Mushroom Forest - In the deep, dark wood Artist Edition Print by Jane Hoggard

Despite the beauty of this woodland area at the base of my sisters Paparoa haven, getting lost running with your niece who was ‘pretty sure she remembered the way through the toadstool patches’ became interesting and somewhat boggy!!

I am inspired by history, my childhood, culture, my children and the world I see - the ground in front of me! Birds, boats and the bush are a mainstay for my drawing practice. I tend to capture landscape scenes and detailed botanical line drawings as a regular practice.

With a rich heritage of Yorkshire ancestors, I was surrounded by creative master potters and wares within our family’s chinaware business. Our home was a still life setting, complete with Dutch oil paintings at every turn and chinaware on every surface. I was surrounded by retro textiles and fabrics of my Dutch cousins in our first home in New Zealand. I am drawn to the calming lines of vintage furniture and architecture. Danish glassware and homewares bring me joy for their simplistic lines and earthy palette.

My work is a collection of these family experiences and memories. Inter-woven between history and the present, my heritage and present life, my work has been painted with elements of joy, sadness and pensive thought.