Balancing elements of pop art and traditional landscape painting, the piece invites viewers into a world where childhood nostalgia and natural beauty coexist. The reflective surfaces of the giraffe, painted to suggest a metallic finish, serve as a playful commentary on artificiality in a natural setting.
This work explores the quiet reverence due to one of Aotearoa’s most ancient and resilient creatures: the wētā. Created in traditional goldwork embroidery on a vintage kiwi woollen blanket, Burrowed Treasure honours the hidden beauty and evolutionary endurance of this native insect. Though not golden in colour, the wētā is a taonga — a living […]
Delicately hand-stitched using traditional silk shading and stumpwork techniques, this three-dimensional embroidered fly agaric mushroom rises from the fabric like something foraged from a storybook forest. Silk shading breathes life into its vivid red cap, while stumpwork lends it sculptural form and quiet presence. Rich in folklore and instantly recognisable, the fly agaric becomes both […]
Dump no waste - flows to sea! - 2025
This is Rangitoto depicted in found porcelain shards and glass off-cuts. The title is from the message on suburban drains. The story of each shard evokes a reminiscence of the domesticity of lives gone by. To me each shard is special and carries a spirituality which still prevails, despite their eroded lives. After a life […]
Madhubani Indian art is famous for its vibrancy of colours, geometric patterns, and painting of animals or plants. It is done on paper, canvas, or fabric. This captured my attention to paint a lovely bottle and wine glass in its full decorum. To me, this is a perfect subject for still life.
Simplicity enhances beauty . A very simple subject can be effective and eye-catching. Thus, I was inspired to paint a red vase with yellow flowers. I added a peacock on the vase to capture its oriental look and choosing complimentary colours.
Mardi Gras of Traffic Cones #1 - 2025
Ceramic piece with coloured glass. The surface was altered chemically and thermically, stamp impressions applied, underglaze colours were applied in several layers. Fired at 1000° C and 1170° C. Waikato clay was used.
Mardi Gras of Traffic Cones #3 - 2025
Ceramic piece with coloured glass. The surface was altered chemically and thermically, stamp impressions applied, underglaze colours were applied in several layers. Fired at 1000° C and 1170° C. Waikato clay was used.
Ceramic piece with deliberate cracks. The surface was altered chemically and thermically. Iron pigment based underglazes were applied. The inside was glazed using colourless, food-safe glaze. Fired at 1000° C and 1170° C. Waikato clay was used.
You Should have been here yesterday, the weather was amazing. - 2025
My work explores the future of culture and the creativity of humanity in an age shaped by technology and ecological tension. I reflect on themes of confinement, and the quite conflict between nature and artificial intelligence. This piece is a meditation on the paths we choose – and what it reveals about us.
