Eion Stevens: Open Door

For many collectors, Eion Stevens remains one of New Zealand's most distinctive and instantly recognisable painters. Combining bold colour, simplified forms and a uniquely playful visual language, Stevens created works that are at once accessible, intelligent and endlessly open to interpretation. His paintings invite viewers into a conversation, offering clues and narratives without ever fully revealing their meaning.

Jonathan Grant Gallery is pleased to present Open Door, a special exhibition drawn from the artist's estate. The exhibition brings together a carefully selected group of paintings that showcase Stevens' wit, imagination and remarkable ability to transform ordinary objects and symbols into visual poetry. Whether depicting boats, ladders, figures or fragments of landscape, each work possesses a sense of mystery, humour and storytelling that is unmistakably his own.

In accordance with the wishes of the artist's estate, the net proceeds from this exhibition will benefit Auckland City Mission.