Small oil developed from 2 sketches attached. Built from wood in about 1906 in a New Zealand Italianate style (ie … More
Tag: Painting
Rakaia Gorge #2
Another well known South Island scene, roughly where the Rakaia River leaves the high country for the Canterbury Plains. Oils … More
Boatsheds at Bottle Creek #3
A further version in oils of the boatsheds across Bottle Creek, this one with shorter brushstrokes, almost pointillist. This method … More
Coronet Turnoff #4
Another version of the view at the turnoff to the Coronet Peak ski-field near Queenstown, New Zealand, on a Spring … More
Oriental Bay from Wellington CBD
Donated to and sold by Te Omanga Hospice, Lower Hutt at their Vintner’s Lunch fundraiser in July 2018 – in … More
Cinque Terre (Manarola)
Practicing pen, ink and charcoal sketches of Italian scenes (click through to gallery) in readiness for a bit of travelling … More
Aro Valley, Wellington
3 of Aro Street, Wellington, NZ – oils, b&w acrylics, pencils
203 Cuba Street, Wellington
The People’s Palace is a bit formal and tall by Cuba Street standards, when you look up it feels a … More
290 Cuba Street, Wellington
A minor landmark in Wellington, both for its fastfood history in a student area and its location on the top … More
November is the Cruelest Month
On 14 November 2016 we had a large (7.8) earthquake, felt mostly in Kaikoura and the north of the South … More