Wild Places
Railway Street Gallery
September 2015

Secrets of Sunken Trees, Arapuni, acrylic on board, 400 x 1000mm

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Wild Places

​Textures, patterns and colours come together in my painting as light travels through the layers. I enjoy the creative process, seeing my work evolve, the mystery and the possibilities.

Wild Places employs the elements of water, land, trees and birds in an exploration of the margin between what is real and places of the imagination..Birds inspire me as a symbol of tenuous and delicate balance. Such creatures represent a connection between healthy ecosystems and flourishing human populations. They can carry a song of warning, but also seeds of regeneration and therefore hope for the future. These paintings seek to show respect to, and represent, relationships on an infinite level, and the spirit of life.

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Awash, acrylic on floating board 450 x 1500mm

Inner Life, acrylic on board 330 x 965mm

Taitomo Tide, acrylic on board 1002 x 630mm

Close to the Surface, Waimangu, acrylic on floating board 300 x 1888

The Epigenetics of Birds, acrylic on board, 670x 620

Wishbone, acrylic on board, 400 x 400mm

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