Lake Wakatipu Tank Tops

A Vintage Travel Art of Queenstown - New Zealand

"Joe" the Boat

I was so lucky being able to capture this sunrise. When I woke up around 5.15am to a brilliantly pink room I realised that I was missing a fantastic sunrise over Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu. Luckily we were staying in a hotel on the lakeshore so I was able to run across the road and capture the amazing colours.

Ducks going for an early morning swim on Lake Wakatipu under an impressive sunrise.

Walter Peak Watercolour

Black and white view of Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand, with clouds rolling in over the mountains.

A plein air watercolour painting of Bobs Cove. Returning to the site of one of my first ever paintings, three years later.

TSS Earnslaw - Queenstown

The view from Pigeon Island.

Walter Peak - New Zealand

Walter Peak - Autumn 2023

I didn't plan on getting up to watch the sunrise on our last morning in Queenstown, but when I woke up at 5.15am and my whole hotel room was lit up in pink, I grabbed my camera and ran to the lakeshore, which was luckily just across the road from the hotel. It was definitely worth it!

New Zealand Landscape and Scenery – Te Anau Digitally drawn using Illustrator.

New Zealand Landscape and Scenery – Manapouri Digitally drawn using Illustrator.

Stormy Kelvin Heights New Zealand

Painted from the Northern tip of Pigeon Island after some VERY testing bush bashing!

New Zealand Landscape and Scenery – Kingston. Digitally drawn using Illustrator.

A plein air watercolour painting of Walter Peak, painted from Sunshine Bay during a stormy sunset.

This section of road, stretching along the eastern shores of Lake Wakatipu, has earned itself the name 'the Devil's Staircase' due to its continuous turns, ascents, and descents. Unlike the Devil's Staircase on the Tongariro Crossing, which really did have me swearing by the end, this one was a lot of fun!

Queenstown, New Zealand. The Earnslaw is a vintage steamship that evokes the feel of a bygone era when steamers and paddle wheelers plied Lake Wakatipu (New Zealand)and ferried sheep, cattle and passengers to lakeside stations. The Earnslaw, a twin-screw steamer named after the 3060-metre peak at the head of Lake Wakatipu, was built in the early 1900s in Dunedin on the southeast coast of New Zealand's South Island, dismantled, then transported by rail in numbered pieces to Kingston at the southern end of Lake Wakatipu. In February 1912 the Earnslaw steamed on her maiden voyage to Queenstown. In service she became known as the "Lady of the Lake." When most communities surrounding Lake Wakatipu became accessible by roads, it was pla...

A plein air watercolour painting of Mt Earnslaw and Paradise painted from the shore of Lake Wakatipu, Glenorchy.

An aerial view of Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand, on the shore of Lake Wakatipu

A Vintage Travel Art of Queenstown - New Zealand

The Remarkables are a mountain range and skifield in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. Located on the southeastern shore of Lake Wakatipu, the range lives up to its name by rising sharply to create an impressive backdrop for the waters. The range is clearly visible from the nearby town of Queenstown. The highest point in the range is Double Cone (2319 metres). The adjacent Hector Mountains southeast of the Remarkables culminate in Mount Tuwhakaroria (2307 metres). Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Featured in the Group "Cover Shots" !http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.92220656.3513/fp,550x550,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

Bobs Cove Watercolour