News & Ramblings

Last week I finished a small group of anthropomorphic Australian marsupials, Bilbies. Made from calico, stuffed with sheep wool, dipped in coffee and measured and fitted into their tiny tailored… Read More

The weather has been lousy here these past weeks. Torrential rain, hale and frost. What bulbs that have come up have suffered the elements, all except the daffodils and anemones.… Read More

These last few months I have been immersed in all things west Coast, in particular Queenstown. I’ve been working my way through photos from the Galley Museum, selecting those that… Read More

Since moving I’ve been planting out many of my favorite plants. I’ve come to realize that I am a very sentimental gardener. Many of my plant choices are from my… Read More

Over the next few months I’ll be working on a couple of Queenstown themed handmade artbooks. This is the first one I made, based mostly from the archived photos and… Read More

Another completed artwork for my still life series. While still working on a much larger painting of my bookshelf doll, I really wanted to make a smaller painting of the… Read More

One of the largest and more complex collage paintings I’ve completed to date. My garden is proving more and more a source of inspiration. With each new plant I definitely… Read More

I was inspired by the photos taken in the early 1900’s of the west coast. These photos are housed at Queenstown’s Galley Museum. Another wonderful photo I came across was… Read More

Coming home after a ‘plein air’ workshop with Press West, I was deeply inspired and moved by not only by artists I met over the three day stay, but by… Read More