a thing with feathers
30 March 2015
It's rare for me to come home from a walk without some little fossicked treasure. I'm a bit of a magpie that way. I collect beach stones, shells, leaves, driftwood and, of course, feathers. Feathers a...
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pattern play
28 March 2015
For the upcoming Wanaka Arts Society Autumn Exhibition, members are can submit up to 8 pieces - 4 pieces need to be framed and/or ready to hang, and 4 pieces can be unframed works on paper. Works on p...
wanaka arts society easter exhibition
21 March 2015
Entries are now in for the upcoming Wanaka Arts Society exhibition that will be running the whole Easter weekend. I will have 4 paintings in the group exhibition. At the moment my studio has turned in...
new art at old cromwell
8 March 2015
I spent a wonderful Sunday painting outside in Old Cromwell with a group of great people and guided by local artist Nigel Wilson (www.nigelwilsonart.com). After a pretty overcast and chilly start, the...
after the rain
4 March 2015
After weeks and weeks we've had some rain. I feel like one of the plants soaking it up, feeling refreshed and clean. I'm a summer girl so I hope this doesn't mean the start of autumn, but I do appreci...
out and about - urban sketching in arrowtown
27 February 2015
Yesterday I spent the day sketching in beautiful Arrowtown. This historical gold mining village is filled with many restored buildings and miner's cottages. With a population around 2000 now, back in ...
summer dreaming
24 February 2015
"Crazy Poppy Heads" and "A New Dawn", paintings I did a few weeks ago, need a companion I think. I've been wanting to paint Foxgloves for quite a while. Around here these grow wild in shady places and...
out and about
24 February 2015
I've been writing quite a bit on this blog about where I live and how it inspires many of my abstract landscape paintings. While I'm not a photographer (perhaps that's why I paint!), I took some photo...
here in the quiet hills
22 February 2015
We're having a drought in Central Otago, New Zealand. It's not official yet, but locals and farmers know that it hasn't been this dry since 1998 or so. The grass on the fields is golden, full of yello...