THANKS to Dan Reeve

Dan Reeve is a very fine watercolourist who has tutored our workshops, been a committee member in the 1990s, organised outdoor painting days and entered wonderful paintings for Splash. You may not know that for the last eight years, Dan has done the layout of our newsletter.

Initially he helped us out, freely donating his hours and expertise, improving the appearance of a modest newsletter, until it became the handsome magazine of today. Our new editor, Charlotte Hird, is taking over the layout work.

We wish to say VERY BIG THANK YOU to Dan for the excellent work he has done for many years. We wish him well in all he does and hope to see more of his fine paintings at Splash.

Introducing new editor Charlotte Hird

Charlotte has been on the committee for over a year after a career change to full time artist. With no overseas travel plans she felt it was time to give back to the organisations which have helped her develop as an artist.

She enjoyed a 40 year career as a self-employed graphic artist and is well equipped to edit and layout the newsletter. More recently she worked as a drawing teacher in Themed Environment Design degree course in Wuhan, China before Wuhan became infamous. Now she is tutoring workshops in watercolour, drawing, portraits and perspective at Wellington Art Club, Wellington High CEC night classes, Inverlochy Art School and Karori Arts & Crafts Centre for Watercolour New Zealand.

I try to find time to paint every day despite teaching and my role as President of Wellington Art Club. She enjoys working alongside other artists, sharing knowledge and techniques. She regularly attends classes in life drawing and portraiture and joins en plein air events all over New Zealand. I experiment with techniques and am never short for inspiration. I am always thinking about how to mix a colour or compose a scene.

In 2020 Charlotte had her first solo exhibition at Bowen Galleries. She exhibits at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Art, Mitchell Studios and Kiwi Arthouse in Wellington but SPLASH is the highlight of the year.



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