Category: Art

  • Thank you for your patience.

    Thank you for your patience.

    The newly designed website is almost complete. *Phew* Just a few glitches to smooth out… linking buttons to pages! All new stuff for me to learn. In between sorting and packing our belongings for storage, preparing for a road trip, and John’s work with planes and helicopters, he still makes time to doodle. This is…

  • Winds of Change.

    Winds of Change.

    The Winter Cocoon. It is Winter in the Southern Hemisphere, for me it is a time of reflection and redirection, to go within, before coming out into the new energy of Spring. I will be re-creating our on-line gallery and adding some exciting new options. The Blog will remain as it is, with updates along…

  • Dougal The Magnificent!

    Dougal The Magnificent!

    We met many amazing animals and their humans whilst housesitting (2017-19) We first met Dougal when he was just a wee puppy. He would sit on my lap as I read him chapters of Inkheart. We felt such special connection with him. His beautiful family has grown now to include two more humans. I know…

  • Just keep drawing…

    Just keep drawing…

    Exploring new techniques and different grades of paper. From this in 2023… To now… Kate is my eldest daughter, and Rosie my youngest daughter and Umbra is her dear furry friend. I have held them both in my heart as visuals in my mind for the different stages of Molly’s life, the main character in…

  • Hermione and The Magical Black Cat.

    Hermione and The Magical Black Cat.

    What started as a doodle became a short story for a bit of fun! Thanks Mira for being the perfect model for Hermione. Warming herself in the morning sun as she slept in the garden at Androula’s cottage, the sound of someone crying interrupted Hermione’s nap. Lazily, she stretched and nimbly jumped through the rosemary…

  • Cafe Doodles

    Cafe Doodles

    John’s drawing of Connie, a Springer Spaniel. She is a part of a family we house sat for in the South Island in 2017-18. ©John W. Page 2025.

  • Messages From Heaven – Spiritual Consignments.

    In December 2024 I did the first of these kind of portraits. To date I have now done seven of these. My past career as a spirit medium comes in handy with these. Through dreams or persistent nudges, loved ones in Heaven guide me to their relatives still living on the physical plane, and I…

  • ‘Merlin’

    ‘Merlin’

    On my morning walks in the local park, sometimes I have a furry friend walk with me through the little forest. I have nicknamed him Merlin because of his ability to magically appear and disappear. He loves a smooch and to walk by my side through the trees. I wanted to take his photo but…

  • Cafe Doodles

    Cafe Doodles

    Away from the distractions at home, we love to write and draw at a cafe. We have done this over the years when travelling around New Zealand housesitting. It is something we enjoy doing together, and the people we meet. Being an artist and a writer, most of our work is done in solitude to…

  • A Moment In Time – Precious Memories.

    Playing with charcoal and graphite. ©Monica G. Page 2025.