Sunlight helps New Plymouth artist Joni Murphy see the shapes of nature in her home studio in New Plymouth. Watercolour artist Joni Murphy paints the seasons. The New Plymouth woman says this technique bypasses the logical brain and taps straight into the creative mind. “Because I paint the seasons, I find nature is always running ahead of me.”Maybe that’s why her painting efforts begin with exercise. “The walking is an important part of my practice.”GLENN JEFFREY/Stuff The watercolour painting in the entrance way invites viewers to step beyond the harakeke and kawakawa into a magical dell.

Source: Stuff July 31, 2020 21:00 UTC