willow trees

I've just come back from Otago, escaped all those aftershocks for a week, although it's a long way to go for a good nights sleep! The drive there goes through some of the most spectacular scenery NZ has to offer-Lake Tekapo, Pukaki, Lindis Pass, Burkes Pass and Lake Dunstan.


Every time I go I get fixated by all the willow trees lining the rivers, last time it was autumn and they were orange and yellow, this time it was spring, so it was all yellow and green.
I tried numerous ways of trying to capture that essence of water peeping through bark: photos, pastels, watercolour, and once home- acrylic.


I like the acrylic best