Moving On still sings with Dulux NZ 2026 Colour forecast This week I started to prime the frames for the Hurly Burly collection — the energetic works heading into black frames. After some breezy weather last week, we welcomed the beautiful crisp days for our Doubtful Sound overnight cruise to

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

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.