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new abstract landscapes

new abstract landscapes

13 January 2016

After weeks of painting watercolour landscapes, I woke up on Monday and my abstract muse was back. Yippee! I started by priming a number of canvas boards. I'm working on these because I love working o...

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new painting available - the silent hour

new painting available - the silent hour

8 December 2015

Central Otago, where we have our home, can be so very dry. As soon as summer sets in, the greens disappear quickly from the landscape. The fields and hills turn golden, yellow, orange, red. And when t...

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new painting available - fathom

new painting available - fathom

22 November 2015

There is a lovely depth to this painting. Painted in many layered glazes of turquoise, blue, magenta and yellow over a textured and colllaged surface. The collage pieces are pretty, esoteric circles. ...

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a thing with feathers

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...

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after the rain

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...

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here in the quiet hills

here in the quiet hills

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...

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beloved, it is morn - in progress

beloved, it is morn - in progress

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...

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