Autumn is upon us, Ive been busy painting some Autumn scenes. All the colours inspire me with the different shades of oranges, yellows, ochres , and theres the cooler tones, turquoise and purples to name a few. I find that as each season comes I tend to feel like painting it. But sometimes when I […]
Seen as I love mountains and trecking so much I decided to go on another one recently right after my trip from Europe. I was still recovering jet lag and a flue but I really need to get out into the wilderness again. My husband chose the walk, our two boys age 15 and 12 […]
How to Develop a Personal Painting Style Part of being an artist is having an identifiable style, that special something that enables someone to look at a painting and know that it by you, regardless of what the subject of the painting is. A particular painting style is something a gallery will want to see […]
Im really enjoying painting out side on location, pleinair, while painting at Omana beach I could see so many paintings in front of me, choosing just one is hard, but I can take more canvas for more later. The sound of the waves crashing beside me have a relaxing effect, and theres a soft breeze […]
Well, almost through Winter, we have had a lot of rain, but thankfully the daffodils are coming out and soon the Tulips will be too. My most recent painting is of Tulips , I love to paint something bright when we have had so many dull wet days. This month I heading to wellington for […]
It sure has been a wet month but I have been busy working towards an exhibition for the spring. Ive also got 4 of my paintings sent off to Wellington for the NZ Artshow. The picture is of Mitre Peak and is one of the entries. July Im going to be working on some […]
I haven’t been on any recent trips to the mountains but I have been busy painting for a few different exhibitions. My work has also recently been selected for a New Zealand Art show in Wellington, the biggest show to be held in NZ!. I do have plans to travel with my paint box to […]
Well just realised I havent posted anything for a while, since last October. The start of the year has just flown by, life keeps getting busier I think. The last 3 months I have painted some works for an up and coming artshow, and have been selling lots too. I have been working on getting […]
My family and I had another tramp up to the Waihohonu Hut off Dessert Road into the Tongariro National Park. We had our packs on and enough food to stay a couple of nights. The weather was nice and sunny and it only took us one and a half hours to get there. The hut […]
Ive been busy painting for exhibitions coming up, our local Zen Garden, Strathalon Art Festival at Karaka, and another one at the Beachlands Log Cabin!. I managed to get out a couple of times for some Plein Air painting, we had a couple of nice days, so was able to go for a bit of […]
