I’m surprised with myself but in retirement I seem to have become a bit of a painter now too. Perhaps not too surprising because my mother was very good at it and I did dabble a little in my youth while at Christchurch Teachers College.
Anyway I’ve produced a few and now have sold six originals, three since I have become one of the local displayed artists at the Reefton Gallery on the West Coast of the South Island-New Zealand (Te Whare Toi o Inangahua – Te Tai Poutini -Te Wai Pounamu – Aotearoa) There I also sell prints and greeting cards made from a few of these.
My regular…The Broadway Cafe
Afternoon Sun. Murray Creek Track
Just a few hundred metres from home on an old miners track
Bushsteps
View along another old miners track near home
From the Rahu
A view from the road about 25km from home on the Rahu Saddle on State Highway 7
Morning Light – Blacks Point
This is also just a few hundred metres from my home in Blacks Point
North Beach – Westport
About 80 km from home on the Tasman Sea coast at the town of Westport
Top Track Blacks Point to Reefton Along yet another old miners track along a high ridge about 1km from home
Mokihinui Dusk
Along the coast north of Westport
Looking Up
As you do when walking in a forest
Black Ferns
Whoops..this photo of my latest is a bit blurry. I’ll replace it soon. Anyway the name is maybe a bit of a homage to New Zealand’s world champion women’s rugby team one of whom (Ruby Tui) comes from this part of Aotearoa