E J Wood Fine Art ♡

This Way explores the relationship between colour and the experience of nature.I've been searching for a way to convey the joy of being present in the environment. I've experimented with simple shapes and and a vivid palette to show the multitude of plant varieties. The path meanders into the distan...

This gorgeous grouping of dahlia flowers features a palette of greens, peaches, blues & crimsons. Each petal is delicately layered with colour. I painted this while experimenting with blocking colour using gouache paint.Gouache has a very bold, mat colour. This took many hours to paint, as gouache d...

By The Sea is a beautiful stroll along the beachfront.Full of gorgeous blues, greens and peaches with hints of olive and orange this original is painted with acrylic and oil pastel on canvas paper.Artwork can either be purchased with or without frame. If you are purchasing with a frame it is 2cm plu...

Coastal Walk is a dreamy memory of walks to the beach.Full of gorgeous soft yellows, blues and greens with pops of orange and pink this original artwork is painted with acrylic and oil pastel on canvas paper.Artwork can either be purchased with or without frame. If you are purchasing with a frame it...

Underwater is an experience of coastal life, combining the ocean with the shore.Full of gorgeous olives, turquoise, blues, greens and peach this original is painted with acrylic and oil pastel on canvas paper.Artwork can either be purchased with or without frame. If you are purchasing with a frame i...

Path to Long Bay captures the brilliant light of long summer days. Ultramarine underpainting is used to bring vibrancy to the oil paints, accentuating the depth of the dense bush surrounding our coastline.This artwork offers comfort in the familiarity of a typical New Zealand landscape - the cascadi...

My oil paintings explore how we identify with our landscape, particularly holiday locations. Last Summer invites the viewer to contemplate their own summer holidays and how holiday memories may be a construct of the ‘ideal’.Last Summer represents a typical New Zealand holiday spot. The pohutukaw...

Oamaru Bay features typical signifiers of a New Zealand summer - the dinghy, picnic table and pohutukawa. Naples yellow underpainting creates a sense of bright light, evoking the traditional experience of a summer’s day.Pops of peach, magentas and brick reds accentuate the dappled light from the p...

Bay Swim captures the feeling of lazy summer days spent swimming.Pops of peach and purple contrast on the sand to show the dappled light from the pohutukawa. A young girl, fresh from her swim with a tyre around her waist, wanders into the distance framed by densely covered hills that are peppered wi...

A gorgeous mini original. Painted on oil canvas paper, with acrylic and oil pastel.Artwork is 25cm x 25cm. Can come unframed or framed in a simple white frame with 8cm mat board (this makes the artwork 32cm x 32cm).

A gorgeous mini original. Painted on oil canvas paper, with acrylic and oil pastel.Artwork is 25cm x 25cm. Can come unframed or framed in a simple white frame with 8cm mat board (this makes the artwork 32cm x 32cm).

A gorgeous mini original. Painted on oil canvas paper, with acrylic and oil pastel.Artwork is 25cm x 25cm. Can come unframed or framed in a simple white frame with 8cm mat board (this makes the artwork 32cm x 32cm).

This fresh series of minis capture moments in time, flower pots from on my table, fruit in bowls and sunsets from out of my kitchen window.These works have a base acrylic colour and are then brought to life with layers of vivid oil pastels.This is an original artwork. It is 33cm x 33cm and is painte...

This fresh series of minis capture little moments in time, flower pots from on my table, fruit in bowls and sunsets from out of my kitchen window.These works have a base acrylic colour and are then brought to life with layers of vivid oil pastels.This is an original artwork. It is 33cm x 33cm and is...

My new series of minis is all about the capturing small, beautiful moments.'' is the view across my deck in the early morning, with the sun lighting up the tree in the distance. Everything is still at this time of day and is taken over by the golden glow of first light. The wisteria that dominates m...

This fresh series of mini artworks capture moments in time, flower pots from on my table, fruit in bowls and sunsets from out of my kitchen window.These works have a base acrylic colour and are then brought to life with layers of vivid oil pastels.This is an original artwork. It is 33cm x 33cm and i...

This fresh series explores the rhythms of the day by capturing the soft light and long shadows of the late afternoon and evening. Textured oil pastels create movement and flickers of colour. captures the serene, and beautifully early evening hours that create vivid colour due to the low light of the...

This fresh series explores the rhythms of the day by capturing the soft light and long shadows of the late afternoon and evening. Textured oil pastels create movement and flickers of colour. This is an original artwork. It is 30cm x 34cm, oil pastel on pastel mat 360gsm card.Can come unframed or in...

This fresh series explores the rhythms of the day by capturing the soft light and long shadows of the late afternoon and evening. Textured oil pastels create movement and flickers of colour. This is an original artwork. It is 33cm x 30cm, oil pastel on pastel mat 360gsm card.Can come unframed or in...

This fresh series explores the rhythms of the day by capturing the soft light and long shadows of the late afternoon and evening. Textured oil pastels create movement and flickers of colour. This is an original artwork. It is 33cm x 33cm, oil pastel and acrylic on oil paper 220gsm.Can come unframed...

This fresh series of botanicals works celebrates flowers in all their colourful and textured beauty!This little artwork is a celebration of spring flowers collected from my mother's garden - the bold and colourful sparaxis and kangaroo paw.This is an original artwork. It is 25cm x 25cm, oil pastel o...

This fresh series of botanicals works celebrates flowers in all their colourful and textured beauty!Features dried hydrangea and protea arrangement with gorgeous rusty oranges and pinks, gold and creams.This is an original artwork. It is 40cm x 40cm wooden board canvas wth matt varnish.4cm depth. Ar...

Created with rich sennelier oil pastel colour and underpainted with a deep purple. The edges are also finished with the deep purple.30cm round wooden board 2.5 cm depth, finished with matt varnish. Ready to hang. See creation of artwork here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRgpWffATyE

Inpsired by the Waikato countryside (around Waitomo), In The Countryside captures the soft yarrow flowers that line the roadsides and the vibrant green paddocks!Created with rich Sennelier oil pastel colour on high quality 360gsm pastelmat card. Art is 350mm x 300mm.This is an original artwork.Can c...