Smokey little town of Turangi

Smokey Little Town of Turangi- helenblairsart

Ive recently moved to Turangi and am enjoying the beautiful scenery here. The Tongariro river runs through which is a popular place for trout fishing, so Ive been out doors painting when the weathers good, and capturing some lovely scenes of fisherman, my husband being one of them. He hasn’t had any luck yet catching […]

Plein Air Painting

Ive been doing a lot more pleinair painting lately, and enjoying it immensely even though we are in the middle of winter, its great to get out side. Some days Ive been caught out with rain showers, and wind. Its nice to be able to see the colours at a greater depth and it give […]

Painting what you feel

Autumn mountains

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 […]

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 […]

July News

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 […]

June news

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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 […]

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 […]