ABOUT
Living on a small farmlet in beautiful rural New Zealand, I'm lucky enough to have endless inspiration for my paintings right on my doorstep!
I paint in acrylic, and I enjoy its flexibility, in that it is possible to combine a watercolour-like transparency with oil-like richness. For my wall paintings I use wood or hot pressed paper instead of canvas as a surface because the smoothness makes it possible to paint very fine details.
My obsession with the cute and tiny has meant that over the years my brush sizes have got smaller and smaller. I have now reached the smallest size there is and it's still too big!
As a child I spent a lot of time observing the intricate details of the plants, animals and birds around me, and also the way they interacted with each other. This had a lot of influence on my artistic style. I love to portray ‘close up’ moments in the busy lives of the creatures I paint and to capture their expressions and emotions.
I’ve also always loved to make things out of natural objects that I have found or collected. I particularly enjoy painting on stones because each is like a little blank canvas just waiting to be picked up and transformed into a cute animal ready to bring happiness to someone! You can read more about my rock art here.
I paint in acrylic, and I enjoy its flexibility, in that it is possible to combine a watercolour-like transparency with oil-like richness. For my wall paintings I use wood or hot pressed paper instead of canvas as a surface because the smoothness makes it possible to paint very fine details.
My obsession with the cute and tiny has meant that over the years my brush sizes have got smaller and smaller. I have now reached the smallest size there is and it's still too big!
As a child I spent a lot of time observing the intricate details of the plants, animals and birds around me, and also the way they interacted with each other. This had a lot of influence on my artistic style. I love to portray ‘close up’ moments in the busy lives of the creatures I paint and to capture their expressions and emotions.
I’ve also always loved to make things out of natural objects that I have found or collected. I particularly enjoy painting on stones because each is like a little blank canvas just waiting to be picked up and transformed into a cute animal ready to bring happiness to someone! You can read more about my rock art here.
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This page would not be complete without a mention of my two faithful companions and occasional artist’s models of the past 12 or so years. They are pictured here doing as usual an excellent job of moral support while I work.
Mousewhisker Studio is so named because of the mouse which hops onto my signature when I’m not looking. The ‘whisker’ part expresses my aspiration to create art ‘fine enough to be painted with a mouse’s whisker!’ 
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The Studio Snoozers!
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ARTIST'S BLOG
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TALES FROM THE FARMLET
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ABOUT MY ROCK PAINTING
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