Cooks Beach (Pukaki) is a sheltered white sandy beach withPōhutukawa trees and “bunny tail” sand tussocks waving gently in the breeze. The three-kilometre long beach is on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand and is protected from the open ocean so does not get the big surf found on other beaches along the coastline. This makes Cooks Beach a...
The views from Sefton Bivouac, the oldest hut in the Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park are spectacular. The bivvy is perched on a ledge with panoramic views down the Hooker Valley and across to the Sealy Range with the cold crumbing ice cliffs of Te Waewae Glacier sitting right behind. The main shadowed range in this painting is the majestic Kirikirikatata/Mt Cook Range that...
Lately I have been working the painting of Sefton Bivvy, its been on the go for over a year - I posted the early progress when I started it - now I’ve started to make a bit more progress on the details. Here are the updated progress photos. Sefton Bivouac is perched on a ledge, exposed to the changing elements with panoramic views of the Hooker Valley and Mount Cook Village below. The route starts with a scenic walk up Stocking Stream and gradually gets steeper as it progresses. There are numerous cairns to guide you to the trail that accesses the spur. A steep climb...
We've had a few still and beautiful bluebird days over the last month. On one of these days a quick overnighter up to the summit of Mt Owen the highest peak in the Kahurangi National Park at 1875m was called for. After a cold start at Courthouse Flat we warmed up quickly with the first unrelenting uphill up the ridge, and were rewarded with lovely mountain views to the north. From here in we were rewarded with very lush varied fauna that constantly changed as we gained elevation and unusual rock formations...
A beautiful winter week spent working on this summer scene from Cook’s Beach in the Coromandel, imagining the warmth of the sand. Getting a little carried away with the tiny details again…
I haven’t created a coastal artwork for quite some time but this particular scene from Cooks Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula has been quite nice to work on. Featured in this painting are some of big old pōhutukawa trees that grow in the area. After having a interesting time working on the pōhutukawa in the Breaker Bay painting I have...
I am very excited to release "Morning Birdsong at Breaker Bay" as a limited edition art print. Rich in full colour and fine detail this art print depicts the Miramar Peninsula coastline on a rare calm day with Barretts Reef, the Pencarrow lighthouses and the Rimutaka Range in the background. As a lot of hard work is being done to make the Peninsula a...
This painting, has been a long journey, but a joy to work on. I have spent many endless days lost in each element of this scene, building layer upon layer of detail with vibrant colour. I was fortunate to be undertaking this commission for a couple who have a creative background, so even with a somewhat subdued mock-up of the painting to be, their imagination and vision aligned with mine...
The chorus of morning birdsong is found along the Eastern Walkway in the suburb of Breaker Bay on the Miramar Peninsula in WellingtonHabour. Within this thin strip of land along the southeast coast of Miramar Peninsula the nativetūīand pīwakawaka sing, with BarrettsReef, the Pencarrow lighthouses and the Rimutaka Range sitting in the background on a unusually calm day...
Over the summer my husband was driving down the Maitai Valley road in search of a new swimming hole as a fierce and ferocious eel had been biting kids at our local swimming hole. Winding along the dry and dusty gravel road he came across a bush beaten, old man holding out his thumb for a ride. The man was from...
The Breaker Bay painting has evolved into a passion project, which unfortunately is not ideal when making a living as an artist. I have been lost in endless hours of weaving together the layers of fauna, harmonising the colours and am now moving...
I am super excited to add this new limited edition print the my backcountry collection - Two Tarns near Lake Sylvester, Kahurangi National Park. I’m sure that a lot of you who venture out into the wilderness have explored this unique plateau above...
