Artistic Approach:

I am a New Zealand artist specialising in birds and botanical art.  My work is represented in many books, magazines, prints, stamps.  I work in gouache, watercolour, acrylic, ink and wash and pencil and metalpoint. 

I have been painting since 1970 when I produced the paintings for 5 x  field guides to New Zealand birds.  

These were followed by a series of limited edition prints and books, including 6 x children’s books on NZ flora and fauna.

In the 1980s my work was represented on 10 x New Zealand Post stamps featuring endangered New Zealand birds.

I have produced paintings for NZ Post, NZ Treasury, NZ Forest and Birds Society, NZ Ornithological Society, NZ Milk Board.

My work has been on 14 stamps including 2 x NZ Gamebird Habitat stamps and prints and 2 x NZ Stamp Assn. stamps.

In the 1990s I wrote and illustrated my book, ‘Images of a Garden’, which is a written and visual diary of my then garden Te Popo Gardens in Taranaki.

For botanical work I like scientific illustration which I do with pen and ink and ink and wash.  For botanical paintings I use gouache and watercolour on watercolour paper. 

I also work with metalpoint, using 24kt gold and pure silver.

Affiliations:

Member: Botanical Art Society of New Zealand

Exhibitions:

2021

May - ‘For the Love of Botanical’ - Space Studio Gallery, Wanganui

2020

August - 'A Big Show of Little Botanical Works 2020' - Annual exhibition BASNZ members, Auckland Botanic Gardens

2019

October - 'BOTANICA 2019' - Annual exhibition BASNZ members, Chamber Gallery, Rangiora Library, Christchurch

2018

‘Botanical Art Worldwide - Nga Tipu Taketake – Indigenous Flora’, Auckland Botanical Gardens, Wellington Botanic Gardens and Millennium Public Gallery, Blenheim

March - 'BOTANICA 2018', Annual exhibition BASNZ members, Akaroa Art Gallery, Christchurch