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When I lived on a conservation property up in Rylstone in NSW there were many blackberry plants on the property with delicious fruit each summer, which these red browed finches dined on every day. It was so great hearing them chattering while they ate. Lovely memories for me of a very special place.
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Mixed media on canvas
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This work celebrates difference as something that strengthens harmony. Each bloom keeps its own shape, colour and energy, while together they create a shared rhythm. The painting welcomes abundance and closeness, suggesting a space where everybody belongs. Like multicultural communities, its vitality comes from exchange, coexistence, and the beauty of many traditions growing side by side.
Varnished in satin.
Ready to hang.
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The love of our diverse, resilient country inspired this abstract landscape. Contemplating the way in which cities grow and seem to dominate the landscape, but knowing that their time is fleeting and they will be returned to the earthly, robust natural environment. The focus in creating this painting was working with the reds and ochres to create a landscape that seemingly dwarfed the shapes of the city. Having returned to this painting after a number of months I have added in those ghostly shapes which to me represent the past in our landscape.
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I like to take the real and make it surreal, so this is a red cattle dog down on the rocks looking at the sea. The primitive marks connect her to her ancient heritage. Sea and sky are such a tonic for the soul and I love painting them.
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This very textured impression of mountains, clouds and valleys was inspired by the beautiful mountain surrounding my home in New Zealand. I have used a palette knife and very harmonious colours to achieve this impression.
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As the rest of the world braces for winter and its bounties, we in the southern hemisphere are bidding farewell to fresh oranges, mandarins and other cold weather offerings. These last of the season oranges were painted from live composition.
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This is a typical scene where people grow lavender. It could be here in NZ (where I saw it), or in France, or other countries where they grow lavender. This particular painting is an impression of the sun setting over the beautiful lavender fields and it would make a lovely addition to any room. It has texture and softness and a subtle colour. It has a lovely black frame to enhance the colours.
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This vibrant painting was inspired by the beautiful golden grasses and the hay bales I saw, as I was driving home one afternoon. The scene couldn’t have been better, with golden fields and the mountains in the background. I have used texture on the hay bales and a softer touch in the distance. It would be a very striking addition to any room. The painting is finished off with a beautiful black frame which brings out the colours.
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Awakening The Darkening Sky sits within the quiet tension of a moment before weather breaks, a moment that is familiar in the Australian landscape, yet endlessly shifting in its emotional tone. A heavy sky gathers above the open ground, and the light across the hills has begun to dim and thicken, as though the land is holding its breath in anticipation. The faint track that winds upward through the slope is the only suggestion of movement, drawing the eye gently toward the distance and the possibility of change. In this work, the track becomes less a literal path and more an echo of presence, a trace of where someone has passed through or may return to again. It invites the viewer to step into the scene without insisting on it, leaving room for interpretation and memory.
Accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity, this is a one-of-a-kind oil painting.
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A lone bare tree stands on a windswept hill under a deep teal storm sky. A line of fence posts runs into the distance, casting long shadows across dry grass. A large bank of pale cloud pushes in from the right, creating a contrast between light and approaching weather.
A quiet hill, a single tree, and a line of old fence posts holding their place as the weather gathers. This painting sits in the moment before the change — where the land waits, listens and endures. The stillness in the grass and the weight of the cloud capture that fragile pause between calm and storm, a place where resilience shows itself in the smallest shapes: a leaning post, a bare branch, a path that doesn’t ask for attention. Along The Posts is a study in quiet strength, distance, and the way the landscape remembers the passing of time.
Accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity, this is a one-of-a-kind oil painting.
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‘Night Over Uluru’ captures the majestic beauty of Ayers Rock (Uluru) beneath a Milky Way sky. This painting brings together the vivid reds and oranges of the iconic Australian landmark, with the deep blues and purples of the night sky.
Framed in a black oak timber floating frame.
DETAILS:
*Medium: Acrylic on canvas.
*Technique: Drip and splatter effects to simulate stars; bold, loose brushwork in both sky and land.
*Style: Contemporary landscape / expressionist realism with elements of abstract impressionism.
*Inspiration: How the land holds stillness while the universe dances above it.
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A bright trio of yellow umbrellas stand neatly along the shoreline, their shadows stretching across a sun-drenched sweep of sand. Behind them, the ocean sways in layered blues, meeting a sky alive with expressive texture and drifting white cloud. Painted with bold, palette-knife strokes and thick, joyful colour, this piece captures that perfect moment of beachside calm—an untouched stretch of summer waiting for someone to step in and claim a spot.
Unframed.
Sides painted to match.
DETAILS:
*Medium: Acrylic on canvas with layered texture.*Technique: Palette-knife application with thick, textured layers and expressive, impasto strokes.
*Style: Contemporary impressionism with a bright, abstracted beach aesthetic.
*Inspiration: Inspired by the simplicity of seaside moments—sun, sand and open space—captured in bold colour and carefree summer light.
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Much like Spaceships Above the Trees, this is a whimsical imaginary oil painting, designed to make you smile and or be curious.
I'm fascinated by UFOs, convinced I saw one as a child - strange lights in the sky that were different to anything else I knew (and this is in the highlands of Scotland in the 1960s). They appear in my paintings randomly too!
Ready to hang with D-Rings and hanging wire. Framing not required unless you want to.
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This painting is another in the whimsical still life series. Watching the birds in the garden fossicking for food and just loving the fruits was the inspiration for this painting. The painting is impressionism in style with a little abstraction. The colours bright and the size perfect for any room in the home.
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Golden Hush captures the fleeting, luminous moment before the sun dips behind distant mountains, its presence veiled by swirling clouds in rich shades of orange, pink and yellow. This textured, abstract composition evokes the quiet drama of sunset - where sky, water and land blur into a dance of colour and motion. The thick, expressive textures in the sky suggest a living atmosphere, constantly shifting and alive with energy, while the softened horizon invites contemplation and stillness. This piece invites viewers to linger in the in-between, where day dissolves into night.
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Includes timber frame.
Ready to hang with wire and D-Rings.
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This abstract textured work drifts between sky and earth, rendered in gentle pastel hues against a calming pastel green ground. Cloud-like forms float across the surface, while faint suggestions of landscape quietly emerge. Subtle textural accents hint at mountains and trees, never fully defined, inviting the viewer to sense the land rather than see it. The piece evokes a place remembered more by feeling than by form - soft, atmospheric and contemplative.
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This is an abstract impression of the snow melting as the season changes from winter to spring. The tarns thaw and the mountains lose their winter look as the alpine flowers emerge and the grasses grow again.
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Rothko’s Seagulls blends coastal charm with a modern colour-field twist. A brilliant block of textured yellow rises behind a quiet line of seagulls, creating a striking contrast between calm natural forms and bold abstract colour. The birds stand at the water’s edge, their soft greys and whites grounding the scene, while the vivid backdrop hums with energy.
The composition hints at popular artist Mark Rothko’s layered luminosity — broad, emotive colour that feels almost atmospheric — but interpreted through a distinctly Australian lens.
Loose brushwork, textured paint, and a playful trio of distant flying birds add movement and life.Unframed.
Sides painted to match.
DETAILS:
*Medium: Acrylic on canvas with layered texture.*Technique: Expressive brushwork, bold colour blocking, and loose detailing.
*Style: Modern coastal art with an abstract, colour-field influence.
*Inspiration: Rothko’s luminous colour fields and the quiet charm of seagulls by the water.
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In Adrift, fluid layers of cobalt blue, turquoise and deep blue merge with earthy strokes of burnt sienna and red oxide on a textured background, evoking a landscape suspended between memory and storm. Wispy impressions of rainclouds drift across the upper canvas, their presence quiet yet heavy, as a veil of rainfall descends predominantly to the left - suggesting both movement and obscurity. The landform below, loosely defined, suggestions of scattered fallen autumn leaves, grounds the viewer in an uncertain terrain, while centrally, a dark figure lingers-half-emerged or half-lost within a vertical band of shadow. This spectral presence invites contemplation: are we witnessing an arrival or a retreat? The painting offers no clear answer, only the emotional resonance of crossing a threshold into the unknown.
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By Clare Riddington Jones
Mixed media on canvas
90cm x 60cm
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This very textured impression of a Kea in flight over high mountains covered in snow and clouds, was inspired by the magnificent birds who fly around in the mountains of Queenstown. I love painting textured mountains and adding this lovely bird to the misty clouds hovering over the top of the mountains seemed the best way to portray these wonderful birds.
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The third in this series of flowering plants in the garden. The flowers have been given a larger than life appearance on these small framed canvasses. This time the Leucadendron glows forth in its rich creamy yellow, set against the darker foliage. The inspiration for this series is the garden which never fails to delight.
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Making the real surreal is my speciality. Here are three of my own wheel thrown bowls sitting on the rocks above the sea. I photographed them like this and then painted a surreal version. Bowls are such symbolic objects and can be used for so many purposes. Their shape always suggests a rising energy to me, and in this case, I see wishes rising for peace, love and harmony, and other good things.
The surface of marine ply is sealed with gesso and binder medium to prevent warping, and a frame will assist with this. The painting is varnished with a satin matte and should not be put under glass.
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Original artwork.
Premium artist quality acrylic paint on stretched 12oz canvas.
Varnished and ready to hang.
Signed Certificate Of Authenticity provided.
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Garden of Joy came from that feeling of wandering through a place where everything feels alive and slightly unexpected. The shapes and colours bounce off each other like plants growing wherever they please, overlapping, connecting and finding their own rhythm. It’s about letting go, noticing the small moments of happiness, and remembering how joy can feel a bit messy, layered and full of movement—just like a real garden.
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This abstract impressionistic work evokes the moment between peace and tempest. The countryside glows in hues of yellow, orange and brown - the last whisper of sunlight - while above, storm clouds churn in dark blues and teals. A single bolt of lightning fractures the horizon, illuminating the fleeting beauty of tension between earth and sky.
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An abstract impressionistic landscape capturing the quiet warmth of a fading day. Dried country reeds, painted in sun-baked tones of ochre, sienna and muted orange, sway gently under a sky brushed with soft pinks and coral hues - you can almost feel the summer breeze. Through the dense grasses, a cleared path emerges - a subtle, meandering clearing that drifts off to the right and disappears behind the reeds, inviting the viewer to imagine where it leads. The composition balances texture and atmosphere, evoking the stillness and nostalgia of late summer fields caught between light and shadow.