Gone Potty owner Bridget Paape has moved from her well-known spot in Moray Place, Dunedin, to Dunstan Rd, near Clyde.
Family had drawn her to Central Otago, Ms Paape said.
"My family is all in Arrowtown and [my partner’s] family ... all live around Clyde. Plus my heart has always been in Central Otago. I love this area."
Rail trail images were some of her most popular, and highly recognised, work.
Iconic scenes of cycling figures fly out the door on coasters and teatowels as well as paintings.
"In 2000 when that rail trail started up, and I had a shop in Arrowtown, people used to come all the time looking for gifts. [There were] no rail trail gifts so that’s when I started designing all the rail trail stuff and that’s been a real success.
"People like a memory, to take something home with them."
The new gallery had been open just four months and there had been a big push to get it done in time for the Alexandra Blossom Festival.
As well as her own paintings and painted ceramics the gallery has cards, jewellery and other art for sale.
Colour is her trademark.
"I’m just a colourful character. I love colour, it just makes you feel better. Some people are so afraid of it, it’s such a shame."
Art was not always her business. In Gore she had a cafe called Bridget’s and began hanging her paintings there.
Moves to Arrowtown and Dunedin followed, with nine years in her last shop in Moray Place.
