Post Art School

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”.

Lift My Eyes to the Hills

Taken from Psalms 121, the verse reads “I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”

Moment

I wanted to create a follow up painting to Isolation Under the Son in oils. The stretching hills and trees is a step back in time and is inspired from the many kilometres spent looking out the window on long…

Yesterday; Tainahi

Darkness; Taipouri

Rerenga; Haeata – i te atatu – Sunrise

In a return to focus on art from New Zealand, in particular, Ralph Hotere, I began playing around with enamel and oil paints, creating layers and scratching away details to create the artwork.This work is paired with Rerenga; Tonga o…