the hills are alive...
29 December 2018
The hills are alive with the sound of a pen scratching on paper! Here are some photos from December of hiking and sketching trips into Mount Aspiring National Park which is just around the corner from...
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photos from last weekend's workshop
11 December 2018
This last weekend I ran my first workshop! And I'm happy to report I have 5 new converts to the magic of painting outside. Day 1 was spent at 2 different locations at Glendhu Bay on Lake Wanaka. We di...
old Bedford truck
29 November 2018
Gone to pasture at the Wanaka Cemetery, this old truck has been my muse before. Last time I sketched it from the front, with it's wonderful grill, rusty bonnet and broken front bumper. But this time I...
weekend watercolour painting workshop - 8 & 9 December
15 November 2018
The Magic of Painting & Sketching Outside. 8 & 9 December 2018 (8am to 3pm) $300pp, max 5 people. Location : Wanaka, New Zealand. I have had a number of people asking if I will be running painting cla...
shop update
7 November 2018
6 months in Spain and France just flew by. I sketched and painted more than ever filling 2 and half sketchbooks and 12 big A3 sheets and 4 smaller A4 sheets. Painting as large as A3 on location was a ...
summer sketchbook
15 April 2018
I've recently finished my little sketchbook and my bigger one is almost done too! This one starts back in November 2017 and goes until just a few days ago. The first sketches show lots of fresh spring...
10 new watercolours available
3 April 2018
Very excited to announce that I've added a new set of watercolours to my shop today! Find them here. Here they are - some of my best moments from this summer, captured on paper. While my abstract land...
painting mount aspiring
24 March 2018
Mount Aspiring is the gem of the mountains near my home. It even has a whole national park named after it. I was lucky enough to climb it with David and our friend Lexi in 2012 - a really stunning cli...
just another mushroom
22 March 2018
I'd been visiting this mushroom everyday from when I first spotted it just peeping out of the ground. Each day it was just a little bigger, and a little more perfect. One evening David and I decided t...