A short guide to using themes, colours, or style to build a cohesive series.

What are the chances that five people can show up dressed the same?!

Did you ever realise how beautiful the back of a peacock is?

Betcha didn’t think I liked working with wood!

Check out the latest issue and my article ‘Brave Art’!

If you are keen to hear more about my creative journey, check out this latest podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Find out how to get high sheen gold and silver…without paint…plus see how I paint one of my rock designs.

How a simple sweet treat can help us think about creativity in a new way.

Inspired by the work of Pet Refuge NZ, here is my latest fibre painting.

If you’d like to see my artwork on items like bags, t-shirts and badges, please visit BeautifulThings.nz today!

I couldn’t find an easel that worked for needle-felted paintings – so I built one!

A big thank you to Annabel Finding for her wonderful wet-felted fibre painting.

Good things come in small packages – or at least they do with ‘Chirp’, an 80mm x 80mm fibre painting.

What a treat to see works by Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet in the flesh at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

People walk over this lovely mosaic everyday – I wonder how many people stop to appreciate it?!

I needed to create a fibre painting that I could swap with someone on the other side of the world…here's the result!

Two friends, one painting, and a moment spent exploring the richly textured world of artist Nick Herd.

When you go to art exhibitions do you ever dream of which artwork you would take home if you could? We do!

A recent commission, Sheep on a Thousand Hills III, brought the rewarding challenge of recreating a previous work in a larger size.

A special moment with the Art of Us crew at Sara Langdon’s exhibition opening. These wahine toa are more than fellow artists – they’re my creative support system, my catch-net, and my joy.