REEF, SAMOA / 2024 / ACRYLIC ON PAPER / $2400. One day in the Pacific Island of Samoa, I walked out across a reef, peering down into cracks between the rocks into the depths. As the waves broke over the reef the water flooded in and out of the crevices and the brilliant blues and greens became deeper and more mysterious. To capture the liquid colors of water as they flowed around the rocks, I glued paper and cardboard to the paper, added texture paste then poured liquid paint and let it run, mix and flow across the surface of the painting. I repeated this at least eight times, building the layers until I was satisfied the paint reflected the movement of the water.
GOLDEN RIVER / 2024 / ARYLIC ON PAPER / $US2400. As time goes by, I find myself drawn more and more towards an abstract, expressive way of painting—or to put it the other way, a less literal interpretation of a subject. This was to be the background—or under-painting—for a painting about a beautiful, shallow river here in New Zealand, but at some point along the way it just seemed to be “finished”.