Katrina McGettigan featuring at the Methven Heritage Centre

Katrina McGettigan's exhbition,‘Ngā Tae Tokerau’ will feature a striking series of Mid Canterbury mountain landscapes, native NZ birds, and autumn scenes.

Katrina McGettigan is originally from Methven but now lives in Christchurch. Katrina began painting at a very young age and has been producing outstanding acrylic works professionally for more than five years.

Her work has previously been exhibited at the Methven Heritage ‘cash and carry’ exhibition, Wai Restaurant in Queenstown, Pop-up Gallery in Sumner, the Ashburton Annual Art Exhibition, and the Ice House Gallery in Methven. Her paintings are becoming more and more sought-after and she regularly receives commissions from art buyers who love her work. The scores of paintings she has sold are now hanging in homes around New Zealand, Austrailia, and Europe.

The opening night will also feature Katrina’s sister Alana who has produced a special edition wine label and Josh who will play some of his music.

Alana McGettigan is a winemaker for Kiwi-Oeno wines in Marlborough. She has worked in the wine industry since 2002 with winemaking experience in Australia, New Zealand and Italy. Alana graduated from Otago University with a BSc in biochemistry and genetics in 2000 and went on to complete a Graduate Diploma in Viticulture and Oenology from Lincoln University in 2001.

Joshua McGettigan is a part-time musician, full time environmental lawyer, currently based in Wellington. He has played in various original and cover bands of a range of sizes, such as the Christchurch School of Music Stage Jazz Band, The Lazy Greyhounds, and the Harrison Stage Band. He also organised and performed in the variety night of formerly Dunedin-based singer-songwriters, "Love, Dunedin", and most recently composed the theme song for a 48 hour film festival film.

The exhibition is showing daily from Friday 8 June to 27 June.