We had a bit of sun last week and this week, so the light in the studio was really good, essential when working on delicate colour combinations. Although the lighting in the studio is really good, I always do the final colour rendering under natural light. I've had a go at the sky, a real challenge with the evening light and subtle colour transitions. I ended up having to do it twice, as the first time it fully dried it looked a bit ‘flat’. I wanted it to be really soft, and had spent many evenings observing the colour in the evening sky, I am happy with it now. This one has now been put aside while I move back to Falls Dam.
Camp Stream Hut, a historic musterers hut on the Te Araroa trail near Tekapo with Roundhill in the background. A magical place to visit, especially in the late afternoon although once the sun falls it becomes bitterly cold. On this particular trip the walk out was sodden with snow melt and my feet lost feeling in the last main river. Brr…
Inspired by an almost dreamlike trip along ridge lines, past Lake Morgan and to the top of Mt O’Shanessy the painting is slowly taking shape. I really wanted to capture those warm, golden, summer West Coast rays that you...
While the mountains are freezing and the nights are long it's one of the best times of the year to settle in and put some quality time into painting… I have been making excellent progress on the artworks behind me in the above photo, already adding in lots of detail layers and rich washes of colour. Yet there's...
