Pillar of Fire
This painting had a couple of iterations. It was going to have a pair called “Pillar of Smoke” referencing the guides that God provided leading Israel out of Egypt. However, time and efforts lead me into other areas of painting.…
Painting
Light Box II
This is the second of internal views of a box that contains light. The text is created by printing out the words and then cutting them out with a knife before dabbing paint over the top. It’s not exactly handwritten,…
Light of Life
Following on from “Light Humbling“, this is the red version. “LIGHT. which ____ the darkness, but we have the light of life. Lead the way for the lost. Illuminate the soul.”
Light Room
After studying the works of Vermeer in Art History class, I decided to use this as inspiration for continuing my light in a box series, and explored the box being a room. I loved the way that Vermeer was able…
Light Humbling
“Light of the World that they may see. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand that He may lift you up in due time. Let your light shine before men.”
Light Box I
The idea of creating a world inside a box was the inspiration for this work; imagining looking into a box to see light captured inside. This artwork was destroyed to create further artworks, as the board was quite heavy and…
King of the Jews
“CRUCIFY HIM. But Jesus did not say anything. ‘I am not guilty of this mans death. You are the ones who are causing it. Clean Me. Are you the KING OF THE JEWS? Jesus answered ‘Those are your words.”“That old…
Freedom
My first mixed media artwork, with acrylic and wire netting stretched over the top of it to exaggerate the juxtaposition of freedom. “FREEDOM Freedom. Free will. Glimpse. TASTE OF FREEDOM. A GLIMPSE. Yet restricted by what goes beyond. Unknown.”“FREEDOM. DREAMS…
Isolation Under the Son
Taking inspiration from the flat New Zealand landscape and trying to paint with a little more realism.
Created
My first and only self portrait with the juxtaposition between me as the creator of the artwork, while also acknowledging my creator. “Unlike you, I AM unable to talk to my creator. AS ART I hang here waiting TRYING TO…
Breaker Bay
My sister moved overseas for her work and to assist her with not feeling to far away from home, I created this artwork of Breaker Bay as a window to her homeland. We took this to England, rolled up in…
Where Water Meets Land
Silver and black paint, mixed in with some green to create the stormy waves, the text pierces the sky like rain clouds and the eery silhouette of the silver hills hovers on the horizon. “Where water meets land shore and…