just another mushroom
22 March 2018
I'd been visiting this mushroom everyday from when I first spotted it just peeping out of the ground. Each day it was just a little bigger, and a little more perfect. One evening David and I decided t...
watercolour Clear tags
a coffee cup to colour
14 March 2018
Free colouring page!. I had some fun with reflections on a very shiny coffee cup and jug, and thought you might like to play along. Here is the black and white file for you to colour yourself. Just pr...
artwork sale
1 December 2017
I have artwork coming out of my ears! It's true. And I'd rather it was coming out of my brush and onto new canvasses, paper and panels :-) So to clear some space in my studio and my home, I'm running ...
little mountain villages - calendar 2018
5 November 2017
I took a trip down memory lane yesterday and made a calendar with 13 of my sketches of little mountain villages in France, Spain and Italy. It is available through Redbubble and can ship anywhere in t...
hiking sketch kit
13 August 2017
I've taken sketching gear pretty much everywhere with me. I even took a super super lightweight kit with me when we went on a climbing trip to Patagonia. But over the years my hiking kit has become mo...
putting in the time : talent vs determination
6 December 2016
Here is a Chaffinch. He's the smartest dressed bird in my garden. He never goes out unless he is perfectly groomed :-) And here's what I read about Chaffinches. They make lots of chip and cheep calls,...
little nz birds update
6 December 2016
Summer is here!. We've been having a lot of adventures outside (photos to come!), and in my studio my series of NZ Birds is ticking along quite nicely. You'll notice I'm still on the little local bird...
a little bird told me
23 November 2016
Way back in April, before we left for Europe, I had an art date with my friend Anna and we painted birds from a beautiful old calendar. Anna went realistic and painted the majestic Fish Eagle, I paint...