Yesterday I had the pleasure of enjoying a cup of coffee with two super Wellington based artists.  One I knew previously from artistic gatherings , and the second being a [...]

‘Celebration’ is the new theme I have been exploring in my work of recent weeks.  It’s all quite uplifting and I’m enjoying using a very warm and rich colour palette. [...]

I have never taken so long to produce a painting……..but here I am in the middle of a whirlwind of acrylic paint, gorgeous fabrics, gels and mediums and not a [...]

I got some feedback a couple of weeks back, that I had invited, that didn’t sit so well and it’s taken me a while to process and deal with it. [...]

I’ve been reading a lot about how I’ll know that I have ‘made it’.  That moment in time where I can sit back and shout  ‘yessss!! – this is it’ and [...]

Last weekend my friend and I participated in a GOLDEN Acrylic Adventures workshop here in Wellington.  Who would have thought that one of the few trained GOLDEN artists in the [...]

I had been struggling to put my finger on what has been causing me to feel so unsettled recently.  I’ve been experiencing feelings of anxiety and it’s all just been [...]

This time a year ago I was in such a FLAP…..I was totally stressed out about exhibiting for the first time at the NZ Art Show – on my very [...]

As an artist I have a continuous and niggling fear that one day all of my ideas and inspiration for new subjects to paint will, quite literally, dry up.  I [...]

A watched kettle never boils – this was me yesterday…..in my case I was literally watching paint dry – well ….wishing the paint would dry. I’ve left my run very late [...]