Author: Catherine Barker-Sheard
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Sunsets – love ’em
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Garden in my mind #2
I’m no gardener, but I keep a very pretty one in my mind. Always vivid, cheerful, well-weeded and with clear blue skies. Lovely 🙂
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Full-moon-itis

Full-moon-itis. It’s a common disease, but not often diagnosed!!! You know the one — full moon comes round, you’re wide awake all night, and you just gotta do something. In my case, I paint… Here’s my latest full-moon-itis offering to the gods of wakefulness.4×8″ in quality acrylics on deep-edge stretched canvas. For sale at my Etsy shop.
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Windfarm worries

In the last week an energy company has announced plans to build a 45 turbine wind farm along the coastline near my home town. They’ll be 150m high and visible for 25km. In NZ terms that’s a huge area – encompassing two towns and a number of smaller villages.It’s fine in theory – but – they are only viable for 25 years, they are noisy, they have a huge impact on the visible landscape. I’m not sure I think this is the best option for extra power generation.
This painting is a direct result of that worry; in the centre, under the hills, is the word WIND. 8×12″ in acrylics on primed canvas paper.



