it's official! we are finally taking the plunge and selling our tiny cottage.

we have our eye on a new house just down the road so fingers crossed it all comes together. it's been quite a juggle in the last couple of weeks working on new designs and cleaning up the house ready for open homes.

i tried to post some more recent work but cant seem to, i'll try again later!

to see our little house , i've attached a link below.

http://www.harcourts.co.nz/Property/View/EA3207/23-Mahoe-Street

i have delivered my 3 pieces of art work today, i'm quite please with the frames, now i just have to hope that they sell!

as you can see from these, developing my designs is quite a messy process!

whilst my work may look clean and precise, my work area often isn't!

believe it or not at the end of my working day, i have to clean it all up, why? because i work on the dining room table. this will change soon however because we are looking to buy a bigger house with a studio, yipee! i cant wait....

hi there! i know it's been ages since my last post.

i'll have lots to post now that i am back at work after the school holidays. i'm so pleased to say i have more wonderful projects lined up with than ever. the best news is that my art work has been selling well and these 2 pieces of work are for an up and coming exhibition, what do you think?! i will frame them all in white to give them a lovely fresh feel,
each piece is 38cmx 50cm before framing, approximately 55cmx 70cm framed.
they will sell for NZ $500 unframed, $750 framed.
should you be interested in commissioning a piece, simply send me an email with your wishes and we can go from there!

i'm so sorry about the recent lack of posts, it's the school holidays and i have been busy keeping my lads out of mischif as well as keeping them and their friends entertained.

Sadly both our darling chooks; dolly and marshmallow  died on friday. the backyard is not the same without them. we believe that being free range left them open to all sorts of bad bugs that their bodies couldn't fight of, i suspect that over breeding didn't help. at least they went together, they would have missed each other too much.

i am working on some new designs (when i have a moment) this is the first one of a series, i will post them as soon as they are completed!

the lovely nataly sent me these shots of my princess and the castle & the flying birds wall decals that are now available on their online shop www.chocovenyl.co.uk. it's exciting to see them printed!
she is completing the butterflies series which will also be out soon

here are a few more of my recent finds, each one makes my heart sing.
thank you for yout question about the maker of the face pot.
it is infact a pepper shaker! i wish i had the salt one, maybe it is a lady!
it is made by "carlton wear' in england.

this article has just come out in new zealands homestyle magazine,

i cant seem to make it readable sorry!
oh yes, i have just worked out that if you enlarge each page you can.

today was one of the first warm days we have had in what seems like forever. this is my favourite tree in our garden, it's blossoms are much later than the others, they will eventually turn into little red crab apples.

i love, love, love this record cover that i discovered in our local op shop this morning.

i am always so inspired by art and design from this era,

i particulaly love the blocks of colour with black outline.

further to my day dreaming of creating a global Ellen G empire, i suddenly had the urge to throw a couple of my designs on t shirts, what do you think?!

carrying on with the cushions idea,

here are some existing designs that i have played around with,

what do you think?

i found this shot of my young lad from a couple of years ago,

it brings back memories!

oops, i've just noticed, my princess has a spotty glove!

dear fellow bloggers. i am currently considering creating a range of cushions for children's rooms and people young at heart.
i have not designed them yet, this red one is a cushion from a collection i created some time ago. do you think cushions featuring some of my new designs would appeal to you? let me know, i appreciate any feed back you have!

here she is! my princess who lives in the castle!

some time ago i had an urge to play around with just colours and shapes.

i really enjoyed this departure from illustration, it was like a breath of fresh air!

if you like them too, you contact hamish@imagevault.co.nz, they have done a lovely job reproducing them as prints on hand crafted, black lacquered box mounts

how exciting! these are now available as large wall decals for you to purchase online at www.chocovenyl.co.uk/birds.html

others will be available soon!
i think these could look good in any room, not just for kids.

how do you create a castle that will look great as a wall decal for a girls room, cut from paper, large enough so that it doesn't have to be enlarged and doesn't need to be sent as art work by post?

answer; make it in 9 pieces, scan them so they can be assembled!

look further down and all will be revealed! the final decal is 86 cm high!

this castle along with a princess, butterflies and birds will soon feature on;  www.chocovenyl.co.uk 

it's a wonderful site that sells unique wall decals for kids rooms.

here it is! my 86 cm high castle, now all i have to do is.... the princess!