Allie Simpson

Wildlife & story artist. Writter and oral storyteller. Former H.O.D of the design South Seas Film School.

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Thanks to Renee Fisher for making this photo available freely on @unsplash 🎁 https://t.co/Twv2Aj1oZP

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Poor Octopus, looking for his dinner and all he can find is rubbish and a hat! Do you think an octapus needs a hat? I'm at the Dunedin public library today working on my story illustrations and telling stories as part of the week-end of Sea Week with Ame… https://t.co/P566OWXDNh

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What has this Royal Albatross found in the Otago harbour? Come join me tomorrow to hear my new story 'Thats not your hat' and help me do some story art. 7th March. 1pm Dunedin public library story pit. #storytelling #illustrations #royalalbatross #seawee… https://t.co/BSpDUGJObB

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Holiday op-shop find and now holiday reading😄👩‍🎨💆🏻‍♀️#feedthebrain #nzartists #holidayreading #timetochillout #selfportraits #bookstagram https://t.co/SiHkLgMtto

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Thank-you to my beautiful friend @jennifer_a_evans who brought me fresh roses into the gallery today. Yay I can keep painting my roses now😍🌹🎨 #rosepainting #copperleaf #freshroses #neededamodel #acrylicpainting #dunedinartist #otagoartsociety #notwil… https://t.co/erHMEvtG0X

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Humans aren’t the only ones who need a big Christmas dinner. ... https://t.co/NO5JGWOeOw

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Christmas in the OAS Gallery, meet my NZ Santa with jandles and binoculars for NZ wildlife and bird watching. I am here everyday except Christmas Day. Painting and Drawing, exhibiting and generally having fun. 😉😊come say hi. #dunedinartist #dunedinch… https://t.co/LjX7LK8lx2

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My favorite painting will not be coming home to my studio, but will be making someone else smile. I will miss this piece but that's what being an artist is all about. Happy she is staying in Dunedin. 🤔 I can enjoy it for the rest of my residency exhi… https://t.co/QAKCBwHUU9

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Packing up Ruru (Morepork) to go to gallery today. I will be resident artist exhibiting and working in the @otagoartsociety from tomorrow. Setting up this afternoon. Working on three new works this week so will be an interesting time to visit me. Sea lio… https://t.co/ynH1Jszi0e

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Quickly painted a new fairy on my new Celtic storytelling top. Meet my new bumblebee fairy. First day out tomorrow storytelling for Saint Andrews Day in the Octagon. #dunedinstoryteller #celticstoryteller #writer #cildrensstories #scottishheritage #scott… https://t.co/YFSId0ghGa

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Quickly painted a new fairy on my new Celtic storytelling top. Meet my new bumblebee fairy. First day out tomorrow storytelling for Saint Andrews Day in the Octagon. #dunedinstoryteller #celticstoryteller #writer… https://t.co/nn50OyU1hd

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Playing with Sea Lions🤔well playing with my painting of Sea Lions😉 having a great time as one of the many artists demonstrating at the Otago Art Society, this weekend. And we have the auction on the wall for the New Zealand Sea Lion Trust. Come say … https://t.co/EegaVF786q

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The studio smells beautiful this morning. Now to capture them on the canvas.🌹🌼😍🤔 #roses #rosepainting #dunedincontemporyartist #dunedinnz #floralart #arumlilies #acrylicpainting #perfume https://t.co/A5USA5eOEU

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I was taking photos of colour and floral beauty in my garden today for some new paintings. When I found myself sitting watching this tiny spider as she held on in todays horrific winds mending any tears in her web. She is smaller than my wee fingernail b… https://t.co/fbXgj8ayNc

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Busy recording our 100th show. Woven Stories Show on Otago Access Radio in Dunedin. Finne came in to have his first visit. 😉🤣 its all about being creative any way you can.💞 #storytelling #radioshows #childrensmusic #childrensstories #oarfm #dunedinnz… https://t.co/4He1QgVDoc

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And the other side of my art world...writing and telling stories. Had a load of fun and laughs today at Columba School in Dunedin. Loved the creativity. #childrensstories #oralstorytelling #dunedinnzstoryteller #dunedinnz #becreative #puppets https://t.co/ykQkQQADwy

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Tuatara was in for the radio show this week helping me with my story The Tuatara and the Rock Lizard and will be joining me on Saint Andrews Day celebrations in the octagon. (30th Nov) Woven Stories will be set up for Storytelling and Art from 10 to … https://t.co/bA8JoguPR6

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Tuatara was in for the radio show this week helping me with my story The Tuatara and the Rock Lizard and will be joining me on Saint Andrews Day celebrations in the octagon. (30th Nov) Woven Stories will be set up… https://t.co/m3u6xiZBxu

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Told Scottish and my on stories at the Dunedin public library yesterday. Storytelling; part of my DNA. I forget how much I love my 'Thistle Fairy' until I put her on to tell stories of my Scottish roots. And those roots go deep. We are who we are, but … https://t.co/vBuy7H8h8v

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@woodcarver_t Bats anytime work😉