While working with some shadow blues in the background details at the moment I was thinking about the different tones of blues I used in 'Morning Birdsong at Breaker Bay'. The range of blue was huge in this artwork, I think I used every shade of blue that I had and mixed many more. I don't just use blue in the water and sky it's also used to knock back yellows and reds, create distance and shape the cool hollows in landscapes giving the hills more shape. In the details of 'Morning Birdsong at Breaker Bay' you can see the tones of blues layered amongst the greens in the fauna. This vibrant blend of blues and all of the other colours have been reproduced almost exactly in my art print of this painting, also with exquisite detail to complement the colours. Please have a look here to see more: https://www.bellamygallery.co.nz/collections/prints/products/morning-birdsong-at-breaker-bay-150
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...
