Originally from the UK, Anita sees the New Zealand landscape in a fresh way. Anita came to painting when she retired from a busy business life and discovered that painting expressed her love of the land, sea & skies of NZ. She particularly likes the atmospheric mood of NZ’s changing light.
Previously tutored by Karl Amundsen, her compositions encapsulate the interesting mix of softness and strength. She works in oils with a tight colour palette in a painterly and gestural style moving towards landscape inspired semi-abstract.
The paintings start with a connection to a remembered scene often then becoming less site specific and more about what emotion does the painting evoke.
Anita’s paintings are in homes throughout NZ.
Exhibition History
2020 – 2017 – Exhibitor at 4Artsake Gallery Ohope
2020 & 2019 – Solo Exhibition Beach Bistro, Browns Bay
2019 – Exhibitor at Waihi Beach Gallery
2017 – Finalist Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, Whakatane. Judge: Felicity Milburn
2016 – Semi-finalist Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, Whakatane. Judge: Richard Fahey
2015 & 2014 – The Original Art Sale exhibition
2013 – The Great Manly Art Show
2011 – Faith, Love & Hope Exhibition, Theosart Gallery Windsor Park Mairangi Bay
2010 – Seeing Red Exhibition, Mairangi Bay Arts