Since I was in Italy September and October 2023
I have been focused on training for new work,
at www.manawafamilyconstellations.com,
not painting at all until April this year.
I'm looking forward to
Chateau d'Orquevaux Artists' Residency
29 September - 19 October 2026.
2025
Untitled [18 August 2025]
Acrylic paint and oil pastel on stretched canvas
102 x 102 cm
Available at Tennyson Gallery
On learning that a close friend's adult son was dying (he did, later the same day), I could go home and go to bed, or paint. I painted my grief, decades of solid friendship between women, memories of J playing with my children, sleeping in their beds; the arc of life, the unknowing, the sadness and the many great joys and delight.
Acrylic paint and oil pastel on stretched canvas
102 x 102 cm
Available at Tennyson Gallery
On learning that a close friend's adult son was dying (he did, later the same day), I could go home and go to bed, or paint. I painted my grief, decades of solid friendship between women, memories of J playing with my children, sleeping in their beds; the arc of life, the unknowing, the sadness and the many great joys and delight.
Consequences II
Acrylic paint on Department of Lands and Survey map
70 x 97 cm
Selected for Hawkes Bay Art Review Exhibition 03 - 31 October
In a time when it was and is difficult to paint without the weight of grief
caused by witnessing the Gaza genocide
communicating and making itself known,
my feelings are a little expiated by garish colour,
lashing lines, confining spaces, anxious lines.
Acrylic paint on Department of Lands and Survey map
70 x 97 cm
Selected for Hawkes Bay Art Review Exhibition 03 - 31 October
In a time when it was and is difficult to paint without the weight of grief
caused by witnessing the Gaza genocide
communicating and making itself known,
my feelings are a little expiated by garish colour,
lashing lines, confining spaces, anxious lines.
Above The Beach
Acrylic paint on Departmentof Lands and Survey map
100 x 70 cm approx
Selected for Hawkes Bay Art Review Exhibition 03 - 31 October
This painting is inspired by a sudden memory of an Aegean Coast beach in Turkey, known as Cucuk Akkum, or Little Akkum, near to Seferihisar, where I once lived for a year. Above the beach was a dark green forest, reached by scrambling up a hill, past rustic restaurants, and crossing a road at the top. Memories of lazy hot hours on the beach, an idyllic period in a small Turkish town, and its nearest beach.
Acrylic paint on Departmentof Lands and Survey map
100 x 70 cm approx
Selected for Hawkes Bay Art Review Exhibition 03 - 31 October
This painting is inspired by a sudden memory of an Aegean Coast beach in Turkey, known as Cucuk Akkum, or Little Akkum, near to Seferihisar, where I once lived for a year. Above the beach was a dark green forest, reached by scrambling up a hill, past rustic restaurants, and crossing a road at the top. Memories of lazy hot hours on the beach, an idyllic period in a small Turkish town, and its nearest beach.
Eat
Acrylic paint on Department of Lands and Survey Map
70 x 100 cm approx
Details - Right
SOLD
Acrylic paint on Department of Lands and Survey Map
70 x 100 cm approx
Details - Right
SOLD
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Untitled
Acrylic paint on Department of Lands and Survey Map
70 x 100 cm approx
Acrylic paint on Department of Lands and Survey Map
70 x 100 cm approx
Untitled
Acrylic paint and oil pastel on canvas panel
Approx 40 x 30 cm
Acrylic paint and oil pastel on canvas panel
Approx 40 x 30 cm
On Any Hill
Acrylic and oil pastel on stretched canvas
76 x 76 cm
This painting was originally in gold, copper and white with some black,
a part of my Australian country fires series of 2019.
Acrylic and oil pastel on stretched canvas
76 x 76 cm
This painting was originally in gold, copper and white with some black,
a part of my Australian country fires series of 2019.
Untitled. [Autumn feels with anxiety underlay.]
Acrylic paint on stretched canvas
76 x 76 cm
Acrylic paint on stretched canvas
76 x 76 cm
Who Owns The Forest
Acrylic paint and oil pastel on stretched canvas
76 x 76 cm
This painting was originally in gold, copper and white with some black,
a part of my Australian country fires series of 2019.
I decided to regenerate country.
Acrylic paint and oil pastel on stretched canvas
76 x 76 cm
This painting was originally in gold, copper and white with some black,
a part of my Australian country fires series of 2019.
I decided to regenerate country.
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Three of the paintings below, at Tennyson Gallery, 23 March All enquiries to the Gallery. |
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Jug And Bio Fantasy (and her sisters)
Acrylic on found hardboard All approximately 25 x 25 cm [30 x 30 total] 
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SOLD from Tennyson Gallery
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SOLD from Tennyson Gallery
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Untitled
Acrylic stretched canvas in floating frame (not in shot) 30 x 30 cm (33 x 33 cm including frame) Available at Tennyson Gallery 
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Untitled Acrylic and oil pastel on hardboard 20 x 34 cm 
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2024
A Mountain Never Gives Up
[From Parihaka to the recent hikoi protesting the Treaty Principles Bill]
Acrylic paint on stretched canvas
120 x 92 cm
Dreams Of Havana Where I've Never Been
Acrylic paint on carpet
30 x 45 cm
Acrylic paint on carpet
30 x 45 cm
Untitled [Trees on pink field]
Acrylic paint on canvas
Approx 90 x 110 cm
(temporary image)
Migration
Acrylic paint and oil pastel on canvas
50 x 62 cm
Acrylic paint and oil pastel on canvas
50 x 62 cm
Red Sky In The Morning
Acrylic paint and oil pastel on canvas
30 x 40 cm
Acrylic paint and oil pastel on canvas
30 x 40 cm
Untitled [November 2024]
Acrylic paint and oil pastel on stretched canvas
102 x 46 cm
and details.
Acrylic paint and oil pastel on stretched canvas
102 x 46 cm
and details.
Untitled
Acrylic and oil pastel on paper
A3-ish
Acrylic and oil pastel on paper
A3-ish
Don't Say It's Over
Acrylic and oil pastel on card
39 x 22.5 cm
17 October
Acrylic and oil pastel on card
39 x 22.5 cm
17 October
Untitled 18 May 2024
Acrylic and oil pastel on paper
30 x 50 cm
Acrylic and oil pastel on paper
30 x 50 cm
Coming Up For Air
Acrylic and oil pastel on paper
35 x 50 cm
Acrylic and oil pastel on paper
35 x 50 cm
Sunday Mood
Acrylic and oil pastel on paper
70 x 50 cm
Available at Tennyson Gallery, Napier from 07 August.
SOLD
Autumn
Acrylic and oil pastel
A3 paper
Acrylic and oil pastel
A3 paper
Mayday-ish
Acrylic and oil pastel on A3 paper
Available at Tennyson Gallery, Napier from 07 August.
Acrylic and oil pastel on A3 paper
Available at Tennyson Gallery, Napier from 07 August.
Ages And Ages
Acrylic, oil pastel & ink
A3 paper
Acrylic, oil pastel & ink
A3 paper
Red Hot Mountain
Acrylic on A3 paper
White Feathers Mountain [Taranaki]
Acrylic on A3 paper
Acrylic on A3 paper
Time To Ask That Mountain Again
Acrylic and oil pastel on A3 paper
Acrylic and oil pastel on A3 paper
Deluge of Blood-red Lies [Gaza]
Acrylic paint & oil pastel
70 x 50 cm
In lieu of an ANZAC Day painting
Acrylic paint & oil pastel
70 x 50 cm
In lieu of an ANZAC Day painting
