May 2024: My portrait of my daughter Caitlin at the Carrington Estate, which I've called "Suffering is over-rated" has been selected for the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts "Looking at ourselves" portraits and life studies exhibition in Wellington from 31 May - 30 June 2024.
Acrylic on stretched canvas, 20 X 12 inches. Please email with any enquiries.
May 2024: My painting "Autumn Again" of some very soggy house sparrows is currently on display at the Autumn Open Theme exhibition at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington, 3-26 May 2024.
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).