Untitled, Oil on Paper, 1994.
Busy, busy, busy at school lately with folios due, here is an image from my seventh form board.

The image 'The Lauterbrunnen Valley', at the bottom of this page, is featured in this great new book by Dick Frizzell. The book has images and commentary on artworks from a range of New Zealand artists and is available from most bookshops.

'Reine, Norway', Oil on Board, 2011.
The photo doesn't do this one any favours and in case you're wondering, those are cod drying near the top.

'The Ganges at Varanasi, India', Oil on Board, 2011.
The photo doesn't quite get the colour right of this one but you get the jist of it.

'From Mt Solari, Capri', Crayon on Paper, 2004.

'From Mt Solari, Capri', Crayon on Paper, 2004.

'Wellington Towards Evans Bay', Watercolour and Pencil on Paper, 2002.

Bone carving, haven't done one for a year or two, and this needs a polish.

Not really art but I found this character out in the yard, his scales and patterns are quite striking though.

'Land's End', Cornwall', Crayon on Paper, 2003.

'Land's End, Cornwall', Crayon on Paper, 2003.

'Kynance Cove, Cornwall', Crayon on Paper, 2003.

'Kynance Cove, Cornwall', Crayon on Paper, 2003.

'Kynance Cove, Cornwall', Crayon on Paper, 2003.

This next set of drawings are from my first trip away when I first moved to the UK for five year stint, a road trip to Cornwall in the south west of England.

'River at Sneem, Ireland', Watercolour on Paper, 2004.

'Glendalogh, Ireland', Watercolour on Paper, 2004.

'Pontylfni, Wales', Watercolour on Paper, 2004.

'Eastway, Wanganui',Oil on Board, 1998.
I met somebody recently who had this piece of mine from my last year of art school when I was first painting landscape. This piece was destined for the scrap heap and was born out of frustration with the process, until it was rescued by somebody who saw its potential. Photo courtesy of Fleur.

Two more Japanese themed drawings from the 'Bored at Staff Meetings' series, both pen on paper from last year.

Both 'Untitled', Pencil on Paper, circa 2010.
Two 'bored at staff meetings' drawings from a time when I was interested in Japanese art.