🎨 NZ Artist - oil painter of bokeh 🌏 Award-winning prints & originals ➡️ worldwide 📲 https://www.thepennydropsart.co.nzhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3ll6wpwneik2eI know my art is moving, but the real reason for the earth moving under my feet today was The Studio’s first earthquake 🫨25 Mar 2025 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll6wpwneik2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lghzh2uqj22cBokeh art reminds you that softness isn’t about losing focus, but about gaining perspective. (When you stop fixating on tiny flaws and pesky details, the bigger picture - full of light & beauty - comes into view 🤩.)24 Jan 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lghzh2uqj22chttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lfjrnq6zkk27Does the Great New Zealand Summer Shut Down end tonight? I’ve just been in Chch for a week: there were 4 galleries I couldn’t visit due to their extended summer break. Mind you, I was also on an extended summer break, so my own ability to deliver has been deferred: home now & shipping art tomorrow 🙌🏼12 Jan 2025 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfjrnq6zkk27https://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3ldfech773s2hEvery time I’ve seen an adult friend or acquaintance who’s got braces for the first time, my first though is “I never noticed they had ‘bad’ teeth”. It’s given me great comfort: I’m sure that of the myriad of negative thoughts we have about our own bodies, nobody else has ever noticed.16 Dec 2024 03:13 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldfech773s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3ldal776brk2o“I don’t believe in the ‘tortured artist’ stereotype - how can we be tormented when our eyes are so finely attuned to the beauty all around us?” ~ Mel, the happiest #artist in the world ☺️14 Dec 2024 05:33 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldal776brk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3ld5usks4ok2jHappy painting day - school’s out UNTIL FEBRUARY 😮 so I’ve enlisted my 2 older daughters to take turns looking after their lil brother 2 hours a day… amazing what an under-the-pump-artist can get done when the clock’s ticking ⏳ Painting: Dunedin, NZ 🇳🇿13 Dec 2024 03:47 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld5usks4ok2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lctufxpij22iThis #painting was the most popular at yesterday’s workshop - sparkling lights on New Zealand’s #laketeanau - framed in one of my custom round frames 👌🏼🤩💙09 Dec 2024 04:13 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lctufxpij22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lctmgoxln226Studio looking festive in preparation for its first #Christmas workshop A lovely group of friends came along for some Christmas decoration making and refreshments.09 Dec 2024 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lctmgoxln226https://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lcfbcssdcs2e#ArtStudio peonies on the edge of blooming right out 💕 Being a #bokeh artist is a curious mix of noticing life’s beautiful details - and then blurring away the minutiae to leave the beauty and the light on the canvas 🤩🤪03 Dec 2024 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfbcssdcs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lc7vd2daz22jHappy first day of #summer! 🤍01 Dec 2024 05:36 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc7vd2daz22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lc6nbnnh2s2kMorning light in The Studio makes waking up early worth it 🤩30 Nov 2024 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6nbnnh2s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lc5raouwas2rI’m going to completely contradict myself here 🤭, but *even* as an artist who preaches #softness AND has experienced the absolute joy of selling SIX originals this week 🥰 - the feeling of slipping between the crisp sheets of a freshly-made bed is, quite simply, incomparable. 👌🏼🤗30 Nov 2024 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc5raouwas2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbtm2rhgbs2zInterrupting the usual chronicles of softness (because an artist has to make a living too 💁🏻‍♀️) to let you know I’m NOT doing Black Friday - no discounts out of respect for my previous collectors, but by way of ‘giving thanks’ get these 3 Bokeh prints free…26 Nov 2024 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtm2rhgbs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbs4yd5vb22jThe algorithm here has figured out that #citylights are my jam - all your pics of the big northern hemisphere #cities with so much #Bokeh potential giving me some serious #wanderlust… meanwhile, this is my #studio 🐄☘️🌱💙25 Nov 2024 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbs4yd5vb22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbqnc7bc6k2lMaking her Bluesky debut - doing some #grounding with me at lunchtime. Beaut day for it 🙌🏼☀️ #dogsofbluesky25 Nov 2024 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbqnc7bc6k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbqaaxlda22iFavourite season alert! 🍂 What’s yours?? [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Nov 2024 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbqaaxlda22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbpw26y6lk22One of my kids had been a little #nervous about getting on the school bus - especially when his sibling was not with him. He took to keeping a #connection with me by waving non-stop until the bus was out of sight and eventually that morphed into rock:paper:scissors through the window - so cute 🫠… ⬇️24 Nov 2024 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbpw26y6lk22https://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbngeltyvs2yInteresting discussion on #peoplepleasing as part of Epidode 270… you’d think applying The Philosophy of Softness makes you a push over - too eager to please. But in affording yourself the same softness, you put your own needs on an equal footing to the other person’s.23 Nov 2024 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbngeltyvs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbm2ifjrqk2tFab afternoon - barefoot - in the garden catching up on my #grounding experiment. Not going to try and pass these peonies off as #homegrown though - we have a #flowerfarm in our school community who generously donate these peonies as a school fundraiser 🙌🏼 Fresh flowers for my Studio this week!23 Nov 2024 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbm2ifjrqk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbl7zxcyik2fDay 3 (and 4 🫣) of my #grounding experiment were non existent. But a philosophy of softness assigns curiousity instead of ‘failure’… what can I do differently to ensure more compliance with the experiment, what am I learning so far, does it matter that I missed days??23 Nov 2024 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbl7zxcyik2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbj727nkdk23Another successful day not drinking the paint water in the art studio 👏🏽. Some say I can’t be a proper artist. Others will know I’m an oil painter.22 Nov 2024 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbj727nkdk23https://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbgsgt6mkc2hNot all heroes wear capes - BUT this one does! Meet #hackthehang - saving walls from unnecessary holes one hook at a time 🛠️ https://www.thepennydropsart.co.nz/products/art-hanging-tool-hackthehang21 Nov 2024 06:08 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbgsgt6mkc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbfrlhu2zc2mDay 2 of the #grounding experiment opened my eyes 👀… noticing the little details: from how plush the grass felt beneath my feet, to the wee eggs in our bird box and these previously-unseen delicate purple flowers. Also no stubbed toes and no spacey feeling today so that’s a bonus! BUT: ⤵️20 Nov 2024 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfrlhu2zc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbdkqdnbus2zWellington NZ - so called ‘the world’s coolest little capital’ - can’t wait to get paint on the brush and get this on canvas 🤩19 Nov 2024 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdkqdnbus2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbd6pav6u22fResults from Day 1 of my #grounding experiment 1) One stubbed toe 🩹 2) Two bunches of flowers picked for The Studio 💐 3) Veggie garden watered 💦 4) Weeds pulled 🌿 5) Spent the rest of the morning feeling spacey 🤪 Question: how to spend the time without feeling like it still needs to be productive?19 Nov 2024 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbd6pav6u22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbbcd4mnds2kHow’s this for some good #shopsmall karma: The small, local business I did my shopping at over the weekend just sold one of my original paintings for me. What goes around comes around my friend 🥰 Support your local retailers - they need you and you need them more than you probably realise.19 Nov 2024 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbbcd4mnds2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lbansykufs2sSo apparently 15-20mins a day of your bare feet on grass, dirt or concrete(?) can help restore the ‘bioelectric charge’ of our bodies. 🤨 Skeptical?? Yeah me too - but what’s to lose - and apparently ‘studies’ have proved it? #grounding18 Nov 2024 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbansykufs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lb6wuvlqvs2fIf plants were people… these late summer blooms are our teenagers: gangly, entwined, heads heavy with the promise of seed. Defying the structure that once gave them order & form, slightly jaded by time… but still bursting with movement, colour & joy. #oilpainting #metaphor18 Nov 2024 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb6wuvlqvs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lb4nxern2226Does it count if I’m a newbie too?? 🤷🏻‍♀️ #artist [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Nov 2024 05:21 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb4nxern2226https://bsky.app/profile/thepennydropsart.bsky.social/post/3lb4mob7ghk26I plan to #shopsmall as much as possible this festive season because I know how much it matters to the people who own those businesses. It means they can feed their family, pay their rent/mortgage, send their kids to extracurricular activities and it keeps more money in our local community. ⤵️17 Nov 2024 04:58 +0000at://did:plc:po7blwpcmhmt7buijtmkupos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb4mob7ghk26