portrait of helen
31 March 2017
I feel completely blessed and honoured to have been asked to paint my beautiful friend at such a precious moment in her life. And while I was painting this, she had her perfect little boy, so it was a...
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kamali (spirit guide) : mixed media portrait
31 March 2017
The latest in my Gaia series is Kamali. This is a very old name and the origin is not quite clear - it could be Arabian, Hindu, Sanskrit or even Zimbawean. But the meaning really spoke to me - it mean...
abundance : new mixed media portrait painting
12 March 2017
New in my Gaia series this this lovely goddess surrounded and dressed in an abundance of flowers. My first blue-eyed beauty too :-) "Abundance" Mixed media on exhibition canvas Acrylics, collage and i...
the gift : new mixed media painting
26 February 2017
I think it's now official, with portrait no.5, that I have started a new series. This series I'm calling 'Gaia' after the Greek goddess, the ancestral mother of all life, the Mother Earth goddess. I a...
protect : new portrait
3 February 2017
Lovingly protecting our earth, this angel rests with her head on the world. She is gazing at the viewer, sending us her message. Lots of layers of colour and texture in this painting with a slightly a...
windswept : portrait of a woman
28 January 2017
Recently completed... Windswept Mixed media painting on exhibition canvas Acrylics and collage Size 45 x 45 cm (4cm deep) Side of the canvas are painted black. Ready to hang. No need to frame. Initial...
portrait of heidi
14 January 2017
After completing the last portrait 'Reflection' (see previous post), Heidi and I decided we should quickly dive into another to prove to ourselves that it wasn't beginners luck! Not to be faint-hearte...
reflection : mixed media portrait step by step
11 January 2017
It has been years and years since I've done any 'proper' portrait work. With Heidi here in the studio we both felt it would be awesome to do something we're both out of touch with. As I mentioned in m...
studio buddy
10 January 2017
For 3 weeks we have our friend Heidi visiting from Norway. She's a climber and an artist and so our interests are super compatible. There's now more than double energy in my studio and each day we're ...