'Mowhanau', 1998, and 'Mowhanau', 1998.

Both of these pieces are from my final year at art school and both featured in my graduate show.

I spent a lot of time at Mowhanau beach during my last year of study and it became a recurring theme in my painting. As you can see the painting was quicker and looser and the palette was more muted from diluting my paints (with too much turps) to make them last. These photo are quite dark too.