Gallery Erskine

Artworks created at Erskine College in Island Bay (The Learning Connexion)

Newtown

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 could create it. I love the view that…

Mayday At Sea

Building on the dark, nightscape with metallic 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 shapes and structures in the work. Continuing to…

Mai Beach

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 into the ocean now being owned by local…

Idealistic

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. It caused a lot of controversy, and although…

Idealistic Series

Following on from my finger painted and stenciled “Idealistic” painting that was a comment on Don Brash’s ‘Orewa’ speech from the time he was leading the National Party. This triptych utilises the copper paint that features in previous work. The…

Icing On The Lake

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

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.

Hang In There

A more simplistic silhouette study, enhancing the sunset sky with white and raw sienna colours. The sunlight catches on parts of Christ to highlight his figure.

Creator of All

Another contoured painting with the copper paint to create the highlights of the hills. The poem around the outside adds insight into the creator. “Bring forward the leader; king; creator of all. River wade falling through rocks alone. Water and…