Restricted Freedom
Gallery Painting
Wairarapa; Distant Hills with Long Plains
Having painted Moment, I wanted to create another large work similar to Tararua Ranges. This one is slightly bigger and depicts more details occurring in the foreground.
Fulham; From Jury’s Inn, December 2005
My first painting using oil paints and learning the differences between them and acrylics. This further developed my intrigue in paintings by J.M.W. Turner and used the trip to Europe to build my interest and knowledge of his paintings seeing…
Blown Away in the Calm
Days Bay
Days Bay holds a special place in my life. Having gone to school at Wellesley College and spending my formative years around there, I decided it was an important place for me to record in a painting.Further to this, in…
Mercy; Humbly Walk with Your God
Continuing with the use of stencils, text and spraypaints, I explored the idea of grace and mercy. The reds and blacks are strong colours paired with white crosses. The text is taken from Micah 6:8. “MercyMercyMercyMercyTo do what is rightTo…
Grace; No More of This
Continuing with the use of stencils, text and spraypaints, I explored the idea of grace and mercy. The reds and blacks are strong colours paired with white crosses. “GraceGraceGraceNo more of thisThey knowThey know not what they doGrace”
Burn; Holy Ground
This work uses a different technique of using spray paint and stencils to create the work. I wanted to explore just how detailed I could make an artwork without using brushes.This work explores the encounter of Moses and the burning…
Broken Together; Together – Toipoto
This is a pair of works which explored opposite terms and the juxtaposition between them. These two works look at “Broken” and “Together”.Paired with Broken Together; Broken – Pakaru
Broken Together; Broken – Pakaru
This is a pair of works which explored opposite terms and the juxtaposition between them. These two works look at “Broken” and “Together”.