Fiordland

Dusky and Doubtful Sounds, both poetically named by Captain Cook in 1770. Now largely national park and an isolated, brooding, … More

Road to Mahia

Our wider family have a bach at Mahanga, the southern-most beach on the East Coast of the North Island. There’s … More

My entry into (and sold at) the 2014 Pataka Museum Art Awards. Awarua O Porirua is a taniwha (in the … More

A magnificent view opposite the turnoff to the Coronet Peak skifield from the Queenstown-Arrowtown road. Have done several of this … More

The view from the Crown Range Road as it climbs the moraine at the end of the magnificent glacial valley … More

Te Rangihaeata was the nephew of the great Ngati Toa warrior Te Rauparaha. Te Rangihaeata’s pa/village was at the head … More

This earthquake rolling through Kapiti Island was inspired by Sam Hunt’s poem (which he recites in “Cape Turnagain” by the … More

Played golf at Coolum in the shadow of a great volcanic plug, a flow of hardened lava which stays uneroded … More

Oil on board 18″x20″. My second oil, made up as I went along, turned out more cubist than expected. My … More

This scene is a farm cottage and woolshed at the southern end of Lake Tutira, north of Napier. The lake … More