Michelle Bellamy

“Here is a painting of a Otago scene that I studied in autumn this year. After a quick glimpse 10 years ago, it called me back. I drove all day and into the night through storm, chasing the hope of a icing sugar dusting of snow on this fascinating range. I chose to do two similar paintings so that I could explore the light & colour changes during the ‘magic hour’ before dusk.

This painting is at the start of the process, showcasing the Hawkdun range in golden hues and stark contrast”. – Michelle Bellamy

Image Size: 500 x 500 mm
Paper Size: 610 x 600 mm
Limited edition of: 150

This print is titled, numbered, dated and signed by the artist. Printed on acid-free, museum quality paper for highest age resistance and using high-quality, lightfast aqueous-based pigment inks…

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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