We’re looking at the Dulux NZ 2026 Colour Forecast as Southland New Zealand daylight hours wane. The slow down helps us savour the last golden light as we prepare our homes and hearts for the quieter, more reflective rhythm of winter ahead. (Though I know some of you lucky ones
Hello friends, It’s the 1st of April and Easter weekend is upon us (with the added bonus of time off for Easter Monday and Southland Anniversary Day, as well). Meanwhile, autumn is quietly settling over Southland. The days are growing shorter, yet our landscape still holds onto that surprising
Last week I shared how the joyful pinks of Pink Chatter feel perfectly at home in soft Cloud Dancer spaces. The response was lovely — thank you! This week, the studio has been humming with activity, and I’m looking at the collection in a new setting. Pink Chatter-Sings the Blues
How does the Pink Chatter collection fit into your Cloud Dancer spaces? Furthermore, does the 2026 Pantone Colour of the Year announcement matter?
Perhaps the real story to be celebrated in the ‘Pink Chatter’ collection is that of persistence.
Begun March 2024, final strokes were placed last November 2025.
My passion for narrative realism reignited with the birth of my children in the mid 1980’s. Most works in my burgeoning child portraiture business in California were made using professional coloured pencils on Bristol and Mi Tientes papers.
Go bold or go home! Especially, when plans go astray!
Take the Abundance Series for example. I did not want Quickening and Abounding to simply imitate Hoo Hah and Ruckus, their inspiring works. Nonetheless, after a week or so they seemed to be doing just that.
Can you really benefit from the frenzy of cranking out a lot of art? What happens when you are making maybe too much art, at the same time?
What kind of art do I make?, asked a recent viewer question on my video “How to Create Distinct But Cohesive Artwork”. Here’s my honest, heartfelt answer.