'Breaker Bay', Watercolour on Paper, 2000.

'Wellington Harbour', Watercolour on Paper, 2000.

'Worser Bay' Crayon on Paper, 2000.

'F-14 Tomcat', Pencil and Pen on Paper, 1987.
I found this in an old book of stories today. Fuelled by repeated viewings of 'Top Gun', I would write and illustrate my own war stories to entertain my eleven year old self.

'Ward Island from Eastbourne', Crayon on Paper, 2000.

'South Coast, Wellington', Crayon on Paper, 2000.

'Wellington Harbour from Eastbourne', Crayon on Paper, 2000.

'Moutere Landscape', Toss Woollaston, Watercolour on Paper, 1947.
This wee gem is off to Dunbar Sloane Auctioneers tomorrow for their Fine Art Auction on the 13th of April. I have had it since February 2000, but it has rarely seen the light of day, but now it can brighten someone else's wall.

'Bush Scene', Watercolour on Paper, 2000.

'Bush Scene', Watercolour on Paper, 2000.

'Nusa Lembongan, Bali', Oil on Board, 2011.

'Bush Scene', Watercolour on Paper, 2000.

'Sanur, Bali', Oil on Board, 2011.

'Owl', Handmade from material scraps, 2011.

'Bush Scene', Watercolour on Paper, 2000.

'Lake Taupo', Oil on Board, 2011.

'View from Makara', Oil on Board, 2010.

'Bush Scene', Watercolour on paper, 2000.
During my first year of living in Wellington I was working very long hours and so didn't have much time for oil painting. Instead I kept busy with lots of little watercolours of the Wellington bush, small studies that would often only take a couple of minutes each, yet would be developed into oil paintings whenever I had any time off.

'Kitty', Hand-sewn from material scraps, 2010.

'Bunny', Hand-sewn from material scraps. 2010.

'Virginia Lake, Wanganui', Watercolour on Paper, 2000.

'Virginia Lake, Wanganui', Watercolour on Paper, 2000.

'Mljet, Croatia', Pencil on Paper, 2006.

'Storm, Mljet, Croatia', Pencil on Paper and Oil on Board. Both 2006.
With all of these posts of drawings, I thought it would be nice to show how some of them evolved into paintings.

'Korcula, Croatia', Pencil on paper, 2006.

'Vierwaldstattersee, Switzerland', Pencil on Paper. 2005.

'Brienzersee, Switzerland', Pencil on Paper, 2005.

'The Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland', Pencil on Paper, 2005.

'From Augustus Gardens, Capri', Watercolour on Paper, 2005.

Assorted Bone Carvings, 2009.
Last year I made bone carvings with some kids at school and it proved so popular that I'm doing it again this week. I made these last year (with mixed success, some I can't stand to look at!) as examples to show the kids, but I pinched a nerve in my shoulder during the hours of repetitive filing per piece so I've given up making them myself......for now anyway.

'High Atlas, Morocco', Pencil on Paper, 2005.

'High Atlas, Morocco', Pencil on Paper, 2006.

'Tinehir, Morocco', Pencil on Paper, 2006.

'Pai, Thailand', Pencil on Paper. 2009.

'Skull', Watercolour on Paper, 2010.

'Roadstop, Thailand', Oil on Board, 2010.

With storage space running scarce these four cheaper pieces are looking for homes.
'Lyttleton Harbour', 2010. $250.
'Decanter Bay, Banks Peninsula', 2010. $250.
'Banks Peninsula', 2010. $250
'Los Torres, Chile', 2009. $250.

As part of a spring clean (I'm running out of room again!)these four pieces are going cheap.
'The Sacred Valley, Peru', 2009. $250.
'Bartlome, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador', 2009. $250.
'Monte Sainte Victoire, France', 2008. $250.
'Soussevlei, Namibia', 2008. $250.

'Road to Zagora, Morocco'. Watercolour on Paper. 2006.