landscape

Petone Foreshore

Another landscape where I’ve used a monochromatic and limited palette to create a scene from a familiar location to my childhood, having spent many summer days down at the beach in Petone.

Petone Esplanade

A night painting of the beautiful lights of the Petone foreshore, seen many times in my late night trips home on the train.

Outside Window

This work was created for a friend at art school. Inspired by several artworks with a muted tone that I had been seeing in different places.

2004 Acrylic on canvas W1500 x H620 Sold Mai Beach is a fictional place. This is a comment on the ownership of the beaches, and some beach accesses in New Zealand being changed, with the foreshore and out 20 metres…

Idealistic Series

Idealistic Series 2004 Acrylic on canvas W380 x H760 (each) Sold Following on from my finger painted and stencilled “Idealistic” painting that was a comment on Don Brash’s ‘Orewa’ speech from the time he was leading the National Party. This…

Icing On The Lake

2004 Acrylic on canvas 760 x 380 Sold The iced over lake stretches out as you look out from the verandah. This eery, mysterious glow creeps across the ice cold landscape.

Hang In There

2004 Acrylic on canvas W305 x H610 Sold A more simplistic silhouette study, enhancing the sunset sky with white and raw sienna colours. The sunlight catches on parts of Christ to highlight his figure.

Creator of All

2004 Acrylic on canvas W385 x H565 $585.00 NZD Another contoured painting with the copper paint to create the highlights of the hills. The poem around the outside adds insight into the creator. “Bring forward the leader; king; creator of…

Christ’s Sake

2004 Acrylic on canvas W610 x H920 $2800.00 NZD Another crucifixion scene highlighting the robber on the cross next to Christ. Many hand studies and drawings were created in the process of creating this. This is my first attempts at…

Arrival

2004 Acrylic on canvas W1500 x H320 $1250.00 NZD I have always loved the idea of panorama, especially long, thin canvases with stretching landscapes. For this one, I also wanted to experiment with the arrangement of both pieces, where it…

Another Day Dawns

2004 Acrylic on canvas W400 x H600 Sold A simplified landscape which utilised a copper paint. I was inspired by the topographical maps which use contour lines to identify the mountains and valleys. I decided to use this idea to…

This Time Around

2003 Acrylic on canvas W1760 x H1170 Private Collection This is a sky study based off a photograph I took of a particularly stunning sunset. Working with a range of different tonal studies and layering was a challenge. I am…