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The chorus of morning birdsong is found along the Eastern Walkway in the suburb of Breaker Bay on the Miramar Peninsula in Wellington Habour. Within this thin strip of land along the southeast coast of Miramar Peninsula the native tūī and pīwakawaka sing, with Barretts Reef, the Pencarrow lighthouses and the Rimutaka Range sitting in the background on a unusually calm day.
The Peninsula is underway with becoming a 'Predator Free Zone' and is progressing well with the increase in birdlife very noticeable. The area is also abundant in wharariki (mountain flax), tī kōuka (cabbage tree), kawakawa, pōhutukawa and a mix of other NZ native trees and plants which provide a rich habitat for the local birdlife.
Morning Birdsong at Breaker Bay, Miramar Peninsula, Wellington, New Zealand
Original acrylic painting on cedar framed board
2060 x 900mm
Completed 2023
Please view the painting here.
I’ve been keeping busy in the studio over the past few weeks, adding fine detail to current works and beginning to map out new scenes. Pictured here is one of the paintings I’m currently working on - a depiction of one of the tarns catching the morning light on the St Arnaud Range above
A small weather window was approaching which fitted a small local adventure that we'd had on the list for many years but never got around to despite it being so close. I'd only ever been up to 900m on hunting trips in the past but...
