Saturday, February 5, 2011

The New Zealand Sketchbook

Dan and I spent almost two months walking, hitchhiking and taking buses around New Zealand. I wanted to document our adventures and these sketchbook drawings are the result. We arrived in Auckland then from there set out to see as much of the country as possible. Most of our stay was spent on the South Island, which was incredibly beautiful and offered some great (and because of continent sized blisters at times painful) hiking experiences. While on the South Island we followed a route that started in Picton then made its way to the west coast via the Heaphy Track, Copeland Pass, Westport, Fox Glacier and onto Queenstown, the Fiordlands, the Kepler Track and then back north with stops at Mt. Cook Village and Christchurch. New Zealand has some really nice towns but our main goal was to explore the trail systems and get into the backcountry. So here is the account of some places we went and things we saw...... 












Monday, December 6, 2010

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Monday, May 31, 2010

New Painting




The Wall, acrylic, 24" x 48"



Rock Moving, acrylic, 24" x 24"

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Painting of the Week


Rocks 10, acrylic 4'" x 6"



Rocks 11, acrylic 4" x 6"

Friday, April 16, 2010

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

New Painting


Insurmountable Odds, acrylic 48" x 24"

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Painting of the week


Rocks 4, gesso, ink, paper, 4" x 6"



Rocks 5, gesso, ink, paper,4" x 6"


Thursday, March 11, 2010

New Painting


The Scramble 1, acrylic 24" x 48"

Painting of the week


Rocks 3, acrylic 4" x 6"

New Painting


Broken Up, acrylic 48" x 24"

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Painting of the week

Starting this week, I will be posting a painting, drawing or print of the week. I am exploring the size, shape, color and texture of rocks along with their interaction with water. Why rocks? Because I spend a lot of my time looking at, shaping and building with stone. Painting them seems a natural extension my interaction with this material.

Painting of the week


Rocks 1, acrylic 5" x 7"

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Recent Paintings





Searching the Cliffs, acrylic 48" x  24"