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TOM NAPPERFRGS

ADVENTURE ARTIST

After cycling the length of New Zealand with my sketchbook, I now travel and join expeditions as an artist, helping people tell their stories with my creativity. Hopefully inspiring others make a difference in the world. I'm actively looking for commissions and expedition opportunities so reach out if you'd like to discuss ideas.

ICELAND HOPE EXPEDITION

A greyscale sketch looking straight down at a ship from the crows nest.

A watercolour of three types of plankton, studied through a microscope.

A watercolour of a bright orange icelandic lighthouse

A watercolour of a "manta trawl". A handmade device for collecting ocean plastics from the surface of the water.

A watercolour of the sea cliffs of Grimsey, alive with bird life!

UNITED KINGDOM

A plein air watercolour of the Duke of Wellington statue. Two cones on his head.

A plein air watercolour of the Kelvingrove Museum and Gallery

A plein air watercolour of the Kelpies on a cloudy day

A plein air watercolour of a little red fishing boat

A plein air watercolour of Staithes, Yorkshire.

NEW ZEALAND

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of the TSS Earnslaw. Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand. A majestic coal burning steam boat on a cloudy day.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of the Walter Peak. Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand. A large snow capped mountain with Lake Wakatipu at it's base.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of East Matukituki. Otago, New Zealand. A bubbling river cutting through a green backcountry valley.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of Sefton Biv and Mt Cook/Aoraki Valley. South Island, New Zealand. A wide panoramic view of a large valley, overlooked by a tiny red hut.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of Pororari Hut. Paporoa Great Walk, South Island, New Zealand. A large green backcountry hut.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of Solace in the Wind, Wellington. A statue of a naked man stood at the edge of Wellington Harbour.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of Liverpool Hut, East Matukituki, New Zealand.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of the TSS Earnslaw. Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand. A majestic coal burning steam boat on a cloudy day. A white wooden backcountry hut with a red tin roof. Surrounded by mountains.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of the Glenorchy Shed, Otago, New Zealand. A red wooden shed on the side of Lake Wakatipu.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of the observatory at Mt John, Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of the Tasman Valley from Red Tarns. South Island, New Zealand. A wide open valley with a braided river flowing through the centre. Mountains in the background.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of the Hokitika Clock Tower, South Island, New Zealand. A tall ornate clocktower in the center of town.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of Earnslaw Burn, Otago, New Zealand. A towering ice shelf at the end of a remote valley. Mt Earnslaw towers above as waterfalls cascade all around.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of Mueller Hut, Mt Cook/Aoraki Valley, South Island, New Zealand. A red metal hut on a snowy plateau. Snow capped maountains, ice shelves and glaciers surround.

A plein air, pen and wash watercolour painting of the Clinton North Branch. Part of the Milford Sound Great Walk, South Island New Zealand

NEPAL KATHMANDU

A plein air watercolour painting of the Garden of Dreams, Kathmandu. A pillared temple style building surrounded by palm trees.

A plein air watercolour painting of the Durbar Square, Bhaktapur. An intricately carved shrine in the center of a square, surrounded by temples.

A plein air watercolour painting of the Nyatapola Temple, Bhaktapur. A tall, pagoda style temple.

A plein air watercolour painting of Durbar Square, Kathmandu. Two pagoda style temples covered in pigeons.

A plein air watercolour painting of Kal Bhairav, Kathmandu. An intricate colourful shrine visited by many locals.

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