I grew up in Dunedin and have lived in Hamilton for the last 30 yrs. I painted flowers, still life and landscapes, mainly in watercolour, for many years, but about 16yrs ago I started exploring contemporary art and painting in oils. I found this an exhilarating experience. The freedom to paint outside the reality that is before you and the challenge that that poses is mind blowing. I now paint in a surrealist style using images from my everyday life.
Every fresh canvas is a new challenge to be conquered.
Lol Fow I've lived in New York for the last eleven years, and didn't take up painting until my first visit home to New Zealand in 1994 when I enrolled in Pam Watson landscape painting workshop out at Raglan. Now, when I'm in New Zealand, I only paint landscapes, and every trip involves time at Raglan with members of the newARTnexus co-operative. I originally came to New York to do an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and have stayed here lecturing in English while continuing my writing. I live in Brooklyn, where I see trees outside my windows, have an amazingly eclectic array of neighbours who are nice enough to let me paint them, have learned to love baseball a little too much, and swim at Coney Island while pretending it's the West Coast. I really miss Raglan.