Today's "Dunner Stunner" from my backyard.
Very, very happy to announce that I have my first exhibition coming up in early April. It’s at the Otago Art Society (http://otagoartsociety.co.nz ) in the Dunedin Railway Station and will be from 12 to 18th April 2021, from 10am till 4pm. I’ll have my Creative Fine Art photography on display (available …
Went in to the Otago Art Society (http://otagoartsociety.co.nz ) “Summer Exhibition” yesterday to show my parents who are down from Auckland for the week the wonderful exhibition facilities that are available there, and have a look at the current exhibition. And wow, nice surprise to see I’d sold an …
Otago Art Society (http://otagoartsociety.co.nz ) “Summer Exhibition” starts this weekend and I’ve framed up these two lovelies for their walls. “Heading for Home” and “A Daisy Afternoon”. The exhibition runs from 13th Feb to 13th March at the Dunedin Railway Station and is well worth a look. Just a quick teaser …
A single perfect rosebud, stands tall in my garden. It stands with confidence, saying to the rest of the garden “I am here, respect me”. And we do. It doesn’t encroach on anyone else in the garden, but stands proudly, rightfully claiming its space. The sun honours it highlighting …
Other than the fact that it’s not freezing cold, you would think we were plunged back into winter here. January is meant to be our summer, with warm days and balmy nights. Well we did get some of that last week (29 deg in the shade on the kitchen …
A beautiful sunny Otago afternoon. The flowers are looking gorgeous and the camera beckons. The result - “A Daisy Afternoon”. The latest in what seems to becoming my Vintage Floral ‘Triptych’ series. Creating windows into the garden, glimpses of colour, nostalgic beauty, the delight of summer. Going up in …
Getting ready to participate in an exhibition takes a bit of work. Prints done, then framing. Been experimenting with using pre-cut frames. Learnt a lot and now have even more appreciation why professional framing costs what it does. It’s quite fiddly work, and it can take 30-40 mins just …
Here I am, back at “work”, not that an artist ever stops working. 😉 It’s been a full on break for us. My partner Gav finished up on the 18th, and then it was full on getting the house ready for us to host the family Christmas for the first …
Spring Tulips, in glorious purple, giving life and hope after a frosty winter. A peek into summer’s glory to come. One of my favourite flowers and after getting some new bulbs for this new house of ours, they did well!
