On Your Marks | Original Painting lookout

On Your Marks | Original Painting lookoutOn Your Marks is a dynamic original painting by Kirsty Nixon, capturing the precise moment before motion begins. A single T, alert and poised, perches at the edge of a slender branch its wings tucked, yet ready. Behind and around it, the green fronds of flowering cabbage trees frame the scene, their white blooms catching soft light beneath powder blue skies. The circular composition feels intimate yet expansive, drawing the eye to the centre where

Kirsty Nixon’s original painting High Flyers captures two Tūī mid-flight

Image - 510mm x 381mm

featuring a lone Tūī nestled among the rich greens of native New Zealand bush

with the faintest glimpse of an ocean horizon at the centre – inviting the eye to wander deeper into the scene

To the left

the foliage opens to a sweep of fresh blue ocean beneath a dusty sky

At its centre

and a touch of wild serenity to its surroundings

celebrating the refined charm and playful character of New Zealand’s iconic Tūī

High Summer is an original painting by Kirsty Nixon from her Roadies collection—an ode to Aotearoa’s landscapes seen from the roadside

Gallery Display | International Art Centre

not knowing what beauty lies ahead