Hi Everyone - After this year, I wanted to paint something that was very much from my heart, apologies that this photo is a little blurry.  I was having technical difficulties which I will try to remedy :-)  This painting is looking down into Wenderholm, which is a view that I have been wanting to paint for a very long time.  The Tui for me is a spiritual symbol, I love to watch them and hear them sing - I think they are my favourite bird.  On the left hand side of this painting there is a woman dancing, she is in the hills and part of the earth - Papatuanuku, a mother earth figure - from whence we all came and will return to.

I wish you a lovely time over Christmas

Jane

 Hi Everyone, the year is coming to an end rather rapidly and I'm so enjoying my painting - I have created a number of small works for the Parnell Gallery's joint exhibition and I'm very excited about a new symbolic style of work which I am currently developing www.parnellgallery.co.nz/index.php.  I hope you and yours are well. Jane

 I have just finished painting this little town of Manarola in Italy. Perched on top of cliffs, it is one of the five famous Cinque Terre villages frequented by tourists.  I would love to go there one day.  For now I have enjoyed the painting of it and will produce a limited edition of giclee prints from this original work.

This is my final painting for the Monterey exhibiton this coming Thursday, I'm pleased with it - I love Pohutukawa flowers and this perspective of Rangitoto and Browns island is different to what I'm used to and quite serene.  My favourite time of year is the three to four weeks that the Pohutukawa is out in blossom.

I've really enjoyed painting for this exhibition with Caren Thompson, Jill Perrott and Sue Schaare, we are all quite different in our working styles and I think compliment each other.  I always paint New Zealand in summer, I love the bright bold colours and the crisp light that this time brings.