Refreshed

A simple iris in the early morning light after a refreshing spring shower - a promise of approaching summer, one of my favorite times of year. Pastel on pastelmat.

I travelled to Vanuatu and spent several weeks living in a village on one of the islands. The people were amazing and the children especially captured my heart. I just had to paint them. Would you like to see more? Then put a comment below.

Into The Light

 

"Into The Light" -watercolour

I meant to post this some time ago but somehow it ended up in my draft folder. This painting was the recipient of the Kath von Tunzelmann Watercolour Award at the Ashburton Art Society annual exhibition a few years ago and was inspired by the some of the beautiful rhododendron blooms that grace my garden every spring. These flowers must be one of my favorites. They lend such a blaze of colour to the landscape at the end of winter. We have just survived our first snow fall of the winter and I'm looking forward to spring.  

The Hunter - soft pastel on Canson paper.
I've not posted much for some time mainly because life has been so busy that I found it difficult to get much art work done. That's life  I suppose and some things are just more important than art, namely those in our families and others we love. I'm sorry if I offend anyone by saying that, but that is the way I feel.
Anyway things are looking more positive on the art front at the moment. I have an exhibition scheduled for the end of September through October in a local gallery and am working steadily towards that. Keeping things under wraps at the moment, but look forward to more posts. Can you guess the subject for the exhibition? (Hint- not related to the picture in this post.)

"Heart to Heart"-charcoal drawing.
Trust does not come at once but is built up gradually. Once established it is deep and enduring. 

The Pink Hat

She captivated my attention at the A&P show - the pink hat and the grey coat. Oil on canvas.

Portrait of a girl - charcoal on paper. Nice to get some work completed in between efforts to tame the garden this summer. So good to enjoy the coolness of my studio as the temperature soars outside.