HONEYED LIGHT SOLD
Rug tufted New Zealand wool
120cm x 150cm
Inspired by the quiet, promising magic of the first light of the day.
SENESCENCE SOLD
Rug tufted New Zealand wool
120cm x 125cm
When leaves surrender to the season and reveal autumns golds, reds and browns. Similarly, we too change with time and can approach autumn as an opportunity to shed what we no longer need.
RAPA RISING SOLD
Rug tufted New Zealand wool
1,150mm x 1,200mm
Winner of the Glenda Saunders Exciting Use of Colour Award at the Aratoi Art Review 2022
Inspired by a sunrise hike in the Rimutaka hills, Rapa Rising explores the connection between the visual experience of sunrise and the mental and emotional perspective it can inspire. Drawing on the early morning light creeping over the Wairarapa, this piece seeks to capture how the first rays of the day can shift our mindset _ offering clarity, renewal and a sense of possibility.
ROSE TINTED SOLD
Rug tufted New Zealand wool
1,300mm x 1,300mm
Exploring the delicate interplay between idealism and reality, I invite the viewers to question how we perceive the world around us. Drawing inspiration from the age-old concept of "rose-tinted glasses" the work reflects on the way people often filter their experiences through a lens of optimism, nostalgia, or personal bias, sometimes blurring the lines between what's real and what's imagined.
Commissioned artwork for Karahui in Martinborough.
FOOTIN’ TURF SOLD
Rug tufted New Zealand wool
1,430mm x 1,430mm
An early memory of stacking turf with Grandad.
SEA FOAM SOLD
Rug tufted New Zealand wool
635mm x 960mm
Inspired by the natural rhythms of the ocean, the work symbolizes how the incoming and outgoing tides serve as metaphors for the process of letting go of old beliefs and embracing new ones.
DRUMMOND FARM SOLD
Rug tufted New Zealand wool
640mm x 640mm
Where we met and grew together.
REMOTE SOLD
Rug tufted New Zealand wool
620mm x 830mm
Inspired by my drive home in the Wairarapa when the sun was going down and the landscape looked like it was cut from paper.
RED SKY AT NIGHT SOLD
Rug tufted New Zealand wool
1,420mm x 1,420mm
Reading the sky so I can run the land.