26 February 2016
You can watch me paint this abstract landscape from start to finish. This little video gives a little insight into my painting process. Yes, I do seem to paint a million light layers on the foreground...
9 February 2016
I am continuing with my series of abstracs that reflect the lovely Central Otago landscape - big skies, distant mountains, lakes, and golden fields. Both of these new paintings are of end of the day w...
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...
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...
26 November 2015
For the longest time I've been wanting a painting for above our bed. I have had several tries and finally decided we needed something big. Much bigger than I have painted before. Even once I'd decided...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...