Te Moko Kauae me Pounamu - 2024
I made this piece in my culture and the culture of our country. The Pounamu in the shape of a Manaia is held on the bare chest keeping home and culture at and close to the heart. The Moko Kauae is a Maori tatoo which I see on the faces of some of my teachers, […]
This piece takes inspiration from Botticelli’s ‘Three Graces’. My folio board theme for this year is ‘Beauty and Corruption’ and revolves around the subject of Pretty Privilege. I wanted to represent women who would be considered conventionally attractive throughout the ages. In my painting, I depicted Margot Robbie, Cleopatra, and The Virgin Mary in a […]
This series is called Over the Garden Wall. It’s about my abundant garden that just keeps giving . At the moment I have a show of pink orchids . This work is about them Carved and kiln cast using Reichenbach glass
A bird and dilapidated house in a world that has been forgotten.
Cutting glass is not my favourite thing to do – especially with a piece like this. The small stripes are called”stringers”, layed out on a sheet of glass, fired then cut into 2mm strips. The larger piece in the middle has been cut into squares then triangles and placed, some up, some down, within the […]
Acrylic painting on canvas. The feeling of knowing who you are yet losing yourself and getting distracted by darkness
This person caught my eye as they sat in an Auckland cafe. The colours in the background, window reflections and “FEELINGS” on fingers added up to what I thought was a really interesting photograph. I got a big smile and a nod from my subject when I held up my camera for approval to take […]
