With tūī and a greedy korimako feeding on the flowering flax outside my kitchen window over the last few weeks I have had excellent reference material for the Breaker Bay painting. I did think of including korimako in the painting but have noticed that they never feed at the same time as the tūī, so I’m guessing they do not get along. It also has been interesting watching the mountain flax/wharariki flower, and observing the colours in each flower, the detail and the purplish hue of the stems.
Again the team at Potton & Burton have put together a unique selection of NZ art for the 2025 Landscape in Contemporary New Zealand Art Calendar. The calendar features 12 vibrant contemporary images of the New Zealand landscape by artists Diana Adams, Hamish Allan, Caroline Bellamy, Michelle Bellamy. I have three artworks featured in...
I have been hibernating in the studio and putting many hours into the Lake Alexandrina painting. As it is a fairly large scale painting this has meant there is room for lots and lots of detail, more so than I imagined. This painting has had some fun aspects, and the contrast of subject matter has kept it interesting. From the smooth water, with the transparency...
I’m excited to let you all know that you have a chance to get your hands on one my back country art prints while subscribing to one of the most informative and interesting outdoor magazines in New Zealand. For the month of July if you join Wilderness magazine you’ll be in the draw to win one of four backcountry art prints...