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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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18 Jun

Tui Magic - 2025

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.

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18 Jun

Patterns of Nature - 2025

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.

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18 Jun

The Hunter Gatherer - 2025

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

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