Harbourview Reserve, Point Chevalier 2012, 820mm x 595mm, acrylic on panel. |
This is a local beach reserve where I make the most of high tides in summer, enjoy a blustery walk on a stormy day and where I may, or may not, have been seen, on many occasions, photographing the environs and obsessively collecting pohutukawa leaves, shells, twigs, seaweed, etc for use in my creative pursuits.
Takapuna Beach Reserve Shadows 2004, 820mm x 595mm, acrylic on panel. |
This painting is of the carpet-like shadows that cover the beach side reserve in Takapuna on a hot summer's day. (The colour of the photograph varies from the original which isn't as lime green as seen here).
(I remember when this area of land was covered with houses before it was transformed into a lovely public space.)
Sunset over Pakiri Hills 2007, 630 x 430mm, acrylic on canvas |
This painting was completed following a weekend away, camping at Pakiri Beach, with my young family. As we drove over the hills, I was captivated with the evening light washing the rolling hills with velvety colour.
This is Pakiri beach as evening closes in, following a wild and stormy afternoon. Once the winds and rain had moved on everything felt refreshed and so tranquil and still.
I can still smell the sea air! Bliss!
Pakiri after the storm 2008, 751mmx166mm, acrylic on panel |
I can still smell the sea air! Bliss!