Kiwiana in the backyard. Keruru and chick make their nest in a kete kai, eyeing up luscious kiwifruit for supper. Theyre comfortaby situated in the shade of the puriri tree. The tea table sports antique family treaures – a Royal Doulton coffee pot and its matching milk jug. Framed watercolour painting on cotton rag paper
Dad’s day off, mowing the lawns then a cup of tea in a comfy chair surrounded by flowers and fruit. Feel the summer sun, smell the freshly mown grass, listen to the bees buzz! Relax! Framed watercolour painting on cotton rag paper.
Colours, scents, sunlight and flowers make for a perfect afternoon pottering in the garden – accompanied, of course, by the cat. Framed watercolour painting on cotton rag paper
A selection of kina shells of varying sizes and colours, with some shells upside down.
Painted on black sand. A broken kina shell also showing the inside shell pattern, and a few stones with a close up view of sea foam left on the shore after a wave has retreated.
Kaimoana Series: Scallop Palette - 2026
Painted on canvas with grey sand and parts of a broken kite is an assortment of scallop shells, show casing the various different colours you sometime find and the top curved shells, plus the bottom flat shells.
Watercolour and acrylic ink still life working on the idea of abstracting the shapes and light reflections of glass vases and vessels.
Acrylic on canvas, ‘Pīwakawaka on Karaka’ is a tribute to one of my favourite New Zealand birds – the common fantail. This bird, with its easily identifiable tail, is juxtaposed against the vibrant orange background, a colour I associate with the intense sunsets of my South Waikato family home, where I was often greeted by […]
Acrylic on canvas, ‘Kōkako on Karaka’ is my celebration one of Aotearoa’s most unique birds, the North Island Kōkako. The striking blue wattle is juxtaposed against the vibrant orange background, a colour I associate with the intense sunsets of my South Waikato family home.
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