Juliet Best

Visual Artist
Te Whanganui-a-tara Wellington

"The joy of expression - big swooping background moves of brush and paint over canvas, then careful respectful strokes for detail, letting the buttery paint slip and slide into the spaces it should fill.  To create something visual is a powerful handmade and heartfelt experience"

My latest paintings include strong horizon lines and my ongoing work with gold leaf celebrates the beauty and moods of New Zealand skies, landscapes and water. I live and work by the sea in Island Bay, always observing and loving the ever-changing southern skies, sea and coastlines.

My extensive work with gold leaf and texture mediums on canvas or wood panel shapes is an important part of my art practice. My love of painting New Zealand's stunning landscapes and our native birds, flora and fauna over many years is finding real maturity and evolving in new and exciting directions.