Gingko and Wild Strawberry

In Autumn the fan shaped leaves of the Gingko tree turn a gorgeous bright yellow before they fall. These trees are fascinating, they are the only surviving species of an ancient Ginkgophyta tree type and are native to China. Gingko nuts are traditionally used for food and medicine but the jury is out as to whether they are entirely beneficial for either use . There is a small Gingko tree around the corner from my street that I often walk past. This tree inspired my Gingko and Wild Strawberry artwork. (detail above) It is available as a digital download to print from Corokia on Etsy.

 

Dreamy Garden

 

Dreamy Garden is available as a framed or unframed art print from the Corokia Society6 shop. I made this painting using foliage from my garden, mixing New Zealand native Kōwhai and Pohutukawa with geraniums, sage and other garden favourites. The Kōwhai is a lovely tree with small leaflets and bright yellow flowers that attract native birds such as Tui and Kereru. You can read more about this tree on the Department of Conservation website. A few years ago we used a Kōwhai tree for our Christmas tree and this tree is now growing strong and starting to flower each year.

Geraniums

 

Geraniums is a lovely soft green, pink and yellow artwork that I’ve just added to the Society6 Corokia shop. It is available as art prints, canvas, travel mugs and greeting cards. This is one of my favourites! It has a really calm and soothing feel and was inspired by summertime in the garden and the fragrant geraniums growing in my backyard.

Kensington Garden

New on the Corokia Society6 shop is the Kensington Garden artwork that I made over the Easter break, available as iphone accessories, art prints and travel mugs.

Made with foliage from a garden in Kensington, Whangarei, including hydrangea, gardenia, fern and lavender. The soft pastels in this painting were inspired by the hydrangea and lavender of this suburban garden.

Purple Garden

Fans of purple will love the rich colouring of the Purple Garden print, available from Corokia on Etsy as an instant digital download. Made with New Zealand geraniums, sage, lavender and fuchsia leaves from my garden. This artwork is A5 size. Enjoy!

Card and gift tags for Autumn

Lavender in Autumn is a new card on the Corokia Studio Etsy shop. I gathered a variety of autumn foliage to make this artwork and then chose tones to evoke the changing season, such a gorgeous time of year with leaves turning orange, red, yellow and brown. I’ve put some matching gift tags on as well. These come in a sheet with nine tags in total.

Hebe and Wild Strawberry

A lovely new artwork available from the Corokia Studio Etsy shop as an instant digital download. Made using foliage from the garden including lemon balm, wild strawberry, feijoa, hebe, lamb’s ear, ferns and lavender. I love the mix of purples, mauve, cyan and autumnal tones in this picture and the overall effect they have. This work is part of a series where I am experimenting with some unusual and beautiful combinations and really trying to push into new territory for me with my colours and forms.

It is A5 size and can be printed at home using photo quality paper or take it to your local print shop and print on 200gsm (light card weight) paper for a good result. Available for personal use only please.

Lemon Balm Garden

The Lemon Balm Garden artwork is available as an instant digital download from the Corokia Studio Etsy shop. Currently I have available a greeting card and matching gift tags. The colours in these are really soft and lovely, inspired by a fresh spring morning in the garden.

The gift tags come in an A4 and US letter size sheet and there are nine per page – six rectangular and three circular tags. Perfect for finishing off a pretty gift.

Kowhai and Geraniums

I created this artwork using Kowhai, Geranium, Fern, Sage, Lamb’s Ear and Nasturtium leaves all gathered on a Summer day from my garden. This A5 size artwork is available as an instant digital download from the Corokia Studio Etsy shop for $NZ12.65. The vibrant pinks, blue, green and orange will brighten up your home or framed it makes a lovely gift.