'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!

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.