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Oh The Rocks Cry Out

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”

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…

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…

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…

Another Day Dawns

A simplified landscape which utilised a copper paint. I was inspired by the topographical maps which use contour lines to identify the mountains and valleys. I decided to use this idea to draw the landscape and it’s details. I have…

75 Years

Experimenting on painting on a different material. This one is painted on two boards from a small apple box. “75 Years Seventy Five on this forsaken ground. Eternity goes on. Is your eternal well-being in the hands of the father?”

Storm

After a year at art school building my confidence in painting large murals on calico, I took to creating a three part work featuring Christ the crucifix. The storm brews overhead and within the clouds a poem about the ultimate…

Creation

Here I take the next step of building my love of the works of Colin McCahon. The text is blended with the landscape, with the sharp cubist lines and deep greens of the hills. There is a darkness to this…