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THERE’S “NO WAY” AYESHA GREEN COULD PAINT A REALISTIC PORTRAIT — AND WE’RE ALL THE BETTER FOR IT.

At the top of a winding staircase above a dairy on Auckland’s Karangahape Road sit a couple of unassuming rooms. Once an apartment, they’ve been used as artists’ studios since the ’90s, and award-winning painter Ayesha Green is the latest to create within their walls.

“The first artist to occupy this space was actually [renowned photographer] Ann Shelton and her girlfriend at the time,” says Ayesha. “They slept in one of the two rooms and worked

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