Gallery Art School Years

Outside Window

This work was created for a friend at art school. Inspired by several artworks with a muted tone that I had been seeing in different places.

Oh The Rocks Cry Out

2004 Acrylic on board W180 x H604 Private collection Luke 19:40 – “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” “Oh, the sound of the rocks: cry out”

Newtown

2004 Acrylic on board W425 x H525 $430.00 Many hours were spent on the buses driving through this popular Wellington suburb to and from art school in Island Bay. This particular scene is actually done from memory, as best I…

Mayday At Sea

2004 Acrylic on canvas W620 x H510 Sold Building on the dark, nightscape with metalic paints and textures to create this brooding work. There is a contrast between paints, with matte and gloss enamel also being used to create the…

Mai Beach

2004 Acrylic on canvas W1500 x H620 Sold Mai Beach is a fictional place. This is a comment on the ownership of the beaches, and some beach accesses in New Zealand being changed, with the foreshore and out 20 metres…

Idealistic

2004 Acrylic on board W220 x H420 Sold This work is a comment on Don Brash’s ‘Orewa speach’ where he stated several ideals that would see New Zealand move on from two cultures and move towards one country, one people.…

Idealistic Series

Idealistic Series 2004 Acrylic on canvas W380 x H760 (each) Sold Following on from my finger painted and stencilled “Idealistic” painting that was a comment on Don Brash’s ‘Orewa’ speech from the time he was leading the National Party. This…

Icing On The Lake

2004 Acrylic on canvas 760 x 380 Sold The iced over lake stretches out as you look out from the verandah. This eery, mysterious glow creeps across the ice cold landscape.

Hut On A Mount

2004 Acrylic on canvas W305 x H410 Sold One of my first silhouette paintings using a vibrant sunset through a raw sienna tone, this one was inspired by my formative years tramping and camping around the country.