b"beginner's guide to . Anna focuses on emerging and mid-career New Zealand painters, such asGavin Hurley,Emily Wolfe,PeterRobinson,and younger artists,suchasSamantha Mitchelland TimThatcher.Alot of dealergallerieshavereadingcopiesof catalogues on their artists' work. Anna has assembled a folder of information on each of her artists, which is available to anyone visiting her gallery. New ZealandNews, Reputable art magazines such as Artand Artboth quarterly publications,arewell worthreadingregularly.Therearealsoseveralgreat recentlypublishedbooksaboutcontemporaryNew Zealandart,including Contemporary Painting in New Zealand by Michael Dunn; Mataora: the living face:contemporary Maori Art,editedby SandyAdsett,Cliff Whitingand Witi lhimaera;andForty Modern New Zealand paintings byFrancisPound. Continuing Education classes run by the universities also provide excellent art lectures from experts such asHelen Hagen and Sue Gardiner, as well as from regular contributing artists. If you're buying a painting or a print, good framing is essential to protect the painting. Paintings on canvas may not require framing attake advice from all -a reputable framing service. Forthosewhodon't havethebudgettobuyanoriginalpaintingbyan established orevenan emerging artist, take heart. There is a strong market for lithographs and screenprints. You can easily pick up limited edition original prints by established artists such as Stanley Palmer, Dick Frizzell and Ralph Hotere. Christchurch's PaperGraphica is a gallery that specialises in prints and is attached produces limited editions. Its printmakerswith to a print workshop where itwork leading artists from alloverthe country, including JohnPule, KathrynMadill, Philippa Blair, Barry Cleavin and Fatu Feu'u, producing lithographs, etchings and Top:Propeller by Chiara Corbelletto, Bath Street Gallery. Above:Michael Parakowhai from the series 'The Bosom of Abraham'. Image courtesy ofGallery. the Artist and Michael Lett You can browse more modern art from these galleries at www.michaellett.co.nz orwww.bathstreetgallery.co.nz. 58habitat"