My recent work 'The Butterfly Gate' has been chosen to be displayed as part of the exhibition 'HOME WORK: Taranaki Art Now' held at Puke Ariki from 7 June - 24 August 2014!
24/03/2014
07/03/2014
Peking Glass
My newest acquisition is this beautiful Peking Glass sautoir necklace from a seller on ebay called bluebird of happiness. I love the painting I made of the same name from my last exhibition 'Flights of Fancy' and it did make me happy that this stunning piece will forever be connected in my mind to that painting that gave me so much joy.
Book of Hours
I am painting the Lady of Shalott right now and while looking at medieval images I came across these from www.damienkempf.tumblr.com, three 14th century book of hours created in the shape of hearts. How stunning and spectacular are these little tributes to faith and love.
01/02/2014
L'Eglise de St Remy
The website L'Eglise de St Remy is a must for anyone interested in Joan of Arc. It gives wonderful high resolution photographs of Domremy at the turn of the century as well as some very interesting engravings. Right now I am at the beginning of my new painting of Joan under the famous fairy tree. I wanted to find an image of Joan's house with the church in the background and this site has an abundance of treasures which are very helpful when re-imagining the setting of her early life.
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| Engraving from the website http://tellthe.net/Eglise/index.html |
30/01/2014
View from my kitchen window II
I know I sound like a cracked record but this sunset was amazing, half burning sky, half baby blue. I love skies like this; so unreal that if I painted them they would look artificial and contrived but created by nature they take ones breath away.
22/01/2014
Taranaki
The view from my kitchen window at sunset. I couldn't think of a more glorious place to live.
07/01/2014
06/01/2014
Festival of Light
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| Above: The main lake. Below: Illuminated Poets Bridge, Right: The haunted canopy |
Tonight we went down to Pukekura Park for the Festival of Light. It was enchanting meandering through the walkways crowded with glowing tree ferns and lanterns. You can take an illuminated boat out onto the lake and paddle around in the calm darkness. We watched people drifting around for a while then went exploring; gorging ourselves on the the glorious interplay of colour, light and shadow as children drifting through a dream.
03/01/2014
Joan
At the moment anything which references Joan of Arc is fascinating to me and for some reason that I can't quite fathom I am also obsessed with gorgeous ink wells. I love the movement and the thick stylized figures of horse and rider in this sculptural piece. It's beautiful the way the sculptor has emphasized movement in the upward thrust of the arm and the curved banner. Right now I have just started work on a painting of Joan of Arc on horseback being lead by an angel and it seems appropriate to have this wonderful piece beside me possibly holding my brushes as I paint.
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