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Into the mountians

I absolutely love the mountains. I especially love looking at the enormity of the peaks around me while hiking; you get a real sense of just how huge they are,and how tiny we are in comparison. I p...

July Round Up

I've been working in my sketchbooks a lot this month, trying out compositions and playing with ideas. I'm still interested in capturing the sweeping slopes and the scale of the scenery from the Rou...

Winter walks

I've been enjoying my new home and the beautiful spots around it, including the amazing Karioitahi Beach. I've started trying to capture the beauty in my sketchbook.    Needles to say, Pip and L...

June Round Up

A HUGE thank-you to everyone who shopped my moving sale in June! It was so good to have so many prints and originals head to new homes and save me from packing them.   In terms of creativity and...

May Round Up

May kicked off with a trip to the General Collective market. It was such a good day out it turns out that this is the only photo I took on the day. Must remember to take better/more photos next tim...

A couple of cute Pups

Recently I worked on two portraits of two very cute pups. (One of these little guys even modelled for me in the photography of my latest collection!) It started with several photos which I used to ...

What's inspiring me lately

  This beautifully textured painting by Sally West I love the look of these colourful bathroom tiles! I'm in the process of packing the house up to move next month, and while I don't have a house...

Sketches from the Routeburn Track

I've rabbited on about it in some of my monthly round-up blog posts, but getting back into my sketchbook this year has made a world of difference. So when I headed out to walk the Routeburn track l...

April Round Up

April was a big month for me with the release of the new original landscapes on the 13th and my first multi day hike on the Routeburn Track. I've already raved about my hike here and shared a handf...

Hiking the Routeburn

Walking the Routeburn track has been on my list of things I've wanted to do for AGES and I finally - finally - got to tick it off last weekend. It was even more beautiful that I imagined and I love...