The frenzy of cranking out a lot of art
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?
New Arrivals
by Invercargill artist, Beverly Claridge
optimistic NZ abstracts - art with zing!
Hope zapped with spark
I welcome you to explore my growing collection of Southland Abstract art, brimming with colour, hope, and a zap of spark. Maintaining a positive focus in my artwork is crucial because I truly believe that the world needs all the optimism any of us can muster. My works are created to add a bit of colour and joy into your spaces.
Open Studio Events
Currently, I’m in studio placing finishing touches on several large and other-sized abstracts. The next step then is to frame all the works in preparation for on-line purchase and for my year-end 2025 and new-year 2026 Open Studio events. Join my email list to get notified of my Open Studio events by clicking here.
Buy online or see first-hand in studio
The works in the collections below are now available for purchase, mostly unframed, from my online shop. You are welcome to experience my vibrant pieces first-hand in my studio in the rural outskirts of Invercargill, less than 7 minutes from the CBD, in beautiful Southland. Contact me by clicking here to arrange for a viewing.
See My latest collections
Red Playground is my latest collection. ‘Hurly Burly’ and ‘Moving On’ collections, my first two debuted collections, are shown further down.
View Early abstracts
You can see my earliest abstract works by clicking here and choosing a box to view a series.
Click below to read and watch the video about making of the Mountain collection.
Click below to see a series of posts, including videos, on the making of Red Playground.
Play in the studio boosts creativity
Play in the studio is what I’m doing for the next twelve months to boost creativity. I’ve taken notice of what children, the experts, do.
Pizzazz with Pigment ink
I used pigment ink pen to create patterns to give contrast and direction to my derivative work, ‘Let’s Have a Ball! A conversational abstract’
Bold or Confronting?
Bold or Confronting?? By using my chisel point pigment pen have I’ve made ‘Red Playground-Finish what you started’ simply bold or largely confronting.
How to Analyse Your Art Work
You can analyse your art work to better understand the success of a finished work and learn to talk about your work using the language of art.
Click below to read the story about making
"Hurly Burly"
Hurly Burly-An Experimental Adventure
Hurly Burly, an experimental studio adventure explores an exhilarating interplay between tumult and tranquility.
Click below to read the story about making "Moving On"
‘Moving On’, a Significant Studio Conquest
‘Moving On’, a significant studio conquest and personal victory, arises from a year-long dive into abstraction, after a life-time of narrative realism.
Click below to see my earlier works of playful, boundless fun!
Click below to read the stories around making 100 works between 2019 and 2025
Beverly Claridge Artworks Created from 2019 to early 2025
Here’s a complete list of my art works I made between late 2019 and March 2025. It goes along with the post, “The Best Thing for your Creativity in 2025”
TAKE OUT THE GUESSWORK
Let me help you visualise my work on your wall. All you do is:
1. Contact me by clicking the button below.
2. Send me a straight-on image of the wall space and nearby furniture where you wish to hang the work you're considering.
3. Measure the width of the wall or nearby furniture or objects so I can scale.
4. Tell me the colour and style of frame you’d prefer.
5. An image of my work virtually hung in your space will be returned via email.
1. Contact me by clicking the button below.
2. Send me a straight-on image of the wall space and nearby furniture where you wish to hang the work you're considering.
3. Measure the width of the wall or nearby furniture or objects so I can scale.
4. Tell me the colour and style of frame you’d prefer.
5. An image of my work virtually hung in your space will be returned via email.