Michelle bellamy

Michelle Bellamy is a contemporary New Zealand landscape painter of Scottish, Italian & English decent. From her studio in Nelson, New Zealand, Michelle paints bold, finely detailed landscapes and using acrylic paint on board. She is inspired by the land, back-country and outdoor culture of Aotearoa (New Zealand) as well as the markings of mankind she sees scattered remotely around the country.

Her work depicts scenes ranging from Auckland to Otago with the majority of her focus being on the Nelson region. Her current style is described as 'contemporary realism' and a good proportion of her subject matter features still life subjects; old and run down buildings consisting of either homesteads, baches and fisherman huts. She is also drawn to back-country tramping huts and vast mountain scenes, as Michelle spends much of her time outside, hunting, fishing & exploring the valleys and ranges of New Zealand.