The Art Group Nelson's Spring Exhibition is scheduled for this weekend. Fabulous local artwork will be on show this Saturday and Sunday. Art Group Nelson Putangitangi Greenmeadows Centre Cnr Main Rd Stoke and Songer Street, Stoke/Nelson 6-7th Sept 2025, 10am - 4pm
Tonight! When: 3rd September 2025, 7pm Where: Putangitangi Greenmeadows Centre, Stoke Organiser: Art Group Nelson Guest Speaker: Nicole Russell The Art Group Nelson has invited me to do a talk about "Plein Air Painting and Travelling with a Sketchbook". You will have the opportunity to view my sketchbooks and some of my plein air paintings. You will be shown my materials and easel set up. Also, you can watch me paint during a live painting demonstration. Everybody is welcome!
Nelson Lighthouse and Naked Ladies (Amaryllis Belladonna) is a very special painting to me. The perspective is unusual, especially how you look up at the flowers called "Naked Ladies" (Amaryllis Belladonna). The painting is done in oils with brushwork in the background and palette knife work on the flowers. Oil on canvas, 76cm x 102cm. In February 2022 the Nelson/Tasman plein air painting group did a trip to the Nelson Lighthouse. The lighthouse is located on the Boulder Bank, a…
The Art Group Nelson's Spring Exhibition is scheduled for this weekend. Fabulous local artwork will be on show this Saturday and Sunday. Art Group Nelson Putangitangi Greenmeadows Centre Cnr Main Rd Stoke and Songer Street, Stoke/Nelson 6-7th Sept 2025, 10am - 4pm
The STRADA 2025 September Challenge is starting today, 1st September 2025. I have signed up and am looking forward to drawing or painting daily from life. You will see my daily works starting today until the end of the month. Let me know if you sign up too. It would be great to connect with more daily painters.
Nelson Lighthouse and Naked Ladies (Amaryllis Belladonna) is a very special painting to me. The perspective is unusual, especially how you look up at the flowers called "Naked Ladies" (Amaryllis Belladonna). The painting is done in oils with brushwork in the background and palette knife work on the flowers. Oil on canvas, 76cm x 102cm. In February 2022 the Nelson/Tasman plein air painting group did a trip to the Nelson Lighthouse. The lighthouse is located on the Boulder Bank, a…
When: 3rd September 2025, 7pm Where: Putangitangi Greenmeadows Centre, Stoke Organiser: Art Group Nelson Guest Speaker: Nicole Russell The Art Group Nelson has invited me to do a talk about "Plein Air Painting and Travelling with a Sketchbook". You will have the opportunity to view my sketchbooks and some of my plein air paintings. You will be shown my materials and easel set up. Also, you can watch me paint during a live painting demonstration. Everybody is welcome!
"Richmond Ranges from Motueka", 6 x 8 inches, is an original oil painting. This work is one of my plein air paintings. 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 further. This wee painting is one…
Do you like a challenge? Recently I came across an advertisement for the STRADA Easel September 2025 Challenge. This challenge encourages to paint daily from life for 30 days. What better way to improve on your work? I have signed up and here is the link if you like to join me. https://www.stradaeasel.com/pages/september-2024-strada-31-day-challenge-information Yes, the link seems to point to the 2024 challenge but it is the correct link for the 2025 challenge.
The Marlborough Art Society - Members' Annual Exhibition has only a few more days to go. It is a fabulous exhibition! 9th - 24th August 2025 (10:30am - 4:30pm) Marlborough Art Society 204 High Street, Blenheim