Greek Islands

1236 Naoussa Harbour VIII Acrylic on Canvas 2000mm x 300mm $2500 NZ SOLD

1244 Naoussa Harbour XIV, Paros, Greece Acrylic on Canvas 355mm x 300mm $400 NZ SOLD	2243 Naoussa Harbour Paros XX Acrylic on Canvas 330mm x 240mm $480 NZ SOLD	1245 Naoussa Harbour XV, Paros, Greece Acrylic on Canvas 300mm x 210mm $260 NZ SOLD

1237 Naoussa Harbour IX Acrylic on Canvas 2000mm x 300mm $2500 NZ

1237 Naoussa Harbour IX Detail	1237 Naoussa Harbour IX Detail	1237 Naoussa Harbour IX Detail
1253 Safe Harbour, Corfu, Greece Acrylic on Canvas 610mm x 450mm $800 NZ SOLD	1246 Naoussa Harbour XVI Acrylic on Canvas 300mm x 210mm $260 NZ SOLD	1252 High and Dry, Corfu, Greece Acrylic on Canvas 610mm x 450mm $800 NZ SOLD
1248 Santorini V Acrylic on Board 300mm x 210mm $260 NZ SOLD	1251 Storm Brewing, Greek Islands Acrylic on Canvas 610mm x 450mm $800 NZ SOLD	1255 Naoussa Harbour XVIII, Paros, Greece Acrylic on Board 500mm x 250mm $450 NZ SOLD
1250 Abandoned Orchard, Lefkes, Paros, Greece Acrylic on Canvas 610mm x 450mm $800 NZ now $400	1249 Village, Paros Acrylic on Canvas 610mm x 450mm $850 NZ SOLD	1247 Santorini IV Acrylic on Board 300mm x 210mm $260 NZ SOLD
1256 Naoussa Harbour XIX, Paros, Greece Acrylic on Board 580mm x 275mm $470 NZ Now $350 SOLD	1240 Naoussa Harbour X, Paros, Greece Acrylic on Canvas 400mm x 300mm $380 NZ SOLD	1254 Naoussa Harbour XVII, Paros, Greece Acrylic on Canvas 220mm x 115mm $220 NZ SOLD

My stay in the Greek Islands was too short, even though it was extended a few days by the sinking of one of the ferries, which plies the oceans between the islands. Shipping and the sea are a part of life here. Tiny Islands are sprinkled over a vast area of ocean. We drove around “our” island in a day, stopping at every beach for a swim- no need for anything other than a bikini that day.

Each island has it's own special villages – clusters of neat whitewashed houses with ultramarine shuttered windows and doors, villages nestled closely on high promontories or in sheltered turquoise harbours. Every alley held promise of yet another visual feast- stone paving, white walls punctuated with brilliant bursts of red geraniums and cerise bougainvillea. Older villages presented surprises of weathered unpainted or long ago once-whitewashed timber doors and crumbling plaster revealing beautifully set stone walls- and CATS! Lots of cats, some fat and sleek others abandoned, unkempt strays.

Goats are farmed on the dry golden brown volcanic hillsides dotted with olive and fig trees and how they grow such wonderful watermelons in such a barren wasteland amazes me. Harbour side cafés abound. What better way to sample seafood fresh from the day's catch, the salty air whetting the appetite for octopus, squid and ouzo. Octopus drying in the sun on the café canopies I especially loved the boats, beautiful, colourful, and well cared for, fecund, feminine shapes, which virtually wallowed in the water. I hope I do them justice in my paintings Santorini is a visual spectacle and geologically fascinating. My first view of the island close up was from the ferry docked at a tiny Harbour nestled in the bottom of a volcanic crater in a deep turquoise bay completely dominated by a sheer cliff of multicoloured strata. Awesome from the bottom and breathtaking from the top!

There are SO many islands to visit, I'm going back!

Hong Kong

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1582 Duk Ling Junk Sail I Acrylic on Canvas 300mm x 300mm $600 NZ Now $490	1583 Duk Ling Junk Sail II Acrylic on Canvas 300mm x 300mm $600 NZ Now $490	1584 Duk Ling Junk Sail III Acrylic on Canvas 300mm x 300mm $600 NZ Now $490
1585 Duk Ling Junk Sail IV Acrylic on Canvas 300mm x 300mm $600 NZ Now $490	1587 Duk Ling and Central II Acrylic on Canvas 770mm x 255mm $1200 NZ Now $800	1586 Duk Ling and Central I Acrylic on Canvas 460mm x 285mm $800 NZ Now $360
1588 Hong Kong Night I Acrylic on Canvas 400mm x 200mm $650 NZ	1589 Hong Kong Night II Acrylic on Canvas 400mm x 200mm $650 NZ SOLD	1590 Hong Kong Night III Acrylic on Canvas 400mm x 200mm $650 NZ
1593 Hong Kong Night IV Mixed Media on Canvas 760mm x 255mm $900 NZ SOLD	1594 Hong Kong Night IV Mixed Media on Canvas 760mm x 255mm $1200 NZ SOLD	1595 Hong Kong Night Reflections Mixed Media on Canvas 760mm x 255mm $400 NZ
1591 Monsoon Breaking Mixed Media on Canvas 460mm x 255mm $490 NZ SOLD

Australia

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1327 Good Wind On The Harbour Sydney Acrylic on Canvas 1000mm x 900mm $1900 NZ Now unmounted reduced to $990	1397 Opalescent Rainbows Down Under IV Mixed Media on Canvas 330mm x 240mm $200 NZ SOLD	1396 Opalescent Rainbows Down Under III Mixed Media on Canvas 720mm x 550mm $900 NZ
1398 Aurora Australis and Hot Wind Mixed Media on Canvas 620mm x 325mm $300 NZ Now $180	1399 Cave Painting Lizard Mixed Media on Canvas 200mm x 200mm $300 NZ	1400 Cave Painting Crocodile Mixed Media on Canvas 200mm x 200mm $300 NZ
1401 Cave Painting Spirit, Snake, Hunters Mixed Media on Canvas 200mm x 200mm $300 NZ SOLD	1403 Gum Trees I Mixed Media on Canvas 1000mm x 800mm $2100 NZ SOLD	1394 Opalescent Rainbows Down Under I Mixed Media on Canvas 305mm x 225mm $300 NZ SOLD
1402 Strata Australis Mixed Media on Canvas 900mm x 400mm $1100 NZ SOLD	1395 Opalescent Rainbows Down Under II Mixed Media on Canvas 520mm x 460mm $450 NZ SOLD

These pieces were inspired by my first journey to Australia in Sept 2003, lured my by children deciding they would live “across the ditch”. What I discovered there astounded me by its diversity in landform, geology, flora and fauna.

I brought home a memento, some gum tree scented candles packaged in the most delightful box decorated with a hand painted gum leaf. Although the box caused a stir with a certain little beagle at customs, the scent of the candles and the beautifully designed packaging refused to fade from my thoughts.

Another huge influence in these pieces were large chunks of opal, still uncut but polished, bringing forth from the bowels of the earth, the most amazing irridescent rainbows of colour. Undiscovered for eons under tons of dark earth until brought into daylight, they reminded me of buried rainbows. These bands of opal bearing strata are evident in each of the paintings above.

Asia

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1982 Bridge To Paradise – Chinese Garden inspiration Sydney Acrylic on Canvas 760mm x 380mm $1950 NZ SOLD	287 Great Wall of China Acrylic on Board 3 Panels 700mm x 300mm each $1800 NZ SOLD