watermelons screen printing ink on cotton 60" x 30" |
assignment one a tapa inspired painting the one that lead to all the rest oil on canvas 48" x 73" |
definitely not angels oil on canvas board 53" x 37" |
family oil on canvas 31" x 39" |
Wild Born 1963, in a small rural place somewhere in the north of New Zealand. Years later left a different small rural place to seek fame and fortune ; the wonderful world of television in the big city of Auckland. After 2 years of training and having a go at most of the jobs that go on behind the camera ( everything from painting sets to sound recording), ventured on to other proverbial pastures... The next installment was the answer to the question: "Where to eat lunch?" ; Auckland University. Completed a degree, Maths was easy to pass, so that did it. After three years studying, the urge to change hemispheres struck. London, Paris, New York. Well, London and half a dozen countries nearby. New York, that happened much later. My pastime was designing and selling really loud shorts to skateboarders to finance chunks of these adventures. Did the real job thing for a bit - a spot of Quality Assurance for a large NZ manufacturing company. Time struck to start the dreams happening. Went and played with colour for a year. During a fabric design course, fell for painting on big canvas and lengths of fabric. The dream was to paint "one off big things." Ventured to Sydney to sample the delights and play and paint. Forayed through market research, telephone customer service and then popped in to a web development company for three days filing - stayed to learn the industry for many fortunate years. Continued to paint and play with colour. Took a deep breath and went and asked if I could exhibit. The answer was Yes. The first exhibition in Australia was to be. After the first nerve racking one, a few group and solo exhibitions were had through which many paintings are now hung around homes and corporate environments worldwide... Exhibitions |
red frangipani oil on canvas 92cm x 51cm |
it was the mask oil on canvas 61cm x 76cm |
more frangipani oil on canvas 137cm x 101cm |
where did they all come from where pacific imagery meets text oil on canvas 145cm x 95cm |
desert what came out after a trip out to uluru oil on canvas 147cm x 82cm |
desicrated coconut the first of the peaceful paintings oil on canvas 155cm x 90cm |