I started painting this rock today and then I said to myself, stuff it, I’m going to paint this rock with my right hand! And so I carried on, painfully at times lol painting this rock with my right hand. I’m left-handed, but there are sports that I can play right-handed such as golf. And […]

When I think of red and yellow I remember my assignments I used to do in primary school. Yellow borders of koru and wriggly squiggles surrounding words telling stories that I can’t remember. But I remember the colour and the patterns. When I think of red and yellow I remember the waiata (song) – red […]

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 […]