These are my favourite photos of me from my photoshoot with Theresa.
She got some wonderful images, and it’s great to see the Japonism dress in action.
In other news, we’ve had crap, cold, grey, wet windy weather since this photoshoot, and I have too much to do and am feeling a bit flat (unlike my bias silk crepe seams, which is part of the problem). So sorry if my posts aren’t as perky as usual.
This is Fragonard’s ‘The Joy’s of Motherhood.”
Jean-Honore Fragonard, The Joys of Motherhood
Yeah, I don’t think he spent a lot of time around women with young children.
Of course, looking at the painting, it doesn’t really look like he spent a lot of time outside either. Those are some impressively fantastical and chinoiseried trees!
To me, springtime in Wellington means a glory of magnolia blossoms in the suburb of Thorndon and the botanical gardens, an obsession I share with noted NZ artist Rita Angus.
The magnolias were at their absolute peak when Theresa and I visited the gardens last Friday, and some of the best photographs were taken against the serene mauve petals, or in the dappled shade of the twisting branches.
