Over the summer my husband was driving down the Maitai Valley road in search of a new swimming hole as a fierce and ferocious eel had been biting kids at our local swimming hole. Winding along the dry and dusty gravel road he came across a bush beaten, old man holding out his thumb for a ride. The man was from...
The Breaker Bay painting has evolved into a passion project, which unfortunately is not ideal when making a living as an artist. I have been lost in endless hours of weaving together the layers of fauna, harmonising the colours and am now moving...
I am super excited to add this new limited edition print the my backcountry collection - Two Tarns near Lake Sylvester, Kahurangi National Park. I’m sure that a lot of you who venture out into the wilderness have explored this unique plateau above...
Here is my new painting of two tarns near Lake Sylvester in the Kahurangi National Park which is the second largest national park in New Zealand and holds some of the most diverse and spectacular scenery. From remote beaches that appear topical, to wild rivers, caves, stunning mountain rock formations and beautiful tarns within the high basins. The area is also home to wide range of wildlife...
Over Christmas and New Years we were blessed with stunning weather in the Nelson region, so multiple trips to the Nelson Lakes National Park were in order.
Here are some photos from one of the trips to the southern end...
Arriving late in the afternoon, after many endless km's of meandering gravel road and being stuck behind a large flock of sheep, I was greeted by Lake Onslow a man-made lake 700m above sea level near Roxburgh, Central Otago. To my dismay the village of fisherman huts were...
With Christmas fast approaching we thought we’d add a little excitement into your lives so you can feel like little kids again! We are gifting three limited edition prints to three lucky people this Christmas. So if you’ve had your eye on one of these prints this is you chance. Or if you have any friends that would like one, please let them know...
For those of you that have asked - I am not doing a 2023 calendar. However Potton & Burton have published a wonderful art calendar for 2023, “The Landscape in Contemporary New Zealand Art”. This calendar features three of my artworks alongside a fantastic collection of beautiful New Zealand art...
With tūī and a greedy korimako feeding on the flowering flax outside my kitchen window over the last few weeks I have had excellent reference material for the Breaker Bay painting. I did think of including korimako in the painting but have noticed...
I’ve been keen to explore further south along the St Arnaud Range and St Ronans Steam looked like a nice access point for this weekend. The trip was not forecast to be a fast one as Hazel 5 and Rosa 7 were keen to come along, so with blue...
I am very fortunate to have Tūī feeding on a miniature version of the wharariki (mountain flax) that has just started to flower outside my kitchen window today. So now seems like a good time to introduce a couple of these boisterous native...
