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It might have squawked. I can’t remember. But as the gull alights from the heavy beams on the pier, with open wings and a raised foot, it gives a slight impression of the scene from the historic painting,The Scream, by Edvard Munch. Gull on New Brighton Pier is an experiment with iridescent acrylic paint, capturing an image of a gull in motion. There is an illusion of movement as the painting is…

This old piano was begging to be photographed. And so I took its picture. The piano had been outside for quite a while, but I believe it had aged a lot before then. It has since moved on. Reminiscent of my Sofa Safari series ofout of place living room furniture, perhaps this piano is now roaming freely somewhere. Old Piano, photograph (20.32 x 25.40 cm) This work is being exhibited in the…

Who is pulling the strings in this embroidery triptych? I don’t have a cat. I do not own a cat, and no cats own me. A cat playing with a ball of string tangled around a puppeteer’s hand that is pulling the strings on a cat marionette Pulling Strings (Triptych), Embroidery approx 10cm x 45cm The idea for this work came from thinknkng about how cat people think they have control of their pets,…

A stone carving of tarāpuka, the black-billed gull. This endangered bird was one of many that nested near the Ashburton Bridge during the summer of 2023-24. On Christmas Day, I photographed one of the birds and then later created some lino-cut prints. And then from the lino-cut print, created the stone carving. I made one print onto some reclaimed Oamaru stone and then using that image, carved…

A collection of lino-cut prints of tarāpuka, the black-billed gull. Printed on different colored papers and assembled like an Andy Warhol inspired poster, the work has a handmade driftwood frame to give the birds a home amongst the river debris. Have you seen these birds?, linocut print The tarāpuka (black-billed gull) that featured in the photograph, Have you seen this bird? is repeated here…

During the 2023-24 summer, the Ashburton River, near the Ashburton Bridge was the home to a colony of endangered black-billed gulls (tarāpuka). On Christmas Day 2023, I captured several photographs of these birds. It was a challenge to get a good shot. The nesting area was fenced off to protect the birds and they were very energetic. I’ve mounted two prints of the photograph on the sides of a…

For several millennia, flat earthers have been without strong support for their worldview and now, finally Flatlas is here. The figure of Flatlas, a mythical cousin of Atlas, kneels on an orb and balances a flat earth map above his head. Flatlas, copper, clay and wood Inspired by art history and ancient myths and legends, Flatlas, is constructed from air dried clay, painted with fake copper…

I joined the Hakatere Ceramics and Pottery Club at the beginning of the year and I entered six pieces in their exhibition as well as creating and donating a tile for the group project. You are here, Tile My, You are here tile is a reasonably accurate hand drawn scale map of the Ashburton District featuring State Highway 1 (red), State Highway 77 and State Highway 79 (yellow) as well as the…