Jul 10
20170
commentsIn Art & Paintings For Sale, Colour & Inspiration, Colour Inspiration, Commissioned Paintings, Paintings For Sale
‘Going Places’ 1200×1200 Currently for sale at Art Associates, Grey Lynn
‘Harbour Crossing’ 1500×1500 Commissioned Work SOLD
‘One Ocean’ 1200×1200 SOLD
Jul 10
20170
commentsIn Art & Paintings For Sale, Colour & Inspiration, Colour Inspiration, Commissioned Paintings, Paintings For Sale, Paintings Sold
‘Midnight Crossing’ Sold at NZ Sculpture On Shore
‘Indigo’ SOLD
‘To See The Language of Light’
‘Seeing Into One’s Nature’
‘Satori 1’
‘Satori 2’
SOLD
‘Think Less Feel More’ SOLD
‘Around the World’ 1200×1200 SOLD
These paintings are for sale. Commissions are welcome.
Call Fiona 09 5291004 for sizes and prices.
Apr 23
20170
commentsIn Colour & Inspiration, Colour Consultant, Colour Inspiration, Cushions, Fabric/Wallpaper, Nature's Colour Schemes
Auburn; henna; copper and hazel – Reddish brown colour combinations inspired by a giraffe at the Gibbs Sculpture Farm and a friend’s chestnut pony.
Try a combination of Dulux’s Cumberland St and Te Puke with the rich dark chocolate of Khandallah.
Thanks to Adam Gatley for the birds photo.
Jun 05
20150
commentsIn Colour Development, Colour Inspiration, Colour Specialist, Commercial Projects, Love Your Work, Nature's Colour Schemes
Click here to see the new range – Designer colour range with Oxide
Love Your Work – This is why I enjoy what I do… Colour Development
Last year I worked with Dianne and Paul at the Oxide Distributing Company in Glenfield, Auckland to develop a usable and contemporary range of colours for their concrete oxides.
It is called the Designer Colour Range, and has 27 relevant and exciting oxides, which has already had a fantastic response from their customers since launched. There are 9 different colour categories, each of which have 3 variations of hues and tones – Riverstone; Slate; Autumn; Desert; Clay; Sandstone; Tussock; Coastal; and Greenstone. The range was inspired by our own natural New Zealand flora, rocks and soils.
The Colour Palette Specialist
Bright subtropical plants reminiscent of the vibrant colours painted on Mexican Architect, Luis Barrigan’s building – ‘Casa Gilardi’. Ricardo Legoretta, another inspiring Mexican Architect, also embraced these strong bright hues. Legoretta once said about his process “I don’t select colour, I feel it”. The selection of colour is an integral part of their designs.
Mar 19
20120
commentsIn A Place To Simply Be, Being There, Colour & Inspiration, Colour Inspiration
Drink good coffee made with love! Have several favourite cafes – many if you are lucky.
Know the rules, then you can break them. There are no rules! Make up your own rules…. then break those.
See colour … really see colour.
Learn, learn and then learn some more.
Every day, smile…. find someone who makes you smile, find something that makes you smile
Do something that makes you smile – smile on the inside – smile at a stranger – fake it and just smile…. soon you will be smiling at yourself. (or laughing at yourself)
Go to exhibitions. If you just don’t get it….talk to the artist…. see it through someone else’s eyes … go back on another day… you will see the art from a whole new perspective.
See life through someone else’s eyes.
Take the dog for a walk…. take someones dog for a walk.
Grumpy? – eat chocolate (dark), savour the moment – then smile.
Remember to breathe – breathe deeply and slowly when you are sitting at the traffic lights.
Never say never.