About
Working with Artist Jeanne Bessette in North Carolina 2014
I am a contemporary artist working in acrylic, oil and wax. I live on a small piece of paradise, just north of Christchurch, New Zealand. I am a musician, artist, wife, and mother of three beautiful daughters.
Here on our wee farm, Piwakawaka Gardens, named after our native fantails that love to come and visit while I paint, I can spin off into my own creative space. I have the room to write, sing, play and teach music, fling paint and wax around and be just as loud or as quiet as I need!
Just so I don’t lose myself in too much creative bliss, there is always the need to feed and look after all my animals and weed and maintain 10 acres of farm and garden. Or do the housework. (Hmmm..that doesn’t happen much!)
I was initially self taught in my acrylic art journey, but in 2014 I travelled to North Carolina, USA, to work with the amazing and charismatic Jeanne Bessette. I also have done a course with Robert Joyner, a very successful American abstract artist.
In 2017 I was fortunate to travel to New York to work with the acclaimed Brooklyn artist, Alyssa and study portraiture, my latest passion.
I was taught the encaustic method of painting initially by Jo Campbell, a wonderful artist from Golden Bay, NZ, and in 2015 I travelled to Sante Fe, New Mexico and work with Ellen Koment, who is one of the leading encaustic artists in the USA.
In 2017 I worked with Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch, from USA and Nancy Crawford , Canada, in some life changing workshops.
Here on our wee farm, Piwakawaka Gardens, named after our native fantails that love to come and visit while I paint, I can spin off into my own creative space. I have the room to write, sing, play and teach music, fling paint and wax around and be just as loud or as quiet as I need!
Just so I don’t lose myself in too much creative bliss, there is always the need to feed and look after all my animals and weed and maintain 10 acres of farm and garden. Or do the housework. (Hmmm..that doesn’t happen much!)
I was initially self taught in my acrylic art journey, but in 2014 I travelled to North Carolina, USA, to work with the amazing and charismatic Jeanne Bessette. I also have done a course with Robert Joyner, a very successful American abstract artist.
In 2017 I was fortunate to travel to New York to work with the acclaimed Brooklyn artist, Alyssa and study portraiture, my latest passion.
I was taught the encaustic method of painting initially by Jo Campbell, a wonderful artist from Golden Bay, NZ, and in 2015 I travelled to Sante Fe, New Mexico and work with Ellen Koment, who is one of the leading encaustic artists in the USA.
In 2017 I worked with Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch, from USA and Nancy Crawford , Canada, in some life changing workshops.
Exhibitions
Landscapes, Oxford Street Art, Lyttelton, March 4 – 28, 2016
TWO WAYS, solo exhibition XCHC- The Exchange-Wilsons Rd Christchurch- June 2016
Christchurch Art Show - 2017, 2018
Kaiapoi Art Show 2016
TWO WAYS, solo exhibition XCHC- The Exchange-Wilsons Rd Christchurch- June 2016
Christchurch Art Show - 2017, 2018
Kaiapoi Art Show 2016