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A Moments Respite
Very early painting, only record of it is this photograph.
Aldis Rudd
One of my first portraits, it depicts the mother of an artist friend. I travelled to America and stayed with her and her son Ed (a watercolour artist) in Tallahassee, Flordia. Ed and I spent an awesome summer painting the countryside. I produced this painting as a thank you for her hospitality. I came across the painting again while visiting Ed and Sharlene at Nantucket Island in 2023
A Night on the Town
A whimsical evening on a small island -at the side of the road, waiting for a ride is Totoro; one of the characters from Studio Ghibli - a Japanese animation company which created movies that we raised our children on.
Amorphous
Slowly nature will reclaim all of our constructions - all we can do is find the fixer-upper and stave off natures creep a little longer. View “Echo” for the companion piece to this artwork, which came first - the reconstruction or the delapaded villa before the renovation?
The Apprentice
An early painting when I was trying to figure out what i wanted to paint. Peoples interactions and relationships
The Ark
This painting came about from a trip to the Tiritiri Matangi Island wildlife sanctuary and conservation project.
"Tiritiri Matangi Island is a wildlife sanctuary and one of New Zealand's most important and exciting conservation projects. It is located 30km north east of central Auckland and just 4km from the end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.
All mammalian predators were eradicated and a number of threatened and endangered bird and reptile species have been successfully introduced, including the flightless takahe, one of the world’s rarest species, and the tuatara. There are few places in New Zealand where you can readily see and walk amongst so many rare species." - Tiritiri Matangi
Ark 2
"This painting came about from a trip to the Tiritiri Matangi Island wildlife sanctuary and conservation project.
"Tiritiri Matangi Island is a wildlife sanctuary and one of New Zealand's most important and exciting conservation projects. It is located 30km north east of central Auckland and just 4km from the end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.
All mammalian predators were eradicated and a number of threatened and endangered bird and reptile species have been successfully introduced, including the flightless takahe, one of the world’s rarest species, and the tuatara. There are few places in New Zealand where you can readily see and walk amongst so many rare species." - Tiritiri Matangi
Arrival (the)
At first glance, a whimsical scene of anthropomorphic animals from a fairytale, but upon closer inspection the two sides are divided - On the isle the Native birds; Morepork (Ruru), Kakapo, NZ Falcon, Kea, Takahe, Saddleback, Kiwi and Pukeko gather to witness the arrival of these new arrivals. Battling the current within the small boat, are two rats, two mice, a weasel and a possum, discovering a new land and the plentiful bounty that it holds for them.
Bach (the)
I think of this painting as my childhood bach - with grand illusions. When I recently revisited our old family bach in Ngunguru, Northland, I was saddened to see that its position had been usurped by a new building while the bach had been moved to the back of the section to serve as a storage shed. For this artwork, I decided to reinstate the bach from its present condition, to a prime beachfront location. Penguin Random House Australia approached me with a request to use three of my paintings for the second editions of Tim Winton’s non fiction titles, The Boy Behind the Curtain, Island Home and Land’s Edge (this image).
Bach at the End of the World
New Zealand is at the edge of every map (if it's even included) and one of the last refuges from the hustle and bustle of contemporary life. We play in the sun at the end of the world
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