by mspacifica | May 6, 2020 | Art, New Zealand
Is your home your sanctuary?Or do you still remember one you used to live in? There are lots of reasons to commission a painting of a loved home. You might be moving on, or it might be the home with great memories… or simply one that you have walked passed and...
by mspacifica | May 5, 2020 | Art, New Zealand
New Zealand – the way it used to be. The freedom of being an artist was epitomised for me by the yellow bus on a one-way bridge recently. One of the last one-way bridges in the south island it connects SH8 between Queenstown and Dunedin over the mighty Clutha...
by mspacifica | Apr 30, 2020 | Art, New Zealand
I’m excited and proud to be part of the NZ Art Show Online – which is live NOW. It’s a dynamic online virtual exhibition featuring more than 150 talented NZ artists…well… more or less talented. Event This years online Art Show was developed when the...
by mspacifica | Feb 4, 2020 | Art, New Zealand
This is a series of two paintings I did in Rotorua during the 2019/2020 Summer Artist Residency Open Studios project. During the residency I took workshop participants walking on this path near the Blue Lake to experience the environment and hear the stories. The...
by mspacifica | Feb 2, 2020 | Art, New Zealand
This is a series of five paintings I did in Rotorua during the 2019/2020 Summer Artist Residency. Just prior to my residency Whakaari erupted just off the Bay of Plenty coast with devastating consequences. My first painting is: Calling in the Fire. Calling in the Fire...
by mspacifica | Feb 1, 2020 | Art, New Zealand
Under-lying the euphoria of the summit is the growing realisation that the uphill may have been the easy part. The downhill is no fun-park ride either. Whilst beautiful, it is too exposed and cold to linger long at the summit and almost immediately we commence the...
