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...
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autumn leaves
7 May 2015
Wanaka is world famous in New Zealand for it's Autumn colours. Most New Zealand native trees are evergreen so there's not usually much change of colour with the seasons. But Wanaka has a number of int...
arrowtown autumn festival art exhibition - 2015
29 April 2015
I am super excited to have 3 of my paintings selected to be in this years Arrowtown Autumn Festival Art Exhibition. This is the first year I have entered pieces in this exhibition. Here I am looking s...
wanaka arts society easter exhibition 2015
2 April 2015
Here are 3 of my paintings ready to be hung with many others at the Wanaka Arts Society Exhibtion. It runs all this Easter weekend. The paintings are : Here in the quiet hills, Beloved it is morn and ...
a thing with feathers
30 March 2015
It's rare for me to come home from a walk without some little fossicked treasure. I'm a bit of a magpie that way. I collect beach stones, shells, leaves, driftwood and, of course, feathers. Feathers a...
pattern play
28 March 2015
For the upcoming Wanaka Arts Society Autumn Exhibition, members are can submit up to 8 pieces - 4 pieces need to be framed and/or ready to hang, and 4 pieces can be unframed works on paper. Works on p...
wanaka arts society easter exhibition
21 March 2015
Entries are now in for the upcoming Wanaka Arts Society exhibition that will be running the whole Easter weekend. I will have 4 paintings in the group exhibition. At the moment my studio has turned in...
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...
after the rain
4 March 2015
After weeks and weeks we've had some rain. I feel like one of the plants soaking it up, feeling refreshed and clean. I'm a summer girl so I hope this doesn't mean the start of autumn, but I do appreci...