTURE OF THANKS featuring a magnolia bloom with a black background containing asemic codes / glyphs reminiscent of ancient text

INTO THE HEART OF MATTERS

(acrylic on canvas, 155cm x 165cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called INTO THE HEART OF MATTERS which featurse an oversized orchid set against a golden field of unique codes or symbols or glyphs reminiscent of ancien text

BEFORE

(acrylic on canvas, 390cm x 140cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by arlalise Horstmans of Dion Horstmans called BEFORE which feature the subject set amongst a field of black codes andshapes reminiscent of his artwork

THE ESCAPE

(acrylic on canvas, 150cm x 260cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by artist Karlalise Horstmans called THE ESCAPIST featuring an orchid on a table beside burning incense with a buddha meditating and a plant climbing the wall beside an open window. There is a footprint on the table, suggesting an unusual activity and recent absence. The work relates to suicide in the artist's family.

INTO THE FOLDS

(acrylic on canvas, 76cm x 52cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called INTO THE FOLDS which features a magnolia bloom set against a blackground

MAGNOLIA IN JADE

(acrylic on canvas, 52cm x 76cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called Magnolia in Jade featuring a magnolia bloom in a jade glass set against a black background

CASCADE

(acrylic on canvas, 130cm x 90cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called CASCADE featuring a magnolia bloom set against a black background

DUALITY

(acrylic on canvas, 102cm x 76cm, 202

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An acrylic paintig by Karlalise Horstmans called DUALITY featuring a magnolia bloom set against a black background with asemic codes or glyphs or symbols reminscent of ancient text

SCARLET DARLING: WHAT ABOUT RED?

(acrylic on canvas, 50cm x 50cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by artist Karlalise Horstmans featuring a scarlet hibiscus flower set against a black background

MAJESTY

(acrylic on board, 70cm x 70cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horsmans called MAJESTY featuring a magnolia bloom set against a black background

SUBMERGED

(acrylic on canvas, 50cm x 45cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called SUBMERGED which features a magnolia flower set against a black background

MAGNOLIA BASKING

(acrylic on canvas, 40cm x 30cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans called MAGNOLIA BASKING featuring a magnolia bloom set against a white backkground with asemic text-like marks reminiscent of ancient codes

MAGNOLIA

(acrylic on canvas, 30cm x 30cm, 2023)

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An acrylic painting called MAJESTY by Karlalise Horstmans featuring a magnolia bloom set against a black background

ARCTURUS GATEWAY - GOLDEN LIGHT CODES

(acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 76cm, 2022)

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An acrylic abstract painting by Karlalise Horstmans called Arcturus Gateway - Golden Light Codes featuring asemic glyphs

HARMONY & BALANCE

(acrylic on canvas, 90cm x 45cm, 2022)

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Harmony & Balance, an acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans

ARCHITECTURE OF LIGHT

(acrylic on canvas, 30cm x 60cm, 2022)

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An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstans called ARCHITECTURE OF LIGHT featuring asemic marks set against a luminous white background

AKASHIC CODES III

(acrylic on canvas, 25cm x 50cm, 2022)

Private Collection

An acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans featuring asemic codes against a white background

ELOHEIM

(acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, 2022)

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An abstract acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans

WHITE LIGHT

(acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, 2022)

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An abstract painting by Karlalise Horstmans called WHITE LIGHT

QUANTUM VOID

(acrylic on canvas, 50cm x 50cm, 2022)

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An abstract painting by Karlalise Horstmans

BLUSH

(acrylic on canvas, 50cm x 50cm, 2022)

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Blush (I), an acrylic painting by Karlalise Horstmans

Works before 2022

Karlalise has been a lifelong creative. She has painted consistently since middle/intermediate school, and has exhibited in New Zealand since 2017 (for instance, in member exhibitions at the Kumeu Arts Centre and Depot Artspace). However, she began exhibiting her paintings professionally (full time) in 2022. There are limited records of her work prior to that time.

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