Art and Abart

Dunedin has great sunrises and sunsets. This sunset was taken out of my living room window. Yesterday the sunrise was stunning - but I didn...

Another work from my painting class. Yes, the knife and fork are there, if you look hard.

This is the finished 'child with candle' painting with yellow undercoat. The beginning of this painting is below .

Coming back to NZ has confronted me with some identity issues . I am exploring them in a painting - which is still in the first stages. The...

Nice weather from top to bottom of NZ. This is the view from my dining room window. Just to the right of the washing line, tucked away behi...

I bought an easel this morning from ... where everyone gets a bargain. The box was too big to fit in the car so I had to unpack it. Just as ...

For my painting project I decided to try different coloured undercoats. This is the beginning of my picture using a yellow undercoat.

Here is the same image painted using tints of red, blue and orange. Right side is cool, left side is warm. These are the sort of studies you...

Art school is much more time consuming than I expected but that's fine by me. Suddenly I have a reason to read art history, something I ...

Another photo from the Dunedin Prison series. Both photography series are now online.

A Farmers Market is held in Dunedin every Saturday morning. Its a great place to buy organic vegetables, organic meat (which I have not see...

Are these not the most glorious flowers? A birthday gift from Alison.

We are back at school today after a 2 weeks break, beavering away in the photo lab. The Hocken Library is a specialist research library whi...

I bought a Koru in Greymouth and I discover that the Koru is not only a symbol of new life, but also of peace. Matthew Eru Wepa creates b...

My photography project is morphing with time. First I decided to photograph house doors and make a social commentary on Dunedin with door ph...

We are having a burst of winter with rain, hail and gales. Autumn leaves not hanging on hard will be blown off - probably all the way to Aus...

Otago is crisp and clear and the autumn colours are just starting to show. This is just east of Frankton. This picture of the Remarkables wi...

I just got back to Dunedin from Queenstown. This picture of the Shotover River was taken just after dawn this morning. Autumn colours are ju...

Our art class spends a day a week on conceptual projects. About a month ago the 50 first year students were divided into groups of 4 and tol...

Dunedin is a real surprise. I thought I would be hankering after the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the opera (well I am – it would ...