the People
This gallery is a loose, non linear collection of works that I have undertaken simply because something about the subject has interested me.
Heritage
62 x 82 cm, oil on board, 2008, sold
Also known as 'Queen with a Moko', this portrait is my most infamous. It caused quite an uproar upon the release of reproductions in 2009.
Here is the TV3 item and here is the original newspaper item
Also known as 'Queen with a Moko', this portrait is my most infamous. It caused quite an uproar upon the release of reproductions in 2009.
Here is the TV3 item and here is the original newspaper item
the Lion & the Lamb
? oil on canvas, 2010
Sent in for a competition for the Soccer World Cup in Africa. Not returned.
Sent in for a competition for the Soccer World Cup in Africa. Not returned.
Leanne
40 x 60 cm, oil on linen, 2015, artist collection
Leanne is a powerful force in my life, she is my wife and she is my muse.
Creating a portrait can be a hazardous occupation, the natural movements of your hand and eye transfer to the possibility of features being too big or small and a loss of the likeness, and maybe also the client. So, I was taking my life in my hands when I asked my wife to pose for me...
Leanne is a powerful force in my life, she is my wife and she is my muse.
Creating a portrait can be a hazardous occupation, the natural movements of your hand and eye transfer to the possibility of features being too big or small and a loss of the likeness, and maybe also the client. So, I was taking my life in my hands when I asked my wife to pose for me...
Madame Gen-x
60 x 78 cm, oil on board, 2016, sold
Based upon a famouse painting by John Singer Sargent as well as my wife
Based upon a famouse painting by John Singer Sargent as well as my wife
Island Fling
76 x 101 cm, enamel on canvas, 2014, sold
Fusion
107 x 107 cm, oil on canvas, 2014, contact the artist
Night Swimmer
86 x 91 cm, oil on linen, 2014, contact the artist
From my myth paintings were I relate western legends from a New Zealand perspective. This Medusa isn't hideous but poised, and instead of snakes, she has endangered longfin eels.
From my myth paintings were I relate western legends from a New Zealand perspective. This Medusa isn't hideous but poised, and instead of snakes, she has endangered longfin eels.
Tribe
62 x 82 cm, oil on board, 2008, collection of the artist
Death on the Farm
? oil on canvas, 1998?
This painting won 1st place (aqusitive) award
This painting won 1st place (aqusitive) award
Rise Up
160 x 144 cm, oil on linen, 2011, sold
NZ Dragon
60 x 40 cm, mixed media on paper, 2016, gifted
Bobby
30 x 30 cm, oil on board with handcrafted frame, 2016, sold
the End of Innocence
91 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, 2015, sold
The Brothers Derrick. My living off the land brother's-in-law Kevin and Colin
The Brothers Derrick. My living off the land brother's-in-law Kevin and Colin
Farmer Bloore
74 x 115 cm, oil on canvas, 2014
This portrait won the 2014 peoples' choice award at the Adam Portrait Awards in Wellington. The exhibition had over 12,000 visitors anda selection toured all over New Zealand in 2014.
Terry grew up on a farm in Otorohanga and has allowed me free access over the years to study, take notes and photograph his daily farm life. Much of the reference for my paintings was derived from these visits. He is a good keen man that is overflowing with information about rural life in New Zealand and he is also, like many of these types, a fairly private individual. I wanted to capture a portrait of someone that wasn't completely comfortable with having that much scrutiny focused upon them and attempted to expose a little of that discomfort in the work.
This portrait won the 2014 peoples' choice award at the Adam Portrait Awards in Wellington. The exhibition had over 12,000 visitors anda selection toured all over New Zealand in 2014.
Terry grew up on a farm in Otorohanga and has allowed me free access over the years to study, take notes and photograph his daily farm life. Much of the reference for my paintings was derived from these visits. He is a good keen man that is overflowing with information about rural life in New Zealand and he is also, like many of these types, a fairly private individual. I wanted to capture a portrait of someone that wasn't completely comfortable with having that much scrutiny focused upon them and attempted to expose a little of that discomfort in the work.
Little Possum
30 x 30 cm, oil on board with handcrafted frame, 2016, sold
Faces
91 x 91cm, study
My Little Corporal
107 x 91 cm, oil on canvas, 2015, gifted
The painting is after Jacques-Louis David's paintings titled: Napoleon Crossing the Alps, with my daughter in the lead role.
The painting is after Jacques-Louis David's paintings titled: Napoleon Crossing the Alps, with my daughter in the lead role.
the Gatekeeper
40 x 30 cm, oil on board, 1994, gifted
One of my first ever paintings. The images was taken from a photograph I took at the doorway to Abu Simbel in Egypt. Completed in a cellar of a flat in London. The hieroglyphics on the right of the gatekeepers head reads: Barry
One of my first ever paintings. The images was taken from a photograph I took at the doorway to Abu Simbel in Egypt. Completed in a cellar of a flat in London. The hieroglyphics on the right of the gatekeepers head reads: Barry
Extended Family
75 x 107 cm, oil on linen, 2013, sold
New Zealand, like many countries, has been build on the flux of immigrants. Here is a family that have had a checkered history here.
New Zealand, like many countries, has been build on the flux of immigrants. Here is a family that have had a checkered history here.
Between the Lines
? oil on canvas, 2004, sold
National Passtime
115 x 61 cm, oil on canvas, 2011, sold
For reference for this painting, I gathered a group of friends around, told them to bring their raincoats (it was summer) and turned the hose on them.
For reference for this painting, I gathered a group of friends around, told them to bring their raincoats (it was summer) and turned the hose on them.
kiwi Relativity
76 x 101 cm, enamel on canvas, 2014 artist collection
Harpy
91 x 84 cm, oil on linen, 2014, artist collection
Possum Bust
? mixed media on builders paper, 2008, gifted