Where Magic Lingers
“Step into a realm between worlds, where petals, creatures and symbols weave spells of quiet wonder.”
Each painting begins with an image –a flower glowing in the garden, a bird in flight, a remembered moment of stillness – and unfolds into something more dreamlike and symbolic.
Animals, plants and ancient motifs appear as carriers of meaning: the tiger strength and courage, the tui as song and renewal, the lantern as guidance, the rose as devotion. Layered abstract backgrounds of colour and texture create spaces that are both real and otherworldly, a threshold between the everyday and the magical.
Honey and Song
50 x 50cm canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
Honey and Song speaks of renewal. Spring has arrived bird song fills the air and the flower of the kowhai brings nectar from the spirit world to sustain. This picture speaks of joy, hope for the future and a new beginning. It invites you to pause and dream and let your soul feel renewed.
Dahlia Dreams and Tiger Eyes
50 X 50 cm canvas Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
Dahlia Dreams and Tiger Eyes represents two aspects of a personal journey of artistic discovery. The power of perseverance and dedication and the dreams that inspire that journey. The picture invites you to embark on your own journey of discovery and to follow your own dreams wherever they may take you.
In the Light of Her knowing
50 X 50 cm canvas Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
In the Light of her Knowing illuminates the silent stillness and intelligence of wild creatures, and the healing sanctuary found in blooming spaces, inviting the viewer into a realm where beauty, healing, and enlightenment come together.
The Spirit Beside Me
30 X 30 cm canvas Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
The Spirit Beside Me reflects on the enduring bond between soul and companion, seen and unseen. The painting evokes the comforting presence of those who walk beside us – not always in body, but always in spirit. A gentle meditation on love, memory and the unseen threads that connect us across time and space.
Veil of Peonies, Heart of Fire
50 X 50 cm Canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paints.
Veil of Peonies, Heart of Fire explores the duality of power and stillness, fragility and transience – where strength lies not in dominance, but in presence and stillness, and where flowers in bloom bring beauty that is fragile and transient. Together they cast a magical spell.
A Spell of Wings and Silence
60 X 60 cm canvas Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
A Spell of Wings and Silence captures a moment suspended between curiosity and knowing –a quiet tension where instinct, spirit and nature converge. Each gaze becomes part of a hidden order, each presence a symbol: watchfulness, offering, transformation. This painting weaves together the seen and unseen, casting a subtle enchantment over the stillness of the wild.
Whispers Beneath the Kōwhai Sky
60 X 90 cm canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
Whispers Beneath the Kōwhai Sky is a meditation on courage, renewal, and the quiet power of connection. Drawing from natural beauty the painting blends strength with stillness, wildness with lightness. In this enchanted moment, sky and earth, petal, and predator, find harmony – a whisper of balance in a vivid dreaming world.
The Window Between Worlds
60X90 cm canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
The Window Between Worlds explores the beauty of deserted sacred sites and how nature combines the ordinary with the spiritual creating a new ethereal presence. This picture invites you to pause and be still and allow the mystical to enter your soul.
The Garden Breathes in Magic
60 X 90 cm canvas Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
The Garden Breathes in Magic is a celebration of the small, sacred rhythms that animate the natural world –a moment of stillness alive with flight, fragrance, and transformation. The fantail serves as messenger between us and the spirit world. This work invites you into a space where every wingbeat and falling petal is part of a quiet spell woven through light, breath, and bloom which resonates with the soul in our favourite places.
Where Fantails Dance and Angels Dream
60 X 90 Canvas.
Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
Where Fantails Dance and Angels Dreamis a reflection on those we love who are no longer with us in person. We remember them. their presence is in the guardian angel sent to us in times of our greatest need and can be felt in those quiet places of nature where the sacred and the natural, the ephemeral and the eternal meet. The painting invites you to pause in the stillness and connect with your own memories.
The Lantern Keeper’s Blessing
78 x78 cm canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
“If you light a lamp for somebody it will also brighten your path.”
The Lantern Keeper’s Blessing is a meditation on quiet guidance, presence and sacred passage. It represents a personal journey of transformation. In this dreamlike space you are invited to follow your own dream path, The light blesses that path.
Where the Bees Hum and Magic Scent Fills the Air
90 X 90 cm canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
Where the Bees Hum and Magic Scent Fills the Air is a gentle invocation of beauty in motion –a place where time seems to soften and the unseen threads of nature weave scent, colour and life together. This work celebrates the quiet magic of blooms, the hum and business of bees, and a place where air is alive with unseen wonder.
Where Honey Dreams and Gentle Hearts Meet
90 X 90 cm canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
Where Honey Dreams and Gentle Hearts Meet evokes warmth, innocence, and the gentle bonds that carry us through life. This work explores the close connection we have with the teddy bear. In our childhood it brought us comfort and as a result we hold a close affection for its wild counterpart.
The Spell Beneath the Temple Sky
40 X122cm canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
The Spell Beneath the Temple Sky is a meditation on inner power, spiritual quiet, and the mystical harmony between nature and the sacred. In this magical place the tiger is the guardian of the delicate lotus bloom which represents peace and a transient beauty at the entrance to this ancient spiritual site. The picture invites you to pause and allow the magic that binds such places to wash over you and bring peace and renewal to your spirit.
Divine Beauty in Bloom
Mixed media, finished in oils
30 X 30 cm canvases
These nine paintings explore the magic of flowers which are fragile and transient. They are central to celebrations, bring healing in sickness, spiritually uplifting when acknowledging people we have lost, motivational in reward and romantic in love. Flowers communicate when it is hard to express what we feel in words.
Good Luck and Prosperity
Bringer of Health
Aglow with Romance
Luminosity
After the Rain
Purity
Winter Cheer
Standing Tall
Glowing Light in Shady Places
Dreams on the Wing
Mixed media, finished in oils
41 x 20 cm canvases
These six paintings explore the six birds that have featured in my art over the last year. Each one has had a part in my journey and the transformation of my art. They carry my dreams on their wings . Let them carry your dreams too.
Barn Owl: Wisdom and Love
Tui: Fulfillment
The Kingfisher : Courage
Waxeye: Clarity
Fantail: Messenger Between Worlds
Robin Redbreast: Comfort
Abstracts
Magic Land of Dreams
46 x46 cm canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
Magic Land of Dreams was inspired by the many layers of nature and the world we live in. It explores the use of line, texture and colour to create the feeling of space. You are invited to find your own meaning and weave your own magic.
Magic of a Music Path
46 x46 cm canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
Magic of a Music Path was inspired by the path of music creatives and the twists and turns their journey takes in the process of weaving magical stories and songs and releasing them into the world. This journey has a lot in common with that of a painter. This picture is dedicated to some important musicians in my life, the band “Butter Wouldn’t Melt”.
Through the Roots, the Old Magic Stirs
25.5 x 30.5 cm canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
Through the Roots, the Old Magic Stirs was inspired by roots of trees below the ground and how they intertwine below the earth . The roots form a network in the ground through which the trees can communicate. In the same way artists form a network to communicate and support each other.
Through the Roots, the Hidden Currents Flow
60 x60 cm canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
Through the Roots, the Hidden Currents Flow was inspired by roots intertwining beneath the ground, Constellations of spheres are suspended to draw the eye through this unseen world. The painting is about connections and networks and about travel.
Echoes in the Golden Veil
90 x90 cm canvas. Mixed Media finished in oil paint.
Echoes in the Golden Veil speaks of transformation - the way moments shift and resurface, carrying both memory and renewal. It reflects the unseen currents of change, a reminder that within every veil of passing time, something luminous endures.