Te Rangihaeata: Exodus to Battle Hill #2

The 2nd of 3 of Te Rangihaeata and Ngati Toa vacating their pa at Pauatahanui for Battle Hill in 1846.…

First Contact 1769

Kiwirail used this in their Spring 2019 inboard magazine to head their feature article re Captain James Cook’s first landfall…

First of 3 inspired by Mondrian’s “Red Tree”. Sold at Mana Arts Trail 2025 Commentary from 2017 post – This…

View from the foothills east of Arrowtown in the Queenstown valley. First time in this style, white acrylic pens on…

View of Rangitoto Island from Shakespear Regional Park, North of Auckland. I like this one – maybe it’s the red/green/blue…

Arrowtown Cemetery, 2016, oils, 40x30cm Have been thinking lately whether to try a more realistic style. This is my closest…

Small oil developed from 2 sketches attached. Built from wood in about 1906 in a New Zealand Italianate style (ie…

Another well known South Island scene, roughly where the Rakaia River leaves the high country for the Canterbury Plains. Oils…

2017 resolution to tell more stories. This one is set in 1846 when local Maori, the Ngati Toa led by…

My favourite image from my 2017 Facebook posts. For me, this pic sums up a lot of the things to…