Having an excellent time this week working on the three new Blackenbrook wine label paintings. First up is the Pinot Noir with lifted aromas of wild black cherries and spice... The brief: This painting will be for Pinot Noir and should have warm, red tones portraying the rich flavours of this wine. We are working with a beautiful evening scene from Mapua, near the family owned winery by Daniel and Ursula Schwarzenbach. Keep following this story, will post updates as the works process.
As the season cools and the leaves start to tinge to hues of golds and burnt orange I have been working on the Lake Alexandrina painting. This artwork has the same vibrant autumn colours pressing against...
Three sizes available to fit your space perfectly - Summer Afternoon at Cooks Beach, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. Pictured are the black and white 30w x 40d frames with not matt and in the 1000 x 625 size. Cooks Beach (Pukaki) is a sheltered white sandy beach with Pōhutukawa trees and “bunny tail” sand tussocks waving gently in the breeze...
Here is a new painting in progress (early stages) that is inspired by the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary and features the Little Spotted Kiwi/Kiwi pukupuku. I have spent much time in this nearly 700 hectare "ecological island” located just up the road from my studio, even before it became a sanctuary. The Waimārama sanctuary is...