"Waitakere View', 1998.
I found some old and worn slides from art school and have had them put into digital form. The original photo's aren't the best but they give an idea of what my first landscapes were like.

'North of Riversdale', 2010.

'Lyttelton Harbour', 2010.

'Jethro's Birthday', pencil on paper, 2010.
Just to be fair, here's one of the boy too.

'Ellie Sleeping', pencil on paper, 2010 (from old photo).
Ellie May, aka the 'Paeroa Princess', aka 'Lady Muck', aka 'The Runt', aka 'Smellie Ellie', likes to sleep sitting up on her bum on the couch like a person and has done ever since the photo this was drawn from, was taken at six weeks old. I'm not usually one for realistic drawings as I usually just scribble information down for paintings, but this is a nice change.

'Castlepoint', pencil on paper, 2008.

'Two Sleeping Doggies', pencil on paper, 2010.

'Skull'. Papier Mache and Paint, 2010.

' Riversdale', 2008.
Another drawing from the Castlepoint trip a couple of years ago, this is a piece I hope to paint in the forthcoming holidays.

Skulls.
At the end of last year I made some clay skulls with a class of junior kids. Yesterday I was bored and decided to paint a couple. I really love crudely painted objects, especially on wood, and will probably look to do more of this sort of thing in the future, although I'm not happy with these two.

'Castlepoint', 2008.
I made my first visit to Castlepoint nearly two years ago after seeing pictures of the interesting landforms on a postcard. Such has been the backlog of work that I have to do, that in three weeks time (school holidays) I will finally get a chance to paint it in oil, probably three times.

'Wanganui River', Watercolour, 1999.

'Wellington', Watercolour, 1999.

Another four paintings looking for new homes.

'Mt Sainte Victoire, France', $250.

'From Chunuk Bair, Turkey', $200. SOLD

'Ted's View, Peak District, England', $250.

'Lasithi Plateau, Crete, Greece', $250. SOLD

Sale on!!!

I'm running out of storage and the work is piling up without a gallery, so this is a move to give these five pieces new homes for $250 (the second one down, $350) each! I will add some more next week. From the top.......

'Copacobana Beach, Rio, Brasil'. SOLD

'South Luangwa River, Zambia'. SOLD

'Old Harry Rocks, Dorset, England'. SOLD

'Old Boat, Mull, Scotland'. SOLD

'The Cullins from Elgol, Scotland'. SOLD

'Wellington', Watercolour, 1999.

'Wellington', watercolour, 1999.
Another from the old sketchbooks, this time looking down toward Seatoun and the harbour entrance.

'Wellington', Watercolour, 2000.
Looking through old workbooks I've come across pages of old watercolours which nobody will have seen before.

Bali, 2010.

Bali locals, 2010.

The second bottom one is highly valued for the the coffee beans it has partially digested, giving a particularily tasty brew!