This portrait was inspired by an ongoing series of small portrait paintings of my family. This one completes my immediate family of five. My self portrait communicates the theme of identity by aiming to capture my likeness.
Negotiating the Round-abouts - 2024
A framed portrait A4 assemblage of hand coloured, painted and dyed papers, overstitched in heavy white sashiko thread in a traditional design.
This photograph was taken during the Waiuku Blast to The Past event in 2023. It depicts my nephew experiencing fireworks for the first time. The image captures his perspective; he displayed little interest in the smaller fireworks, but the larger displays captivated him. He moved around the group of friends, selecting different individuals to sit […]
“Ka mua, ka muri.” Like Victorian mourning jewellery, these vignettes are a manifestation of love, grief, and longing. I am the child of two immigrants. My youth was full of stories, memories, and emphera that speak of other places: Indonesia, Holland, Denmark. Their dislocation was amplified by their experiences during WW2. My own identity has […]
Oil on canvas with modeling paste texture. Minnies legacy, is a whimsical portrait of Minnie Onion, a pioneering spirit born in New Zealand in 1869. Depicted in her wedding dress, adorned with a fish brooch gifted by her husband Hugh Fisher, Minnie gazes up at a beautiful Kokako perched above her in a Kowhai tree, […]
This painting is about the idea of different selves meeting. This could be future and past selves, or the different facets of a person required for various situations.
