NZ Bokeh Art ~ Mel ~ The Penny Drops

🤭 the way I laughed out loud… assuming it was a joke (but then in the quiet moments wondering if they…

Lots of new folks in my corner of the ‘gram this week… here’s a little behind the scenes of The Penny Drops…

Had 2 lovely visitors today 😊 and yes you are very welcome 🙌🏼 (I just ask that you check in first to make…

Delighted to share this recently commissioned painting with you. Anyone who's battled the wind at the top of…

No Ann, the blur is the whole point. The blur isn’t stopping you from seeing what you’re supposed to see.…

It’s almost like the light says, “The painting ends here, but I don’t have to”. I’m increasingly loving the…

Let’s hear it for the blues 💙 There’s a very small window of time in the morning between dark and daylight…

The Southland Arts Trail is back for 2026! My Studio doors will be open from 10am-4pm both days. The only…

My art doesn’t need data centres or stolen references. But it does need time. It does need water…

The collab *I* didn’t know I needed 🫣😋 This was such a cool experience! I’m often told my art reminds…

My daffodils are starting to pop up - and even though Winter hasn’t packed its bags just yet - those lil…

Turns out this guy James Nairn ruffled a few feathers with his ‘paintings of light’ - including refuting he…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my happy place - The Penny Drops Studio turns 2 🎂🥳 From the wettest/muddiest Spring on…

If I got to choose, I’d totally have this painting end up in a moody, masculine space - like a whisky room…

Long story short: today my boys’ bedroom got a deep clean (stay with me… this has a point! 🤓)... The…

The nostalgia my paintings trigger is surprisingly specific: so many people have told me about the first…

Putting in some pretty big hours at the easel atm - but it’s not all hard work and no play. Particularly…

3 NEW GLIMMERS ✨ Lurching from a lakeside evening to the drama and excitement of the city - and then back…

📣 Heads up: A lil extra sparkle for you this month ✨ This loved print is being tucked in with all orders…

I just want to be really clear: I’m not calling my art Impressionism - or comparing myself to Monet. But…

What kind of art? The kind that dials down the details and dials up the light. The kind that helps you shut…

I had just minutes to get this shot: with the sun setting behind me, it was super low in the sky and…

I screwed up with these Glimmers 🫣 These pieces are supposed to be more like studies, than full blown…

A night out never looked so good 🥂 @thelanglandshotel @invercargilllicensingtrust 🤩✨