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.
The quiet elegance of a simple still life study. Watercolour and pencil on watercolour paper.
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.
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.
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.
Tui Magic is one tui feather enlarged on the canvas to show the variation of colours that are in each feather to give it the special effects of the bird as a whole.
Patterns of Nature shows the inside of an empty paua shell. Like most shells the colour is amazing and differs from shell to shell, some more blue hues, others more green hues which mix in together.
Stone Age meets Industrial Revolution Sustenance at our fingertips But just as a can/bottle opener made of stone serves no practical purpose, so conversely are we in danger of losing connection with our evolutionary journey
