Michelle Bellamy

This limited edition print is available in 4 sizes:

Paper size – 425 x 615mm (image size 310 x 510mm) – $290

Paper size – 515 x 825mm (image size 400 x 720mm) – $390

Paper size – 615 x 1010mm (image size 500 x 900mm) – $750

Paper size – 860 x 1405mm (image size 725 x 1300mm) – $1,250

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

After quite some time I have completed ‘Endless Evening at Lake Alexandrina’. Having visited the lake many times, this long calm evening pictured in the painting has been the most memorable. I arrived late on a balmy autumn afternoon having never visited before, and it was simply stunning, not a breath of wind with the last golden leaves grasping onto the tree branches. Time seemed eternal as the sun slowly sank behind the hills.
​More visits over the years have also brought lovely evenings, although none as perfect as this one, also grey choppy days and howling gales. The area certainly gets its fair share of weather extremes.
​In the background of this painting you can see right down to the Cass Valley and a peek of the Godley Valley with the Hall Range in the centre background.
​This painting has a variety of elements in it, from the lake boulders and smooth transparent water to the wiggly, super detailed intricate reflections and of course the iconic boat sheds. Did I mention each of those individual leaves ready to blow off the trees?
Lake Alexandrina is a tranquil, spring-fed lake situated in the Mackenzie Basin on New Zealand’s South Island, just to the west of the larger Lake Tekapo. Shallow and serene, it features a single outlet on its eastern shore, where the occasional fisherman can be spotted quietly rowing across its waters in search of a catch. The lake flows into the smaller Lake MacGregor before eventually feeding into Lake Tekapo. Amidst the brown desert landscape of the Mackenzie Plains, Lake Alexandrina stands as a refreshing oasis, renowned for its thriving populations of brown and rainbow trout, as well as salmon, making it a beloved spot for anglers.

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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