DS Design

I am a Contemporary artist based in Christchurch, with a fascination for creating things. I love to paint and also love to sculpt, so have managed to combine these two passions with my Oil and mixed media artworks. “A Total Texture Junkie” is a good way to describe me. I enjoy incorporating many different types of texture and resin in my artworks. More recently I have moved toward Oils, and am finding this medium a total contrast from working with acrylics, although the two are very different mediums I really enjoy the variety that I get from working with each of them. My artwork can take up to several weeks to complete depending on the different processes and mediums that I use. A lot of my inspiration comes from just everyday moments of life, like a weekend away, a memory I may have, or driving down the road and seeing or hearing something. I have a real passion for the outdoors – nature in all its beauty, be it mountains, rivers, flowers, trees or butterflies. Photography is another passion of mine; which I tend to use the images I take as inspiration to create my artworks