Art and Abart

Last month I posted about my New Zealand Sketchbook.  I made it primarily for my European friends, none of whom had been to my homeland, ...

Goodbye Nelson I had a very smooth flight from Nelson to Wellington this morning. There were two smoke plumes in the distance and p...

Nelson has a marvelous little gallery, the Suter Art Gallery, set in the Queens Garden, which is a green refuge near the city centre. Qu...

Smoke haze enveloped Nelson in the morning yesterday.  Three thousand people have been evacuated from Wakefield just south west of the city....

Coming back from a concert in a tiny church at Lake Rotoiti, we saw smoke  billowing from the hills nearby. Poor Nelson. The sky is now or...

Adam Festival Facebook post The organisers of the Adam Chamber Music festival in Nelson can be proud of themselves. They produced a wond...

Nelson is dry and brown, apart from the vineyards with their rows of unnervingly green vines. The picture below was taken in Isel Park in ...

On a clear day, a flight from Wellington to Nelson offers wonderful views of the terrain below. The plane is small and flies low enough for ...

Lambretta at Lambretta's The sketches and paintings I did at the Nelson Jazz Festival are now online here. The motor scooter (le...

Mike's Ward's Bear Jacket  Nelson, well known for its arts scene, is the home of the wearable arts festival which eventually go...

' Painting Miho Wada (Image: Martin de Ruyter, Nelson Mail) The Jazz Festival has taken over Nelson with jazz in bars and cafes al...