Our Story
Two artists. One name. A lineage of making.
The Story
My Oma arrived from the Netherlands with colour in her hands and roots ready to plant. She built a life in Tauranga — a studio on her land, a garden full of calla lilies, and a quiet dedication to making beautiful things. Artist. Florist. The same instinct, two expressions.
I grew up watching those hands — arranging flowers, mixing paint, finding beauty in the ordinary. That same creative bone runs through me. It always has.
Calla is our attempt to bring her artwork — and mine — to more people. Not locked away in a studio. Not reserved for the few who walk through the right door. Printed, shared, and living in homes that feel something when they look at the walls.
Grown, not made. Just like she taught me.
The Artists
Oma
Born in the Netherlands, my Oma arrived in Aotearoa with a lifelong dedication to growing colour. From her studio in Tauranga — surrounded by the calla lilies she tends and arranges as a florist — she has painted and created for decades. Her work is expressive, textured, and deeply rooted in the land around her.
Dylan
Growing up watching my Oma create, I inherited the same instinct. Nothing was ever off limits at her house — and that freedom has been the foundation of everything I make. Calla is my way of bringing both of our worlds together, and sharing them with yours.
The Name
Calla lilies have grown in Oma's Tauranga garden since she arrived. She tends them. She arranges them. They appear in her paintings. They are, in many ways, a mark of where she planted herself.
The name is a quiet tribute — to her, to the land she chose, and to the thread of making that connects us both.
Two artists. One name.
My Oma has spent her life making beautiful things in her studio in Tauranga — painting, growing flowers, seeing the world in colour. She came from the Netherlands with that in her hands and never stopped.
I want more people to live with what she's made. And what I'm making too. Calla is the bridge — from her studio walls to yours.
Netherlands Where Oma began
Tauranga Where Calla grows