With a few group and solo exhibitions coming up quickly with the southern hemisphere winter, aswell as a large commission piece, I am doing my best to discipline myself to work into the night.

You can also now find me working at Depot Art Space in Devonport on fridays.

"Whites Beach"
Sold this weekend from West Coast Gallery

Living in New Zealand has brought new inspiration to my love of landscape. I live surrounded by the magnificence of the wild west coast of the north island with its black sand beaches and volcanic mountain ranges gemmed with its waterfalls and last remaining ancient trees.

My recent work strives to accentuate the natural elements of the coastline, expressing the moods of the ever changing weather and highlighting the flora in all its naive grandure.

It is my aim to inspire the onlooker into a greater appreciation for the natural wonders that exist around our everyday lives yet so easily are neglected of acknowledgement or taken for granted. It is important for people to stay connected to nature and remove the devides that are created by our busy lives, and the immersion into the stresses, oblgations, and demands of the urban environment.

It is rejuvinating and theraputic to the human spirit to engage in our natural surroundings, and enjoy the beauty that the world has to share with us.

About

my

Art

The world impresses me. The weather, the sea, flowing water, the mountains and forests and jungles which ornament the earth are from what I derive inspiration. I am captivated by shadows and light and the vibrant colours that surround our daily lives, and this infuses my work.

I do not work from photographs, but purely from my experiences observing and existing in my surroundings. The earth and its elements are always moving and growing and developing and in understanding this, I allow my canvas to be alive. I shape the colours and contours with moods and emotions evoked throughout the course of a work. I let my pieces metamorphosis, with a single painting free to move through storm and calm, across sea and land, night and day.

My work reflects my personal perspective of the world and the way that I look at things and experience life. I aim to express my gratitude and appreciation of the beauty and magnificence that life offers to everyone and to instil those feelings in others.



I work in a mixed medium of oil and acrylic predominately on larger scale canvas.
Working on a large scale allows me the presence to draw the eyes in, to enrapture the onlooker and imbue the emotions of grandeur and allurement that I experience when I view the world.