I am very excited to release "Morning Birdsong at Breaker Bay" as a limited edition art print. Rich in full colour and fine detail this art print depicts the Miramar Peninsula coastline on a rare calm day with Barretts Reef, the Pencarrow lighthouses and the Rimutaka Range in the background. As a lot of hard work is being done to make the Peninsula a...
This painting, has been a long journey, but a joy to work on. I have spent many endless days lost in each element of this scene, building layer upon layer of detail with vibrant colour. I was fortunate to be undertaking this commission for a couple who have a creative background, so even with a somewhat subdued mock-up of the painting to be, their imagination and vision aligned with mine...
The chorus of morning birdsong is found along the Eastern Walkway in the suburb of Breaker Bay on the Miramar Peninsula in WellingtonHabour. Within this thin strip of land along the southeast coast of Miramar Peninsula the nativetūīand pīwakawaka sing, with BarrettsReef, the Pencarrow lighthouses and the Rimutaka Range sitting in the background on a unusually calm day...
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...
