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Red Rhythms at the Boulder Bank

July 25, 2022

Red Rhythms at the Boulder Bank, Nelson, New Zealand is available as a limited edition print featuring the north eastern most bach. There are now just 5 baches lined up along the spit, after one was recently destroyed in a fire in 2021. It is a barren place, exposed to the elements...

Afternoon Hush at the Hawkduns

July 15, 2022

Afternoon Hush at the Hawkduns, features one of the little fisherman huts that are part of the old village that resides at Fall’s Dam in Central Otago. This painting was inspired by a poem by Brian Turner called Nor’Wester which describes...

Winter in the Molesworth

June 30, 2022

With a very brief weather window approaching and more snow on the way, the decision was made to get into the Molesworth Station quickly. We drove in pouring rain and out in the falling snow, feeling very fortunate to roam the hills during the two sunny, calm days in between...

Working on the fauna

June 11, 2022

The Kawakawa, mountain flax (wharariki) and cabbage tree (tī kōuka) are progressing steadily. Its been challenging entwining the kawakawa and wharariki together within the shadowing. More detail aspects seem...

New Print - Home Hills Run Homestead

June 03, 2022

Home Hills Run Homestead is now available as a limited edition print of only 150. It is available in three sizes on a range of fine art papers. I visited the sharers quarters and cookhouse after four wheel driving with the kids around the Oteake Conservation Park and...

Sefton Bivvy - Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park

May 19, 2022

I chose this view from above the Sefton Bivouac, as it shows the smallness of the bivvy in a big, expansive and exposed setting. It is amazing it has withstood the elements for so long, although along the way it has been damaged by snow and repaired...

Breaker Bay

May 09, 2022

Still layering this beautiful native fauna in the scene at Breaker Bay in Wellington. It took me quite a while to be satisfied with the balance of the sea tones and fauna. When the final layers of vibrant greens and yellows are added they are going to glow against the blue backdrop...

The Molesworth Station

April 29, 2022

This is the Molesworth Station, located in the top of the South Island. From a distance the Molesworth Station appears to be a rocky barren, un-inviting tussock clad wasteland with a fair amount of cattle and sheep scattered around...

On an Autumn day in the studio...

April 19, 2022

Working on this smaller Fall’s Dam scene while Autumn sets in today. Layering up the long golden grass. To achieve the soft movement of the grass many individual brush strokes are required, with washes of colour in between...

Mt Robert Ridge

April 12, 2022

With balmy weather and no wind, a quick morning trip along the Robert Ridge to Rotomaninitua/Lake Angelus was in order. The sun rose as I came out of the bush-line and I was rewarded with spectacular views all the way along the ridge as the valley cloud burnt off...

Silence at Sundown

April 06, 2022

This painting captures the last touch of Autumn sunlight highlighting the grass with the expansive Hawkdun Range basking in the background. These little buildings are scattered around the edge of Fall's Dam, some still being used as fisherman huts while others fade slowly into the past.