My blog
Read about my creative process, works in progress, my reflections as an artist on my own and other artists’ work and ideas and resources I want to share with you.
Exploring colour
I created this small, harmonious abstract of two figures in a recent colour workshop with Kapiti artist Morag Stokes. It was interesting to learn about chroma vs value and the advantages of the new, modern pigments...
What is a Portrait?
Last weekend I went to a portrait workshop with local artist and art teacher Morag Stokes. We looked at a range of portrait drawings by famous artists which led to some discussion…
Drawing from the model
Since I do a lot of figurative painting, I decided it was time I went to a life drawing class. I discovered the Wellington School of Drawing, and and it was like stepping back in time to my days at art school…
Evolving a new work
While some artworks seem to create themselves almost, others evolve painstakingly through many versions as ideas are refined.
Lithographs
Recently I was sorting through old folders of drawings and found several of my lithographs that I produced when I was studying printmaking at the City Art Institute in the 1980s.
Studio DEE is open
In 2021 I opened a new home studio called Studio DEE at Paraparaumu Beach, Kapiti so that I could take part in the Kapiti Arts Trail 2021 as an “artist in studio”.
Fetishes, totems and ritual
One of the strangest assignments I had as a Bachelor of Education Arts student at Sydney's City Art Institute (many years ago) was set by a visiting US…
One style or many?
Is it okay to be prolific across lots of different styles of art, or do you need to have one pronounced style to be considered a real artist and taken seriously?