New Paintings -Naumi Hotel 2026

Piha Lion Rock, and Anawhata acrylic paintings are hanging at the Naumi Hotel for a period of time.   They are available to take home from the Hotel near the Auckland airport.

Art Show 2026 

Art Show/Market - Corbans - 9 May to 17 May 

I am setting up a space alongside fellow artists in the Corbans Art Show/Market this year, to sell some of my smaller artworks.  Feel free to attend at any time during the week between 10 and 4pm and view an amazing display of artwork.   It will all be displayed inside a giant indoor space, and there is a cafe nearby and plenty of parking.

Art Exhibition 2026 

Our Aotearoa - Kumeu Art Gallery - 5 Feb to 4 March 

This beautiful members exhibition, a show celebrating loved and favourite places in New Zealand,  featured a stunning range of paintings by 44 artists.  Hanging here is 'Picnic Spot', a scene painted from Tawharanui, and 'Anawhata' on the right photograph.  

Kumeu Art Awards Exhibition 2025

Kumeu's annual Art Awards - on until the 26th November

I enjoy this show and love being part of this group exhibition - I think we are very lucky to have such a wonderful and accessible art gallery in Kumeu.  Here are some photos of my round Anawhata painting "Iron Sand".   open 9am - 5pm Tuesday to Friday and Saturday 10 - 4pm

Art Exhibition 2025

38th Waitakere Arts Trusts Art Awards group exhibition 10th - 19th October

At Shed 2 in the Corbans Estate art centre I have included 3 paintings this year - my Tawharanui painting named "Picnic Spot", Anawhata painting "Not Today" and my lifestyle block painting "Morning Walk"  Everyone is warmly invited to view and attend the opening on Friday the 10th October 6.30pm, or view during the days from 11 - 19th of October.  10am - 4pm

Fiordland Cleddau River progress

Rains Stopped.  Acrylic on canvas 750 x 750mm

"Rains Stopped", an acrylic painting of a river in Milford Sound,  began as a pastel painting on a piece of paper - I painted it again on a round canvas in acrylic, and now it has been painted again on a larger square shaped canvas also in acrylic.  The colour of Fiordland and the character of the old beech trees have inspired this painting.  Fiordland is an untouched paradise in the South island of New Zealand that touches hearts - and I feel like my latest painting has captured this feeling.   I was fascinated by the shiny rock in the middle of The Chasm and I made this rock a feature in the final painting.   It is available from Otautau Gallery, Southland. 

My Latest painting has gone through many changes - Lets have a look at them here 

Morning Walk, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 inch (762  x 1016mm)

After the last strands of grass added in the foreground, I can finally call this painting finished.   It started from a small watercolour on paper, and my colour palette was originally dry summer grass contrasted with the distant blue Waitakere Ranges. You can find this finished painting in the "available paintings" tab.  Inspired by summer and the hay bales seen on the farm properties near where I live - the blue hills are typical of this area in the distance.   My colour palette evolved as the green grass began to grow back - I wanted to show the fresh green grass reappearing after the rain as the hay bales lay in the paddock gaining the correct level of moisture.  I also added native trees in the shelter belt, and a variety of grasses in the foreground which make the soil healthy and brings plenty of insects.  I also added a small thistle in the foreground that doesn't take too much attention but is just there because I wanted something prickly and a bit Scottish.