Michelle Bellamy

This limited edition print is available in 5 sizes:

Paper size – 275 x 275mm (image size 245 x 245mm) – $220

Paper size – 450 x 450mm (image size 400 x 400mm) – $290

Paper size – 550 x 550mm (image size 500 x 500mm) – $340

Paper size – 850 x 850mm (image size 800 x 800mm) – $750

Paper size – 1050 x 1050mm (image size 1000 x 1000mm) – $1,000

Total edition size of 150 regardless of size;  ie only 150 prints of the particular image will ever be produced.

Camp Stream Hut is an historic hut found nestled in a shallow valley near Camp Stream at just over 1200m. Originally used as a musterers’ hut, the current structure is the second on this site, replacing an earlier hut built in 1898 that was destroyed by fire. The corrugated iron from the original hut was salvaged and repurposed in the construction of the present hut. Maintained by the Mackenzie Alpine Trust and retains a vast amount of character and always has great stocks of firewood.

“Due to the hut having such a large amount of character and history I had wanted to paint this scene for many years. I visited the hut many times, and came to the conclusion the sun had to be just so and there had to be snow around as the scene was very brown. I ended up biking, hiking and running through meltwater and frozen sludge one afternoon to study this scene. As I left the hut on dusk a lone hiker arrived at the hut commenting on the quiet evening and the spectacular star show. With solidly frozen feet I made my way out passing a few deer silhouetted against the ridge, a magical clear night, although very cold.
Round Hill and the Two Thumb Range stretch out behind the hut in this scene with the rolling tussock hills caressing the hut. I really like how the snow hugs one side of the range and along the ridge, also the snow patches around the hut. To complete the scene is the stack of firewood to keep the occupant/s warm that night.” – Michelle Bellamy

Michelle Bellamy is a contemporary painter living in Nelson, specialising in capturing the New Zealand landscape with exquisite detail.

An avid mountaineer, Bellamy takes inspiration from exploring the corners and nooks of New Zealand’s lakes and surrounding inhabited landscapes. Back in the studio she creates meticulously detailed large and mid-scale paintings in acrylic on board. Her captivating geographic representations register and acknowledge a human presence on the landscape through the inclusion of familiar features such as South Island cribs and huts, set amongst exquisitely rendered tussock grasses and native flora. Bellamy’s precision brushwork and skilful layering of colour serves to intensify the clarity of New Zealand’s natural light and beauty.

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