October was a beautiful month.  I went to visit my family in Spain and on my return we travelled around the South Island with my brother Roberto.  My head is full of colours, clouds, landscapes… and unforgetable moments.  It´s hard to choose between the thousands of photos that Roberto and Danny took during the trip, [...]

October was a beautiful month.  I went to visit my family in Spain and on my return we travelled around the South Island with my brother Roberto.  My head is full of colours, clouds, landscapes… and unforgetable moments.  It´s hard to choose amongst the thousands of photos that Roberto and Danny took during the trip, [...]

Ready to be packed, it´s time to say good bye… although I will be welcoming them on the other side. A punto de ser empaquetados, es hora de despedirse… aunque les recibiré al otro lado.

During the past few weeks I showed you bits of these pieces.  Well… here they are in full.  The top four ones are missing the last one of the series that I hope to finish this weekend.  They are called “meditations”, and they are small collage/dioramas.  They will be on their way to Spain soon, [...]

In november this year I’ll be taking part in a group exhibition in Leon (Spain) in which I will be showing a collection of small pieces called “meditations”.  It’s been great to experiment with new materials and techniques.  I will have the photographs of the complete works soon, but in the meantime here is another [...]

I was trying to create a collage with these dulux color samples but I am not happy with the result.  Do these colors they remind you of anything? Estaba intentando crear un collage con estas pruebas de color de Dulux, pero no estoy contenta con el resultado.  ¿Te recuerdan a algo estos colores?

This time it’s made of paper clips, they´ll represent a cloud of thoughts. Esta vez está hecha de clips de papel, representarán una nube de pensamientos.

I’m working on a series of small collage/paintings called “Meditations”.  This is a segment of the second one.  I like it how it changes depending on the light. Estoy trabajando en una series de pequeños cuadros/collage llamados “Meditaciones”.  Este es un segmento del segundo. Me gusta como cambia dependiendo de la luz.

Experimenting with paper shapes. Experimentando con cortes de papel.

I think I rather stay. Creo que prefiero quedarme.

The hardest victory is over self. La victoria mas difícil es aquella sobre uno mismo.

Gracias, gracias, gracias Quiero agradecer a quien corresponda Y a nosotros dos el premio a la audacia Por entrar al mar por la parte más honda Tiempo al tiempo al tiempo Cada huella irá encontrando su arena Cada beso deteniendo un momento Y cada canción matando una pena…

And… where are you now?

Here are some more photos of the Bill Wikes Reserve, Motueka’s Beach reserve and market and a beautiful and very friendly black fantail that followed us on our way to finding a geochache yesterday.  I was so excited about it that didn’t pay much attention to photographing it, plus it´s a shame that I had [...]

I thank Cushla for ordering this diorama.  She made me go back to my drawing table and motivated me to start illustrating again.  It symbolises her partner’s retirement and freedom to pursue new adventures.  They will both be travelling to South America at the end of the month, I wish them very good luck! Le [...]

La última vez que escribía en este blog tan abandonado no teníamos casa y todavía no sabíamos si podríamos o no ir a recoger nuestras pertenencias que habían quedado “atrapadas” en la casa de Christchurch.  El tiempo ha pasado y todo eso va quedando en la distancia.  Al final logramos entrar en la casa, en [...]

I was wondering what things I would carry around with me if I didn’t have a house. Estaba pensando qué cosas llevaría conmigo si no tuviera una casa.

Not always easy to find the right words…. No es facil encontrar palabras…

Each of the rain drops has a tale to tell about the sorrows of people about the hardships living things go through about the arrival of sparrows. Yamamura Bocho (20th century) (Cada gota de lluvia tiene una historia que contar, sobre las penas de la gente, sobre las dificultades que pasan los seres vivos, sobre [...]

Martes, 22 de Febrero, 12:51 de la tarde.  Muchas vidas cambiaron en este minuto cuando un terremoto atacó a mi ciudad, Christchurch, en Nueva Zelanda. En ese momento yo estaba hablando con Danny por teléfono, me decía que acababa de salir de una reunión que había tenido en Lyttelton, que resultó ser el epicentro del [...]

Happy New Year to all of you!! I have just received a 5 day sun and sea treatment travelling around New Zealand which I really needed after my trip to wintery Spain.  I will post some photographs soon. :: Feliz Año Nuevo a todos!!  Acabo de pasar por un tratamiento de 5 días de sol [...]

I still have a few screenprinted Christmas Cards left, but you’ll need to order them before the 10th of December so I can send them to you before I go to Spain. Click here for more information. Also, here is a link to the labels I did last year (Santa and girl), feel free to [...]

Last week we drove to Arthur’s Pass, a small alpine village nestled amongst the Southern Alps and only a couple of hours drive from Christchurch. We walked to see the impressive Devils Punchbowl Falls and on the way we saw lots of small birds and the kea, a large parrot that lives in that area. [...]