Hand woven fine pure silks, raw tussah silks, some dyed with madder.
Hand woven fine pure silks, raw tussah silks, some dyed with madder.
Handwoven from a variety of yarns including wool, cotton and linen and then embroidered with wool yarn dyed with harakeke seedpods.
Painted on board. Showing patterns of the ocean under different lights.
Layered pieces of felted fibre partially conceal one another. Overlapping geometric sections of artwork, each carrying soft etherial cloud-like forms in silk fibre represent the ways in which we attempt to order our lives. Parts of ourselves that we are less inclined to share with others we strive to keep hidden.
An abstract painterly photograph that reimagines a tree as a symbol of love, connection and quiet strength – evoking emotion through texture and form.
This abstract oil painting is inspired by the vibrant colours and earthy textures of my garden. It captures the spirit of nature as seen and felt within my backyard sanctuary.
An uncomfortable bisection - 2025
My paintings tend to be loose representations of imagined underground forms and systems. Formed over millennia, subject to physical forces and actions, on a time scale that is hard for me to fathom. With this imagery, I reference an unseen world that sometimes seems difficult to grasp, but which I sense throughout the natural world.
