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07 Aug

Conversations with Mother - 2024

Stripped used abundant plastic strapping that has been machine couched with thrift store thread and finally woven into a light wall hung sculptural piece. In the more tedious moments of the creative process it’s easy to let the critics take up rent in your head.

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07 Aug

Sampler - 2024

Abundant plastic strapping that has been stripped and knitted to create a wall or ceiling hung sculptural piece. The embellished crosses are machine couched strapping evoking memories of embroidery samplers stitched as a young girl.

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07 Aug

Plasticus caeruleum - 2024

Stripped plastic strapping knitted with thrift store cotton, stitched into a vessel shape of an imagined underwater barnacle animal that has evolved to process the abundant plastic littering our oceans into something useful….wouldn’t that be a marvellous thing?

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07 Aug

Riding The Flock - 2024

Acrylic on round canvas. I have a poem that helps explain this piece (poem is also on the back of the painting) Beneath the sun’s warm, golden gleam, A shepherd guides his flock upstream. In unity, they forge their way, A timeless dance, come night or day. The shepherd’s heart, both strong and kind, In […]

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05 Aug

2 Tuis - 2024

2 birds on flax

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05 Aug

Nikau Palm - 2024

Nikau palm with sea gulls

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05 Aug

Cathedral Cove - 2024

Cathedral Cove and vibrant sea

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04 Aug

Chickens - 2024

A group of chickens eating apples painted on canvas in acrylics

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30 Jul

Mystic Path - 2024

Mystic Path invites viewers on a captivating journey through a winding path surrounded by towering trees. This lush, vibrant scene leads to a breathtaking realm of vivid, fantastical colors. The artwork beautifully captures the transition from serene greenery to a dazzling, otherworldly world, evoking a sense of wonder and exploration. The path symbolizes a journey […]

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30 Jul

Double Delight - 2024

Acrylic on canvas framed with wood

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