Life Verse

The Quilting (XXI): Dry & Thirsty Land
Jan 2006
Mixed media on canvas
305x305x35mm

Dry & Thirsty Land detail

A series of events lead to this commissioned work for an Australian visitor to New Zealand. The title "Dry & Thirsty Land" references
Psalm 63:1...
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

This scripture was her "Life Verse". I did not find this out until later, when she was back in Sydney with the piece.

The only brief for the commission was that I prayerfully considered the work.

In My Studio

LOVE Letters (II) details
Work in progress
Mixed media on canvas
1020x1020x35mm

Happy Fathers Day

Paper Dolls (II): Family
Sep 2006
Mixed media on canvas
150x150x35mm

Be Still & Remember

Extending Silence (IV): Be Still & Remember
Dec 2005
Mixed media on canvas
200x200x35mm

Extending Silence (I -VIII)

Extending Silence (I -VIII)
Precious Little Exhibition 2005
South Canterbury Club
Timaru

Deep As the Deepest Blue Sea

Soul Hymns (III): Deep As the Deepest Blue Sea
Jan 2006
Mixed media on canvas
Five pieces each 150x150x35mm, placed in an upright cross

Deep As the Deepest Blue Sea detail

UNICEF NZ Corporate Christmas Cards 2007

My painting above has been included in this year's selection of UNICEF NZ Corporate Christmas Cards.
The work has been cropped to a rectangular shape & the card titled "Stained Glass".
I am happy to be able to support the goals of UNICEF in this way.

UNICEF - the United Nations Children's Fund - is the world's leading agency for children. Our mission is to reach the world’s children in need and give them a chance to survive and flourish. In the face of natural disaster, in the face of disease and poverty, in the face of hunger and exclusion, in the face of war and upheaval - our goal is to give all children a childhood.

Your support of our Christmas Card campaign helps our work in the world's poorest communities. You can choose from a wide selection of card designs by New Zealand and international artists. All cards come with envelopes, and a personalised greeting and/or logo can be overprinted inside your card/s.

Painting Machine

Elizabeth Love works
Precious Little Exhibition 2006
South Canterbury Club
Timaru

To ensure I do not become a painting machine (a term mentioned by Wellington painter Seraphine Pick on Artsville, Sunday 5 August), I have recently returned to administration work.