new abstract landscapes
27 December 2016
I've been painting up a storm in my studio and have paint everywhere and on everything! Here are a few pieces that I have finished in the last couple of weeks. "The Yellow House" Acrylics on unstretch...
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summertime : out and about
18 December 2016
After many weeks of painting birds, and 7 whole months of just watercolours, I now have my acrylics out. That means lots of playing with paint, getting paint everywhere and on everything and abstracts...
putting in the time : talent vs determination
6 December 2016
Here is a Chaffinch. He's the smartest dressed bird in my garden. He never goes out unless he is perfectly groomed :-) And here's what I read about Chaffinches. They make lots of chip and cheep calls,...
little nz birds update
5 December 2016
Summer is here! We've been having a lot of adventures outside (photos to come!), and in my studio my series of NZ Birds is ticking along quite nicely. You'll notice I'm still on the little local birds...
it's a spring thing
25 November 2016
Back home in beautiful Central Otago, we've been having the most lush Spring I can ever remember. No art this time, just photos :-) Meanwhile, in the studio, I'm continuing with my New Zealand bird se...
a little bird told me
22 November 2016
Way back in April, before we left for Europe, I had an art date with my friend Anna and we painted birds from a beautiful old calendar. Anna went realistic and painted the majestic Fish Eagle, I paint...
life's too short to suntan
13 October 2016
If you had said to us a month ago that we were beach people we would have scoffed. "You mean, like, lying in the sun, reading a book, on your tiny patch of sand, with a hundred other people. No way!" ...
urban sketch spain - step by step
7 September 2016
Bestue, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, near the national park of Ordesa & Monte Perdido had the following description on the tourist map we have ... "one of the villages in Sobrarbe that has most s...
the time it takes
20 August 2016
Almost everyone who pages through my sketchbook asks 'How long does one of your paintings take?' The answer is ... around about 2 hours. That's a long time to sit in one spot! But here's the thing. I ...