A Mountain Treck

Fog Mist in the trees

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 […]

Pohutukawa -Omana Beach

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 […]

Lots to do news

Mountain Lupins, helenblairsart

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 […]

Waihohonu Hut

Waihohonu Hut walk, helenblairsart

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 […]

September News

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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 […]

Poppies in Tuscany series

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This month Ive started on a Tuscany Poppy series, would love to go there but painting it is great too. Beginning of August Im going to have a lot more time to paint as my youngest son is off to school, Ive home schooled him for nearly 4 years , so its going to be […]