I am always in awe of nature – the rhythms, shapes, colours, sounds, movements… When you see something in nature that resonates with your soul, that really touches you…how does that make you feel? Like standing at the foot of a majestic mountain, or a raging river, or looking into a flower. Connection… Today’s kohatu […]

Green is one of my favourite colours (with purple) and I don’t know if anyone noticed, but I haven’t used green for a long long time! And the only reason I have green today is that this is a recycled rock from the rock pile that already had green paint on it! I don’t actually […]

I visited the Osteopath today – don’t you just love the French, they’re so passionate and expressive when they speak – well this one is anyway! Anyway, while he was fixing me up and talking a lot lol, we got onto history and where we come from and I realised that some people just don’t […]

I’ve been fully aware that ever since I returned from overseas, the rocks I have painted have definitely taken a turn. No longer do they always begin with the koru, they are now starting from anywhere. A part of that for me was about stepping out into the unknown, letting go of what I thought […]

Listening to my ocean music today, I painted this rock. Hearing the waves, the flow of water and dolphins playing and singing beneath the sea… There is something about dolphins that move me – perhaps their friendly loving nature, I feel like I’ve known them many times before… And they are becoming more frequent in […]

So we’ve won the Rugby World Cup which is fantastic – you can feel the energy around the country at the moment. There were thoughts today about how the country would be if we had lost – I’m pretty sure the energy would have been a lot different! But celebrations aside, we have a real […]