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Taking a line for walk

I've lost count of the number of times that people have wandered around my studio saying ” I can’t even draw a straight line”. I’m at a bit of a  loss as to what to answer…why would you want to?…

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VAST Exhibition

I'm delighted to be the guest artist at the annual Visual Arts Tapawera exhibition. Opening next Thursday evening from 7pm and running through until Sunday 1st February . My featured paintings will be recent watercolours.

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Exhibition and Workshop at Hanmer Springs

If you missed my Home and Away exhibition in Nelson here's another chance to enjoy some of my NZ and Australian paintings. The exhibition will  be at the Amuri Community Art Gallery in Hanmer Springs from the 12th of January…

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Watercolour Workshop at Hanmer Springs , 28th February 2026

A one day beginners workshop at beautiful Hanmer Springs. If you've ever thought about trying watercolour painting this workshop will get you started. We'll spend the day together playing with watercolour basics to start you on your journey.  Suitable for…

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Showing Off?

Hi everyone, Have you ever wondered why  artists hold exhibitions? Step back 20 something years.. Me? He’s asking me to hold an exhibition? The Wellington gallery owner blew me away with his suggestion , whenI plucked up the courage to…

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2026 Calendar

Hello  everyone,  I can't believe where 2025 has galloped to! This year has been a tough one for many , with not a lot of good news, so I decided to go for a cover  which will (hopefully )  bring a…

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The Top End 4 – Go west,young man!

  Life never goes according to plan . We woke up next morning to no caravan power. The nice people we met at the I site came to help, Pete is an electrician, but works  on the national grid !…

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Top End 3

   Our last evening in Darwin was spent chatting with a couple of Kiwi ex pats- Gary  from the Marlborough Sounds and his wife from Upper Moutere. As Ngai Tahu ,Gary had some really interesting views on the aboriginal situation…

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To the Top End

2991.4 km , 8 day days  and we’ve driven all the way from Coffs Harbour (halfway between Sydney and Brisbane , through the back of Queensland, across the border to the Northern Territory. We began with big sub zero…

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