This painting shows two best friends having Fish and Chips at Tahunanui Beach. How did I come up with the subject? It is rather silly isn’t it? The idea came into mind because a famous heron called “Hamish” visited our local village, Mapua, regularly. The seal was often spotted sunbathing on the Maitai riverbank. In my mind I brought both of them together on my favourite beach in Tahunanui. I once watched a family having fish and chips on the…
From Tahunanui Beach you have a great view over to the Nelson Port. Earlier this year I painted there in the morning and the harbour was seen only as silhouette from the backlit sunlight. It was a beautiful scene. The painting shows the sandy walkway to the beach and the wooden signpost, which indicates the devision between the sunbathers on the right and the dog beach on the left. Nelson Port from Tahunanui Beach Medium: Watercolour Size: 42cm x 15cm…
Urban Sketching 1-Day Workshop I'm really looking forward to this workshop. It will be a fun day in Nelson where we can sketch a cafe scene, a market scene, buildings, people, etc. Contact Luanne Annable ([email protected]) to sign up!
Mark your calendar for the Mapua Art Group Exhibition! Art Exhibition 28th December 2025 – 4th January 2026 Mapua Art Group 72 Aranui Road, Mapua
The Summer Exhibition at the Nelson Suter Art Society is in full swing. My painting "Kaikoura Boat Sheds" has been accepted into the exhibition and can be seen in the McKee Gallery room. 15th December 2025 - 1st February 2026 Nelson Suter Art Society 208 Bridge Street, Nelson
"Richmond Ranges from Motueka" sold recently at Wall To Wall Art Gallery. It was one of my wee little oil paintings and now there are not many left. The plein air painting group and I visited Motueka at the end of Staples Road and painted looking over the Nelson bay towards the Richmond hills. It was fun setting up our easels as close to the water as possible but then the tide came in and pushed us back further and…
My recent watercolour painting "Lake Rotoiti" sold last weekend. It was a very special experience painting this scene. The painting shows the lake impacted by rain and wind. In fact, I had to paint it from inside my car as my easel would have flown away. Even from inside the car I was aware of the hauling wind that was shaking my car and my windscreen wipers were going back and forth so I could have some visibility of the…
Plein Air Painting, 17th December 2025, Queens Gardens, Nelson Meet us for Plein Air Painting on 17th December 2025, 10am, at Queens Gardens, Nelson. Please bring your painting supplies, a chair, bug spray, sun screen, morning tea/lunch good weather. This will be our last plein air painting session before Christmas. We will resume in January 2026. Location wish list: Please let me know if you have any suggestions on where to go for plein air painting. Also, please reach out if…
Plein Air Painting, 10th December 2025, Old Constabulary, Brightwater Let’s try it again and hope this time we have nice weather. Meet us for plein air painting on 10th December 2025, 10am, at the Old Constabulary in Brightwater, 15 Jeffries Road. The property is at the corner of Lord Rutherford Rd and Jeffries Rd. The building is a gorgeous old New Zealand style villa, which is not inhabited any more. The owners store hay in the building and sheep on the lawn…
This weekend you can find my art at the Eyebright Art Market. This is a pre-Christmas Art Market at Eyebrights’ beautiful Gardens. Eyebright is intending to make this an Annual Celebration of the Nelson Arts, to show and sell amazing, creative arts made by our local artists and to bring our community together before Christmas. This is a special market for everyone to buy some very special gifts. There will be music and food stalls, and a selected variety of…