The Hill Are Alive Original Artwork Textured Landscape Greens Blues New Zealand

The Hills are Alive is part of the My Country series. This work is a vibrant, textured celebration of New Zealand’s breathtaking landscapes. Thick, expressive strokes of green dance across the canvas, capturing rolling hills bathed in light and life. Above, a dreamy sky swirls with soft blues, purples, and hints of the sun's last rays, evoking the ever-changing hues of nature.

The movement in the paint mirrors the energy of the land—alive, wild, and full of joy. This piece invites the viewer to lose themselves in the beauty of open spaces, a moment of peace infused with color and vitality. A perfect addition to any space that craves happiness and nature’s embrace.

• 30 x 40cm canvas - 32 x 42cm framed
• pinewood timber shadow gap frame 
• acrylic paint, textured paste
• varnished
• ready to hang 

Stamped, signed and dated by the artist on the back with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Colour may vary depending on your device. Some images may use mock-ups to showcase the look and feel of the artwork—please check the listed measurements to ensure the perfect fit for your space before purchasing. Thankyou. 

Some images may use mock-ups to showcase the look and feel of the item—please check the listed measurements to ensure the perfect fit for your space before purchasing. Thankyou. 

Artist Notes - General 

Elizabeth is a Dunedin based artist, self-taught and passionate about adding joy to everyday, expressed through art. Layers of paint and medium are built up over the canvas to create volume and form. This approach gives rise to a sense of movement and life in the work that includes raised surfaces,  dips, slopes, bumps, cracks and lumps. Please zoom in on the images provided to appreciate these aspects of the work. 

While the artist attributes meaning to all her artworks, she is keen for the viewer to find their own happiness and meaning in the pattern, colour and texture.

Appreciating textured art is about valuing the beauty in imperfection, ​perfectly imperfect, organic and irregular. Textured art moves away ​from traditional art to a tactile experience. Inherent to the design are ​marks, bumps, lumps, cracks, scrapes, cracks and scourges. It is a thing of beauty, like ​nature herself. 

For those new to textured art, the raised surfaces create interaction with ​light and shadow, with smooth and rough, while embraced within the ​fluidity of painted effect, and the added element of dimension.

There are several different textures at play in Elizabeth's work. Using different pastes mixed in different ratios, depending on the design. Sometimes the acrylic paint is mixed into the paste, ​other times it is added after. Sometimes there are embellishments and ​othe​r materials used in the construction of a piece.

The purchase of this item does not transfer reproduction rights.