HeyJaredDwindle River Diaries
Writing about the creative journey in small-town Aotearoa, weekly-ish on Fridays 🎨🌿
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- Sep 28, 2026
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Exhibition preview (opens the original)
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You are reading The Dwindle River Diaries, an artist’s journal from rural Aotearoa.Subscribe nowKia ora e hoa - hello my friends,As you probably know by now, I’ll be having my second EVER solo painting exhibition next month. It’s a pretty special collection, a celebration of my garden - and really, all our gardens & nature spaces - and the joy they bring us.<
My ego is not important (opens the original)
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You are reading The Dwindle River Diaries, an artist’s journal from rural Aotearoa.Subscribe nowKia ora e hoa - hello my friends,I love the changing of the seasons. Here, it is spring. Fruit trees are blossoming, days are getting warmer, birds are getting louder. It’s easier to get up in the morning, and I can spend more time working outside - even if I’m not up to doin
I started a memoir (opens the original)
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You are reading The Dwindle River Diaries, an artist’s journal from rural Aotearoa.Subscribe nowKia ora e hoa - hello my friends,I started writing a memoir yesterday. The first time I had this suggested to me was by a student at school visit - something I did a lot to promote my books, and to encourage creative writing with children.I was only in my twenties at the time, and
It’s allowed to feel easy (opens the original)
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You are reading The Dwindle River Diaries, an artist’s journal from rural Aotearoa.Subscribe nowKia ora e hoa - hello my friends,I have started several draft posts, but none of them quite made it past a few paragraphs. Some are topics that I need to think about more before writing about, others are topics I need to be less grumpy about so I can write without sound
Art invites connection (opens the original)
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You are reading The Dwindle River Diaries, an artist’s journal from rural Aotearoa.Subscribe nowKia ora e hoa - hello my friends,Last week I set up my joint exhibition with Joanne Craig. It’s called “Little Lives” and it’s themed around New Zealand wildlife, with the invitation to also reflect on the unseen human lives.<div class="captioned-image-contain
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