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07 Aug

Sampler - 2024

Abundant plastic strapping that has been stripped and knitted to create a wall or ceiling hung sculptural piece. The embellished crosses are machine couched strapping evoking memories of embroidery samplers stitched as a young girl.

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07 Aug

Plasticus caeruleum - 2024

Stripped plastic strapping knitted with thrift store cotton, stitched into a vessel shape of an imagined underwater barnacle animal that has evolved to process the abundant plastic littering our oceans into something useful….wouldn’t that be a marvellous thing?

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07 Aug

Enchanted Friendship - 2024

Oil on canvas with a golden shellac glaze. I have a poem that helps explain this piece: (full poem is on the reverse of the painting) Beside him, perched with silent grace, An owl, a friend from a distant place. In silence deep, their hearts connect, A bond of trust, profound respect. No words are […]

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07 Aug

Riding The Flock - 2024

Acrylic on round canvas. I have a poem that helps explain this piece (poem is also on the back of the painting) Beneath the sun’s warm, golden gleam, A shepherd guides his flock upstream. In unity, they forge their way, A timeless dance, come night or day. The shepherd’s heart, both strong and kind, In […]

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07 Aug

Nocturnal Glimmers - 2024

Acrylic on canvas I have a poem that helps explain this piece (poem is also on the back of the painting) In the velvet cloak of night, Streetlights cast a gentle light. Reflections dance on darkened streets, A symphony where shadows meet. Echoes of a world unseen, Where light and dark forever convene.

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05 Aug

The Veteran - 2024

Acrylic on canvas depicting a homeless war veteran. Many veterans found on their return that they no longer could identify with their old lives . I identify with this man because my Father was also a veteran and I feel this man’s face shows the journey he has been through,

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05 Aug

2 Tuis - 2024

2 birds on flax

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05 Aug

Nikau Palm - 2024

Nikau palm with sea gulls

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05 Aug

Cathedral Cove - 2024

Cathedral Cove and vibrant sea

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04 Aug

Mirage - 2024

Mirage — An experiment of colour and technique, with an image popping out of the flat landscape. This weaving is made from a recycled flannel bedsheet and cotton (not wool) yarns. Each stitch is hand-woven, without the use of a loom.

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