Gregory O’Brien & John Pule

Gregory O'Brien, Kua make au ke Lele ('I am above to fly') 2025, etching with aquatint, 205 x 260 mm sheet, $650 / $850 framed

Gregory O'Brien, The wreck of the Manawanui 2024, etching with aquatint, 250 x 200 mm sheet, $650 / $850 framed

Gregory O'Brien, The last voyage of the Manawanui 2024, etching with aquatint, 234 x 312 mm sheet, $700 / $900 framed

Gregory O'Brien, Vakatoga Misi (Ship of Dreams) 2024, etching with aquatint, 400 x 300 mm sheet, $800 / $1050 framed

Greg O'Brien & John Pule, Kautahi Maukoloa - Coastal Trader, 2023, intaligo etching, ed of 24, 610 x 700 mm $3680 (framed)

Gregory O'Brien & John Pule, Travel by night - Niue Island ring-road, intaglio etching, edition of 24, 500 x 380 mm $950 (unframed)

Gregory O'Brien & John Pule, A ring-road and a garland for the Island Nation, intaglio etching, edition of 24, 510 x 400 mm $950 (unframed)

Gregory O'Brien & John Pule, Time and Tide Table - 'Days of sail and barkcloth whale song and footfall on remote islands...', intaglio etching, edition of 24, 400 x 305 mm $750 (unframed)

Gregory O'Brien & John Days of Sail - 19°03'10"S/169°55'15"W, intaglio etching, edition of 24, 400 x 319 mm $750 (unframed)

Gregory O'Brien & John Pule, Lologo Magavai, intaglio etching, edition of 24, 250 x 205 mm $550 (unframed)

Gregory O'Brien & John Pule, Puhake Ki Te Rangi, intaglio etching, edition of 24, 300 x 215 mm $550 (unframed)

Gregory O'Brien & John Pule, Lologopepa (Songbook), intaglio etching, edition of 24, 300 x 240 mm $550 (unframed)

Gregory O'Brien & John Pule, Tumau Lologo Iloto He Magavai, intaglio etching, edition of 24, 300 x 215 mm $400 (unframed)

Gregory O'Brien & John Pule, The Common Thread, intaglio etching, edition of 24, 300 x 205 mm $400 (unframed)

Gregory O'Brien & John Pule, Boat Day, Alofi, intaglio etching, edition of 24, 260 x 210 mm $550 (unframed)

Gregory O'Brien & John Pule, Tagata Lologo E, intaglio etching, edition of 24, 255 x 170 mm $400 (unframed)

Gregory O'Brien with John Pule, Tūleva, 2020, etching, 70 x 95 mm and 250 x 240 mm $550

Gregory O'Brien with John Pule, Roadsigns for a Highway Without End, 2020, etching, 245 x 325 mm $900

Gregory O'Brien with John Pule, Paiali, 2020, etching, 215 x 65 mm $800

Gregory O'Brien with John Pule, Mafola, 2015, etching, 140 x 102 mm $600

Gregory O'Brien with John Pule, Genealogy of the Luminous Dusk, 2018, etching, 200 x 250 and 300 x 405 mm $800

Gregory O'Brien with John Pule, I am a dream blazing like a star (pink), 2020, etching, 250 x 195 mm $900

Gregory O'Brien with John Pule, The Night Fishing, Avatele, 2015, etching, 307 x 234 mm $600

Gregory O'Brien with John Pule, Firmament, 2020, etching, 85 x 80 mm 260 x 250 mm $550

Gregory O'Brien with John Pule, Malu, 2020, etching, 255 x 250 mm $820 (framed) / $550 (unframed)

Gregory O'Brien with John Pule, Tāmataaga, 2020, etching, 250 x 240 mm $550 (unframed)

Artist biography

Gregory O’Brien and John Pule have worked collaboratively over many years, especially to do with journeys from New Zealand to the Pacific Islands, following whale routes, and towards Pule’s ancestral home of Niue.

Their collaborative etchings and aquatints seamlessly merge two very different artistic styles in stories of the Pacific and connection to place.

‘Collaboration is at the core of O’Brien’s approach. He ‘sees art as a conversation that allows human experience and intelligence to be brought together,’ be it through curating, writing, creating or being a visiting resident in a communal print workshop. The collaborative process is one that allows for inspiring experiences to be shared by like minds’ – Rebecca O’Shea, 2014

Group Exhibitions

  • Running sea and walking track, etchings from Niue 2022 – 23, 2023