From her Mount Maunganui home studio, E J Wood transforms coastal inspiration into vibrant paintings. Dune walks and the surrounding natural landscape fuel her practice, resulting in works that provide a quiet connection to local landscapes, each piece a joyful moment in time, like a memory of an experience.

Her expressive brushstrokes move fluidly across watercolour, acrylic, gouache, and oil pastels, inviting viewers to experience the serenity of a New Zealand summer. Light, landscape, and the quiet wonder of being present in nature. If you listen closely you can almost hear the cicadas in the summer sun.