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Keeping it all together
Posted on June 29, 2016 2 Comments
We had taken so long to organise ourselves to get ready that I chose not to go back for my gloves…bad mistake right there! By the time we had biked into town on a dreary cold Taupo winter morning our fingers were bitter cold. So, after our jobs were done we popped into the bike […]
Sumptuous
Posted on June 28, 2016 Leave a Comment
Sunflowers are sumptuous! Sumptuous in colour. Sumptuous in flamboyant abandonment. My desire with this painting done in oil with paletteknife on a large canvas was to evoke all those indulgent feelings amidst a riot of colour. The thick oil applied in long sweeps and the very tactile flower centres make your fingers itch to touch it 🙂 Truly sumptuous! (follow the […]
Life Class
Posted on June 27, 2016 Leave a Comment
That you should do Life Classes is something you hear everywhere among those who like to paint. I used to do them way back when, but I got REALLY sick of looking at everyone’s bits and pieces. I mean, is that really life? I might make a quick dash from the shower when the kids […]
Sing, Sing A Song
Posted on June 22, 2016 Leave a Comment
He might be a bolshy little fellow in his bright orange suit of feathers but, oh my, he can sing a great song. Seems to start with the cover coming off his cage until it goes back on at night. Personally, I LOVE it. My family, however, aren’t quite so thrilled. Perhaps they just don’t […]
Fejoa Delight
Posted on April 27, 2016 Leave a Comment
Yay! It’s that time of the year again. I LOVE Fejoa season. Super grateful for this special fruit. Not quite sure why I love them so much… maybe, memories of creeping up the back fence and hiding low so the neighbour couldn’t see us kids out his lounge window as we nicked the fruit from […]
Watching Clouds Go By
Posted on March 22, 2016 Leave a Comment
Doesn’t that title just just scream of lazy Summer days? It was exactly that… the gift of a lazy Summer day. Sitting side by side down at the water’s edge Away from home and work and responsibilities An afternoon to catch our breath To breathe. Nothing but clouds scudding across the sky in front to entertain us […]
Stairway To Heaven
Posted on March 10, 2016 Leave a Comment
Mending Achilles and Cape Palliser are not two things that should automatically go together. This stairway to Heaven has 250 nearly vertical steps leading to the lighthouse atop a rocky outpost at the southeastern corner of the North Island. New Zealand can boast some very rugged country and this is amongst it. Not hard to […]
More Intimately Acquainted
Posted on March 2, 2016 Leave a Comment
After all the studies, each one getting the Sunflower and I more deeply acquainted, the pleasure is all mine to have moved on to a full painting. These particular Sunflowers are just as they happened to have fallen in the vase, but, Oh! How luscious they looked with the light falling on the tips of […]
Summer’s Song
Posted on February 25, 2016 Leave a Comment
Summer is coming to it’s fullness. Garden flowers are showing their bright colours. The grass on the hills is turning a sunburnt golden hue. And we find ourselves seeking respite from her piercing rays. We pitch the tent under a tree. We enjoy the cool of the bush for a walk during the day. We cool […]
Smiles on Stems
Posted on February 24, 2016 2 Comments
Sunflowers are indeed an old-fashioned flower. But good things are timeless! The warmer days are coming and we eagerly plant our seeds knowing that Summer will bring with it a host of smiles on stems just as it did for generations before. My dad was telling me the other day how his mother planted a […]
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