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Chatterbox Tuis

$850.00

About the painting

Chatterbox Tuis is a vibrant, playful painting inspired by the constant movement and conversation of tūī in the garden. Bursting with colour, layered marks, and rhythmic pattern, the work captures a sense of sound and activity translated into paint.

This is a lively piece — energetic, joyful, and full of visual chatter — designed to animate a space and invite repeated looking.

Living with this painting

  • A bright, expressive palette that brings warmth and personality into a room

  • Works well as a statement piece in living spaces and hallways

  • Repeated shapes and layered marks create movement and visual rhythm

  • A one-of-a-kind original, created in my Kapiti Coast garden studio.

About the painting

Chatterbox Tuis is a vibrant, playful painting inspired by the constant movement and conversation of tūī in the garden. Bursting with colour, layered marks, and rhythmic pattern, the work captures a sense of sound and activity translated into paint.

This is a lively piece — energetic, joyful, and full of visual chatter — designed to animate a space and invite repeated looking.

Living with this painting

  • A bright, expressive palette that brings warmth and personality into a room

  • Works well as a statement piece in living spaces and hallways

  • Repeated shapes and layered marks create movement and visual rhythm

  • A one-of-a-kind original, created in my Kapiti Coast garden studio.

The story behind the painting

Tūī are regular visitors to my garden, and their presence is anything but quiet. Their calls overlap, interrupt, and respond to one another — a constant exchange that feels both chaotic and joyful.

In this painting, that sense of chatter is expressed through layers of colour, pattern, and mark-making. Bold shapes sit alongside finer details; drips, dots, and repeated forms echo the movement of birds hopping, calling, and darting through the space. Hints of bird forms emerge and disappear, allowing the work to sit somewhere between abstraction and suggestion.

Rather than depicting a single moment, Chatterbox Tuis reflects the feeling of being immersed in a living environment — busy, playful, and full of character.

Details

  • Medium: Acrylic on canvas

  • Size: 91 × 61 cm

  • Finish: Painting extends around the edges

  • Hanging: Ready to hang

  • Signed: Yes (full signature and name of painting on the back so as not to detract from the painting, with artist initials on the side)

Shipping & care

This artwork will be carefully packaged and shipped from the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand.
Local pickup can be arranged.

If you’d like to talk about placement, scale, or how this piece might work in your space, I’m very happy to help.

If this painting resonates with you, I’d love it to find a home where its colour and energy can be enjoyed every day.