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23 Jun

The Plight of the Bumblebee - 2025

The Plight of the Bumblebee plays in Rimsky-Kirsakov’s famed composition to explore a quieter, more urgent flight. A black and white cow, crowned in dandelions, calmly eats a flower as a lone bumblebee hovers nearby. The musical score of Flight if the Bumblebee is woven into the red background, suggesting a harmony mow at risk. […]

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23 Jun

Hello, Beautiful - 2025

A pīwakawaka (fantail) is perched on a retro teapot, amongst an arrangement of native yellow pōhutukawa flowers and harakeke (flax) blooms.

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21 Jun

Study in Blue- Mini Still Life - 2025

5 blown objects glued to a piece of Vitrolite to form a still life

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20 Jun

Love is a Universal Language - 2025

A series of nine touchstones, each embossed with the word LOVE in nine languages; Cook Island, French, Hawaiian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Samoan, te reo Māori, Turkish. Made from three clays; local and imported, with three dissimilar surface treatments, fired to 1190oC electric.

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20 Jun

Hydrangea - 2025

Acrylic and colour pencil

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20 Jun

Bloom - 2025

Acrylic and colour pencil

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20 Jun

HUSHED HUES - 2025

The quiet elegance of a simple still life study. Watercolour and pencil on watercolour paper.

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20 Jun

BLUE MOON - 2025

Stylised landscape under the eve of a blue moon. Rolling hills and towering cliffs set the scene to invite you into this nightly landscape. Watercolour & pigment pen on watercolour paper.

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20 Jun

KINGDOM - 2025

Kingdom – The land we call home. In all the rolling hills, cliffs and valleys we find peace and a sense of belonging. Acrylic ink & Pigment pen on watercolour paper.

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18 Jun

Turmoil - 2025

Turmoil shows kina shells spiraling down in the sea, revealing the shape of the shell at different angles. The white dots on the shells are what is left when the spikes fall off. The patterns of the dots on each segment are always in the same order.

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