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Honoured
Posted on October 19, 2015 Leave a Comment
The 2015 Active Arts Taupo’s 50th Annual Exhibition opened on Friday amidst lots of gold glitter and celebrations. Celebrating not only another year but 50 great years encouraging creativity here in Taupo, New Zealand. During the course of the evening the winners of each division were honoured for their work. I was honoured for my entry […]
Lemon Fruit Triplet
Posted on August 19, 2015 2 Comments
I LOVE lemons! From their vibrant yellow to the refreshing tang, I just love lemons. In fact, every morning I start with a warm freshly squeezed lemon drink. Then lunchtime sees me squeezing lemon juice over my salad…my all-time favourite dressing. Where ever we live my garden always has a lemon tree. It’s one of the happiest […]
Palette Knife Paintings
Posted on July 15, 2015 Leave a Comment
You just get one go. No going back over it. No trying to fix this bit or change that. Just ONE go. Think it through…colours…order of colours on the knife…light, shadows, … Play it through in your mind Visualise the paint flowing off that knife One swish across the canvas and voilà! You’re done! That’s […]
Holding Out on You.
Posted on July 3, 2015 Leave a Comment
It’s true! I’ve been holding out on you. My sincerest apologies, but I just clean forgot to make the post. A while ago I entered ‘Kiwi on Tryfan’ that I painted for that special Uncle, in the local Shirley’s Shoes art competition. I got mail from Middle-earth…just love that Hobbit reference actually on the mail […]
Whitney Houston Belts the Sparrows
Posted on June 17, 2015 Leave a Comment
Whitney Houston is giving it her all on my playlist this morning. One of my all-time fav’s! Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come, Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heav’n and home, When Jesus is my portion? My constant Friend is He: His eye is on the sparrow, […]
God’s Goodnight
Posted on April 13, 2015 Leave a Comment
“A sunset, please.” “Any particular reason why?” I ask. “Every time I see one it feels like God is saying ‘Goodnight’.” Searching for sunsets I came across images from all the places we have lived during our travels. He chose the Raglan sunset…west coast of New Zealand not far from his birth place. You can take a […]
Kiwi on Tryfan
Posted on March 30, 2015 4 Comments
Funny how we get anxious about things when there is no need at all, isn’t it? But I was anxious. Concerned that he might not like it. I really wanted him to like it…to get a lot of pleasure out of it. It had been done just for him. If you are allowed favourite uncles, then […]
Pensive Dancer (ii)
Posted on March 10, 2015 Leave a Comment
Happy with the eyes where the soul shows through, it’s time to fill in some of the facial features… Move through to the body… Then once his basic form is complete, the deepest darks and consequent tones must be evaluated and filled in. This painting was done using Permanent Indian Ink as a wash like […]
Pensive Dancer
Posted on March 5, 2015 Leave a Comment
“The eyes are the most important thing”‘ they say. So that is where I decided to start. Could I capture the look in his eyes? My friend, Jessica Saxton, had caught the moment perfectly with her lens. She’s a brilliant young journalist who gets to travel to all sorts of places and capture the moments […]
New Beginnings
Posted on March 2, 2015 Leave a Comment
Dreams are a beautiful thing. Hidden away in our hearts they call to us… motivate us to greater heights. and i am grateful for this. Although I wanted my dream I have to admit to being secretly pleased that it was just a dream and not reality…it wasn’t yet time. All those years that I […]
Lynda Symons Artistry 