Skippers Canyon, Queenstown

Visiting this old gold mining canyon is an adventure. Heavy vehicle/tractor access via a single lane gravel road dropping vertically … More

Ken Gray Rides Out

Ken Gray was a famous All Black (NZ Rugby player) of the late 60s, a liberal man ahead of his … More

Boatsheds at Oriental Bay #4

My entry into The Friends of Pataka (Porirua Museum) 2016 exhibition. Sold 2022. Oils 500×500

Lake Hayes from the Remarkables, Queenstown

The last of the 3 started in Java. This view is from the hairpin road to the Remarkables Skifield looking … More

Routeburn Hut

Epic view of the main hut on the Routeburn Track in Fiordland, one of NZ’s Great Walks. Oils 100x100cm

Titahi Bay from Colonial Knob

Titahi Bay, Plimmerton and Kapiti Island from the hill behind Porirua. This one was a battle, I think it’s done. … More

Milford Sound #1

This one seemed to have a mind of its own regardless of what I intended at the start. However, big … More

Farmlet near Queenstown

The 1st, and most Expressionist(?), of the 3 oils completed in Java. This one was wide brush, lots of paint … More

Shotover River, near Queenstown

Near Yogjakarta in Southern Java, painting with Indonesia’s leading contemporary landscape painter John van der Sterren. John is encouraging me … More

Sketches of South East Asia

Click through for 12 sketches/(coffee) washes from VietNam, Cambodia and Java Feb-April 2016