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Welcome to my gallery — a selection of original paintings that range from bold, figurative portraits to layered, abstract landscapes. Every piece tells its own story, inviting you to pause, look closer, and make it part of yours. Originals are available for purchase, and many are also offered as fine art prints through Saatchi Art.
The painting The Rangitoto Girls #1 explores quiet presence, memory, and the emotional residue that lingers beneath the surface. Figures emerge slowly through layers of muted colour, textured ground, and softened edges, as if appearing through mist or half-remembered thought. Faces are deliberately pared back—elongated, still, and contemplative—inviting the viewer to pause rather than interpret too quickly. There is an ethereal quality to these works: a sense of suspension between inner and outer worlds, between what is seen and what is felt. Texture plays a central role in the process, with surfaces built patiently over time so that traces of earlier decisions remain visible, lending each piece a quiet depth and material honesty. Rather than telling a fixed story, the paintings offer space—for reflection, recognition, and personal association. They are intended to live gently within interiors, bringing calm, atmosphere, and a subtle emotional gravity to the spaces they inhabit.
The Daughters of the Maunga centres on stillness and quiet self-possession. The figure is frontal and composed, her gaze steady yet inward-looking, as though holding a private thought just beyond articulation. Soft colour transitions and a gently textured surface create a sense of calm restraint, allowing the form to emerge without urgency. The elongated face and simplified features give the work an ethereal presence, balanced by the warmth of the palette and the grounded, tactile quality of the surface. Subtle shifts in tone—across skin, background, and clothing—suggest emotional nuance rather than narrative, inviting the viewer to linger rather than decode. Like much of my figurative work, this piece is less about portraiture than presence. It offers a quiet moment of connection, intended to sit comfortably within an interior and reveal itself slowly over time.
Veil Over Maungakiekie places the figure within a softened, almost dreamlike landscape, where form and environment gently dissolve into one another. The figure appears suspended in space—neither fully anchored nor entirely fleeting—suggesting a moment of pause between inner and outer worlds. Muted greys and pale, earthy tones are layered with visible texture, allowing traces of process to remain. Subtle references to landscape elements emerge and recede, creating an ethereal sense of place that feels remembered rather than observed. The elongated figure and calm expression reinforce a feeling of quiet resilience and introspection. Rather than telling a specific story, the painting invites contemplation. It offers a sense of stillness and emotional openness, designed to sit harmoniously within an interior and reveal depth through repeated viewing.
This work from the Held Figure series explores the quiet tension between containment and exposure. The figure is simplified and faceless, reduced to an essential form that feels both protected and vulnerable, held within a structured, almost architectural field. Warm, earthy tones define the figure, creating a sense of presence and bodily weight, while the surrounding grid of layered fragments introduces rhythm, repetition, and restraint. These contrasting elements—organic form against a constructed background—suggest themes of identity shaped by environment, memory, and emotional boundaries. Texture plays a central role, with visible layers and imperfect edges allowing the process to remain present. Rather than depicting a specific individual, the figure functions as a universal presence, inviting viewers to project their own experience into the work. The painting carries a quiet strength and stillness, making it well suited to contemporary interiors where art is intended to anchor a space emotionally as well as visually.
This painting, Still Figure from the Held Figure series presents the figure as a quiet silhouette, emerging from a layered field of paper, pigment, and softened marks. The form is pared back and faceless, allowing the body to become a vessel rather than a portrait—suggesting presence without identity. Surrounding the figure, fragments of layered texture create a sense of enclosure, as though the figure is being gently held in place by its environment. Muted greens, soft greys, and pale neutrals evoke natural weathering and time, giving the work an organic, almost landscape-like quality. The contrast between the smooth, simplified figure and the textured, imperfect background speaks to themes of protection, vulnerability, and emotional containment. There is an ethereal calm to the composition, inviting quiet reflection rather than narrative certainty. This work is designed to sit comfortably within contemporary interiors, offering a subtle emotional anchor—one that rewards close viewing while maintaining a restrained, timeless presence within a space.
The Rangitoto Girls #5 is a quietly expressive portrait that draws on a sense of place, memory, and emotional stillness. The figure emerges from a layered, earth-toned surface that echoes volcanic landscapes and weathered terrain, referencing Rangitoto as both a physical presence and a symbolic anchor. Her gaze is calm yet introspective, meeting the viewer without demand. Soft greys, ochres, and muted browns create a restrained palette, allowing texture and surface to carry much of the emotional weight. The figure feels partially revealed, as though suspended between presence and disappearance. This work explores themes of belonging, resilience, and quiet strength. Like others in The Rangitoto Girls series, the figure is not a portrait of an individual but a reflection of shared experience—feminine, grounded, and contemplative. There is an ethereal quality to the way the figure dissolves into the background, suggesting memory rather than fixed identity. Designed to sit naturally within calm, considered interiors, The Rangitoto Girls #5 offers a sense of stillness and depth, inviting slow looking and personal interpretation.