October 2024: SOLD. I'm pleased to announce that the portrait of my daughter Caitlin at the Karikari Peninsula, which I've called "Suffering is over-rated" has sold to a buyer from Wellington. The purchaser said they are looking forward to seeing the cheeky smiling face on their wall everyday.
Acrylic on stretched canvas, 20 X 12 inches. Please email with any enquiries about new works. Signed prints are available, A4 NZ$25, A3 NZ$45. Postage at cost.
October 2024: Two calendars are available for 2025, The Wild birds of New Zealand 2025 Calendar and the Art of Louise Thomas 2025 Calendar are available to order and ship now, with payment by bank deposit (GST tax invoices available on request). Large A3 (297mmX420mm) portrait calendar on 150gsm gloss art paper, with the cover on 300gsm gloss art board. Printed on one side and spiral bound. Excellent Christmas gift for the bird or art-lover in your life. NZ$32.00 each, shipping at cost ($10-$12.50 around New Zealand, $20.55 to Australia) or free pick-up in Lower Hutt.
Here are PDF links to the calendars so you can see exactly what you'll be getting:
Wild birds of New Zealand 2025 Calendar
The Art of Louise Thomas 2025 Calendar
February 2024:. A number of my photos are now available as Adobe Stock photos. Check out my Adobe photo portfolio.
Who is Louise Thomas?
Louise Thomas is a writer who paints, draws, and takes photos. She writes about pretty much anything, but specialises in science issues, winning awards for her science reporting. She also enjoys birding, wildlife photography, and graphic design. She is a keen gardener and crafter of many things.
Louise contracts for organisations within the science community — contributing to social media, newsletters, press releases, annual reports, research reports, conference posters, and research bids. These include the Independent Research Association of New Zealand (IRANZ) and the NZ Government's National Science Challenges.
Louise was a regular writer for the Science Learning Hub and the Biotech Learning Hub, and has authored many Royal Society of New Zealand Alpha and Gamma publications for secondary school science programmes.
She also enjoys writing for young children — two children’s science stories originally published in New Zealand have been published in the United States and Canada.
Louise developed a science communication course, which was launched in 2007, for the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand.
She has a B.Sc in Earth Sciences from Massey University and a postgraduate certificate in Environmental Management from Victoria University of Wellington. Before becoming a freelance science writer, Louise worked in mineral observing, soil mapping, and seismic surveying fields. She has written and edited for various organisations, including three and a half years as the communications adviser and Web Master (remember when that was a job title?) for the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (Now morphed and merged into MBIE).
