Art and Abart

If you want to see a captivating show that leaves you feeling the need for a cup of tea, a bex and a good lie down, then go to the Museum of...

Patonga is one of those places that is lovely, rain or shine. The sand banks disappear and re-appear with the tide and you can sit around ....

Merry Christmas everyone and I hope we all have a healthy, happy and hopeful New Year. My wish for 2010 is that our politicians become lea...

Shame on the Chinese! Shame on the wealthy West! Shame on the Danish! Shame on the UN! It was a shock to to be confronted so dramatically wi...

It looks as if the rocks these pelicans were sitting on when I drew them will be well and truly under water in a few years. Not only the roc...

Sulphur crested Cockatoos are playful creatures and do all manner of tricks to catch your attention. This group was sitting on a powerline ...

New South Wales has some hidden gems and one of them is the southern part of the NSW Central Coast. It is only and hour north of Sydney by t...

When I am in Sydney I am always drawn to the opera house. Drawn to draw the opera house.

I am back in Sydney house sitting. Bubby has gone to Scotland with her parents but before she went I drew her. She sits on the desk and watc...

Dunedin wins for perfect temperatures. I have three temperature gauges on my computer that tell me that Sydney is 31C, Dunedin is 20C (the 1...

I have made this watercolour of Dunedin into a greeting card. See here.

In my 9 month absence Dunedin has changed. There are so many empty shops for one thing and the council has installed costly parking meters i...

A flying visit ...

In Banksia, on the way to Dunedin ...

Turquoise and blue. Yes, that's Sydney!

I seem to be able to think best when I am in cafés and I understand authors who choose a café as their writing studio. If I have the luxury ...

Saturday morning at the Art Gallery. The children copy paintings and I sketch the children.

You can almost hear the neurons collecting and sorting information when you watch a baby. Watch a baby watching you.