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With warm tones of late autumn this scene depicts a derelict farmhouse that was full of history. The farmhouse, which stood in the shade of four walnut trees, had sat on the site for over a century was part of the Chesterhope Station. It was later home to the Hori family, which started as a lonely existence, but grew to be a place of many beautiful memories.
Unfortunately the sheep that grazed around the farmhouse had also gotten inside and made a mess of things and it became a shambles, with the decision being made to destroy it after it was totally ruined by flooding in Cyclone Gabrielle.This farmhouse captured my attention many years ago when I was visiting Hawkes Bay and considering moving there. It sat beside the Hawke’s Bay expressway for many decades accompanied by the grazing sheep, it is sad that it’s now gone taking many memories with it.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350162360/end-era-hawkes-bay-landmark-demolished
Available as a limited edition print:
https://www.bellamygallery.co.nz/collections/prints/products/farmhouse-napier-hastings-highway-150
Despite having walked, biked, driven past & slept in the back of a yellow hilux when I was little, and many times camping since at Lake Tennyson over the years, I'd never gone for a stroll around the Lake. We'd planned to visit the area in a fine weather window that looked perfect to re-study the Princess Stream Tarns also in the area. Unfortunately the morning we were to leave, the local St James very helpful weatherman Mark Inglis (I do follow his posts very closely to keep an eye on conditions in the area) put some photos up showing quite a lot of snow coverage. I'd be hoping it would just rain...it did not, his wife Anne then sent photos of more extensive snow coverage from her heli drop...
This painting of Mt Owen has taken a bit of figuring out. It wasn't feeling quite right, and after much deliberation I decided that "glow" wasn't how I wanted it. That particular night so golden and warm, I think we even had an Aurora later on. So I ended up re-doing the sky and tarn, adding in more soft warm tones and now I'm layering up the warm sun highlights on the tussocks. It's now starting to glow.The inspiration for this painting came from a overnight trip to the summit after a run of beautiful, still bluebird days. Starting from Courthouse Flat...
This particular fisherman's hut immediately caught my eye, tucked remarkably close to a large schist rock, its tiny proportions and wonderfully simple construction make it an intriguing feature within the vast landscape on this sunbathed morning. There is something particularly appealing about the contrast between the small...
