November is the Cruelest Month

On 14 November 2016 we had a large (7.8) earthquake, felt mostly in Kaikoura and the north of the South … More

Cuba Quarter Buildings – sketches

Nice break at a remote beach has produced some sketches of early 20thC Edwardian (mostly) buildings in the Cuba Quarter … More

Many NZ rural scenes seem to include a hill with a lone tree on top – perhaps they are left … More

Valley off Malaghan’s Road between Coronet Peak and Queenstown. Dick Frizzell’s “Small Valley” (1999) is a longer image of the … More

One of New Zealand’s iconic scenes, from Milford Sound, Fiordland. I aimed at keeping this one uncomplicated and stylistic. I’ll … More

I found this sketch in a pile in the garage at Christmas – from my black and white pre-1994 days … More

Either a painted sculpture or a sculptured painting – from the early 2000s, when I was doing both and interested … More

Second version of this scene, similar colours but a bit larger and looser than the first. Oils 60x75cm. Sold at … More

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

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