Images from various dance performances, Ubud, Bali, 2010.

Nusa Lembongan, Bali, 2010.

Kuta Beach, (top two) and Sanur Beach, Bali. 2010.

AAhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

Banks Peninsula sketches, 2008.

A couple of sketches from the trip, almost two years ago now. I have one more oil piece to do from that trip then I will move on to Castlepoint. Am away for two weeks now but will still attempt to make a few posts.

'Decanter Bay, Banks Peninsula', 2010.
I have a book in which I record the details of every piece I have done since my last year of art school and this is the 400th oil piece.

'Banks Peninsula#1', 2010.
This picture is a little washed out colour wise but this painting is the first of a set of three of Banks Peninsula. I haven't painted New Zealand for a while because of the other backlog but along with the Ngawihi piece, and these ones, I have Castlepoint, Lake Taupo and Makara coming up this year.

'Ngawihi', 2010.
This is picture isn't the best but on the smaller scale the colour doesn't look so washed out, the crappy Wellington weather isn't condusive to photo taking.

'Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina', 2009.
Just finished this, the last of the original ten South America pieces I had planned to do. Looking back through my drawings though I can see some more in the future, but I need to move on through some of the other backlog first.

'Los Torres, Chile', 2009.
This picture was taken in the shadows outside so the colour is a little washed out. A lot of the sights I had seen during the Africa/South America trip had been compromised by the weather and fog and Torres del Paine was one of the last places I had planned to see before going home. I was determined not to miss out after other disappointments (and planning for eighteen months to get there) so I sat huddled under a rock for around eight hours, through a freezing blizzard, to get the classic photo. The sky only cleared around fifteen minutes before I had to leave for good and although I was eventually rewarded for my persistence(stubborness), a week later I learned that somebody had died doing the exact same thing.

'Macchu Picchu, Peru #2', 2009.
Second attempt at this piece, simplified and a little more stylised than the first one.

'Regents Park, London', Watercolour, 2004.

'Pontylfni, Wales', Watercolour, 2004.

'Kaitoke Road Stop, Wanganui'. 1999.
An example of the looser style of painting from the Wanganui years, pieces like this would take me half an hour as opposed to the eight to ten they do now.

'From Augustus Gardens, Capri, Italy', Watercolour, 2005.
I used to make a watercolour before each piece to sort out colour and had periods where theybecame nice little paintings in their own right. This was one of a series of small pieces for a show at Idiom a few years ago.

'The Durdle Door, Dorset, England', 2006.
This piece is from another day trip out of London down to the south coast.

'Grimey', Bone Carving, 2009.

'Vaxholm, Sweden', 2005.
This image is from a day trip out of Stockholm through an amazing archipelago of thousands of tiny rocky islands.

'Rowdy Roddy Peeper', Bone Carving, 2009.

'Faraglioni, Capri, Italy', 2005.
Another piece from the trip to Capri.

'Hans Moleman', Bone Carving, 2009.
"But Marge,.....the football, the groin, it works on so many levels!!"
I had to freeze the episode at this exact point to get this image, this piece needs another sanding though.