This photograph captures a moment during a visit to my family’s bach in Ohiwa. It shows the sparks of the fire rising as a new piece of wood is added to the firepit, highlighting the vivid orange of the embers against the backdrop of the night. This image evokes fond memories of later that evening […]
Palette knife impasto technique with oil paint. The vibrant colours of the trees bring forth new life for a new season. Energised anew, moving ahead with hopes for new beginnings where the best is yet to come!
Palette knife impasto technique with oil paint. Strolling through the woods where time don’t pass. Enjoying the abundance of life in nature. The fresh air can be smelled by just looking at the picture.
Palette knife impasto technique with oil paint. Complimented and the complete opposite colours entwined attracts the eye. A colour explosion kept together by a frame. Multiple effects were applied with a wide variety of palette knifes and some brush.
“Ka mua, ka muri.” Like Victorian mourning jewellery, these vignettes are a manifestation of love, grief, and longing. I am the child of two immigrants. My youth was full of stories, memories, and emphera that speak of other places: Indonesia, Holland, Denmark. Their dislocation was amplified by their experiences during WW2. My own identity has […]
Watercolor of a sheep shearing shed. During the winter, the owner shears hundreds of sheep a day. Behind the door, a mob of sheep wait their turn. A wonderful experience for me, a part of life for him.
Abundance in nature is all around us, the beauty of colour texture and serenity portrayed in the art of painting with wool by needle felting and blending colour.
Bethels Beach is about capturing the sea and waves crashing against the rocks. The fibre in the grass is meant to draw you in to the picture a feeling of abundance of nature at its best. Needle felted, the art of wool painting.
Cathedral Cove is a place of Sanctuary the rocks, trees and cliff draw you in to a majestic scenery I really want you to feel nature and be part of it. Needle felting, the art of wool painting.
Oil on canvas with modeling paste texture. Minnies legacy, is a whimsical portrait of Minnie Onion, a pioneering spirit born in New Zealand in 1869. Depicted in her wedding dress, adorned with a fish brooch gifted by her husband Hugh Fisher, Minnie gazes up at a beautiful Kokako perched above her in a Kowhai tree, […]
