an alternative view
13 June 2015
I always get a kick of of it when locals don't recognise the view I've sketched. This is the case in both the sketches above. While locals recognised their village church in the sketch at the top, the...
out and about Clear tags
back in France
9 June 2015
Here is one of our favourite places in the world ... the Gorges de la Bourne in the Vercors mountains just south of Grenoble. This valley has rock climbing, BASE jumping and lots of old villages perfe...
new travel sketchbook
30 May 2015
You'll be seeing a lot of this book over the next few months. But most the photos will probably be of the inside so I thought you might like to see the cover. I always have fun with the cover. They're...
packing for the next adventure
28 May 2015
Next week we leave for the European summer for some adventuring and painting. Here, in New Zealand, it's very cold and wintery, so I'm looking forward to catching some UV. Our first stop will be Franc...
out and about with my sketchbook
21 May 2015
Winter has arrived with a bang and after about 10 days of continuous rain (more rain in one go than I ever remember), the sun came out, the clouds cleared and revealed the mountains all covered in fre...
new art at old cromwell
8 March 2015
I spent a wonderful Sunday painting outside in Old Cromwell with a group of great people and guided by local artist Nigel Wilson (www.nigelwilsonart.com). After a pretty overcast and chilly start, the...
out and about - urban sketching in arrowtown
27 February 2015
Yesterday I spent the day sketching in beautiful Arrowtown. This historical gold mining village is filled with many restored buildings and miner's cottages. With a population around 2000 now, back in ...
out and about
24 February 2015
I've been writing quite a bit on this blog about where I live and how it inspires many of my abstract landscape paintings. While I'm not a photographer (perhaps that's why I paint!), I took some photo...