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Painting is a dialogue between the paint, canvas and me - I make something new - I create and subsequently I feel richer - the act of painting gives back to me, it talks, whispers, shouts and sings, letting me know if I am on the right track somewhere in that space between my heart and head. Right track? Life. When I paint I see myself as having one foot in the now, the real, and one in that 'other space'. I am bridging two worlds. It's a balancing act and through keeping the balance, through making marks and making each one count, I take incremental steps closer to being who I want to be - where I understand all I can and I am at peace with all I cannot.

The more I paint, the more I am!

Concerning my current work, the main threads are about changes of state, transformations, in between spaces, from here to there. The last few paintings I have completed have been generally exploring water's various states or ways of being, in a subtly increasing multimedia manner.
Rain - that place where it meets the ground and begins to seep through the soil. Steam - the colours of sulphur and minerals as heated water evapourates and the lifting pale cloud drifts across water's surface. Ocean depths - compacted silt under the water's weight embeds small and large creatures, slowly turning them to stone. Water itself - it's molecular structure where the two gases oxygen and hydrogen combine to form a liquid so vital to planetary life.

 

I am a member of: Artlist | NZ Art Guild | Helensville District Business Association

 

FINE ART HISTORY

2011
October - 3 for All - The Art Space, Helensville (3 works)

2010
4 February - First Thursday's - St Kevin’s Arcade, K Rd (6 works)

2008
January-December - Mitre 10 Café display, Henderson
17 October - 16 November - ‘Render’, Corbans Estate Art Centre (6 works)
3 November - Render Art Class - group of 18 kids from ages 5-12, learing about Complementary colour, based on my work in the show
21 November - 14 December - ‘Affordable Art Show’, Corbans Estate Art Centre (1 triptych)

2007
January-December - Trademe sales
January-December - Mitre 10 Café display, Henderson
April - Mt Albert Grammar School Fundraising show (4 works)
October - Titirangi Primary School Fundraising Show (2 works)

2006
Trademe sales
November - ‘Currency’, Corbans Estate Art Centre (1 work)
November - Waitakere Licencing Trust - Stadium Group Show (2 works)
January-December - Mitre 10 - Lincold Road Café display
January-December - Café Boss Konditorai, Titirangi - 4 works