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
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.
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.
Dec 05
20110
commentsIn Colour & Inspiration, Colour Inspiration, Entrances, Nature's Colour Schemes
The interior entrance wall painted in Dulux Gibbston Valley at Chelsea Park was inspired by nature’s colour schemes.
Orange – the colour between red and yellow – the transition between summer and winter – a mellowed red.
It represents the change between seasons; the hours of day; your state of mind.
It stimulates emotions, ideas, conversation.
It spices up life. It warms the cockles of your heart. It gives you relief when things get too serious!
Tropical with vibrant green; psychedelic with pink; fresh with white.
Orange is the colour of creativity; sensuality; vibrancy. It symbolises hope and survival in The Life of Pi.
“Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow” – Wassily Kadinksy
May 13
20110
commentsIn Being There, Colour & Inspiration, Colour Development, Colour Inspiration, Nature's Colour Schemes
Those blue-green colours, and what to call them – aqua; turquoise; cyan; cerulean; teal; duck egg blue; blue-green-grey; pastel blue-green; blue-green or green-blue…… Some languages have the same word for blue and green. I love the complexities of the colours available in paint today. As in nature some of these paint colours appear more green than blue on some days, and on other days more blue than green. There is combination of calm and freshness about these colours.
On this day the Rakaia River looked a serene blue green
…. which is why I chose these colours for their calming effect in the Under 2s area of The Acorn Day Care Centre
A dolphin at home in the deep blue green sea
…. perfect inspiration for this fabric from Decortex e famiglia
More green than blue… on an island in Fiji
.. as in this industrial table from The Boiler Room
even in the deep stillness of The Huka Falls before the water gushes through.
Moving into the blues with this rug at Forma, Auckland
and these chairs from Jimmy Possum in Sydney.
