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 ...
24 February 2015
"Crazy Poppy Heads" and "A New Dawn", paintings I did a few weeks ago, need a companion I think. I've been wanting to paint Foxgloves for quite a while. Around here these grow wild in shady places and...
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...
22 February 2015
We're having a drought in Central Otago, New Zealand. It's not official yet, but locals and farmers know that it hasn't been this dry since 1998 or so. The grass on the fields is golden, full of yello...
21 February 2015
"Beloved, it is morn" 23 x 30.5cm Mixed media on wood Unframed AVAILABLE : NZ$180 + shipping
19 February 2015
Visit the Scatterlings Society6 Shop for a range of products featuring my artwork. The quality of these goods is fantastic! And there is free shipping today only. Visit - http://society6.com/scatterli...
18 February 2015
I'm working on my next mixed media piece. Another abstract landscape over collaged vintage papers on the back of an old placemat. Inspired by the title of the song on this songsheet, of course it's go...
15 February 2015
When I was a teenager there was this TV programme called Airwolf. I'm not sure if anyone remembers it. It was about a pilot with an amazing helicopter that was a hero saving someone new each week. Mos...
5 February 2015
I'm still working on my "In My Backyard" series - paintings reflecting the beautiful environment around me. And when I spotted these large, prickly, beautiful scotch thistles while walking my dog the ...