The last month or so has not really gone to plan. I had expected to be working constantly on the large Falls Dam painting, however we have had one of the wettest spring/start of summer I can remember here in Nelson. You would probably think this would not affect someone shut away in a cosy studio with a hot coffee, but it does. The dark grey days limit the light coming in the studio. Even with very good lighting and colour correct bulbs I am wary mixing the very delicate colours as I am very fussy when working on subtle tones. The clouds in the painting have a huge range of colour from orange to blue, and each tone has to be mixed exactly, and blended perfectly. So I lately while waiting for the sunshine I have been moving in between working on that painting and this smaller Falls Dam scene (on the rainy dark days) to keep the paint flowing.
A little peek into the studio to see the last few weeks of detail work that has been going into the Lake Alexandrina painting…Progressing steadily, but the water reflection work is going to...
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...