- I was born in Auckland (New Zealand) 1967, my childhood was spent on a farm in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty. Married with two teenage children. From hairdresser to artist who has lived and painted throughout the world. Graduated with a diploma in art, craft and design 1998. My paintings mostly reflect the New Zealand landscape I connect with. Now living in the small mountain resort town of Wanaka, New Zealand. My semi surreal landscape paintings are for the viewer to stop, rest and absorb, to capture an essence of time and place. To be still with nature - land, sea and sky.
- I also like to experiment with mixed media, shaped works - including long and narrow, board, paper, canvas, stone, metals and low relief carved wood that project out from the wall creating a relief landscape painting.
- Featured on Television Prime news. Worked in schools. Illustrated a best selling childrens book and exhibited in many group and solo shows throughout New Zealand and overseas.
- Exhibitions
- 1999
- Painting & sculpture - student collective exhibition,
- Tauranga, NZ
- Painting - North Shore City Art awards Finalist, Mairangi Bay, NZ
- 2000
- Sculpture - Elms Garden Art Fest, Tauranga, NZ
- Sculpture - Symposium, Matamata, NZ
- Sculpture - Mills Reef Grow Expo, Mills Reef Winery, Tauranga, NZ
- Sculpture - Symposium, Te Puna Quarry Park, Tauranga, NZ
- Painting and Sculpture - By Design art show in ass. Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland, NZ
- Painting ans Sculpture - Sutton-scoular residence private solo, Tauranga, NZ
- Painting and Sculpture - Garden and art fest, Tauranga, NZ
- Sculpture - Ellerslie Flower Show, Auckland, NZ
- 2001
- Sculpture - The Strand, Public exhibition, Tauranga, NZ
- Painting - Marsden Winery, Kerikeri, NZ
- Painting and Sculpture - Tauranga Primary school Group Show, Tauranga, NZ
- Painting and Sculpture - Harrisons Gallery, solo exhibition, Tauranga, NZ
- Painting - Featured in the 2001 Kale Print Calendar, Tauranga, NZ
- Painting and Sculpture - Bethlehem College Art Exhibition, Tauranga, NZ
- Painting and Sculpture - Kalender 12 Artist exhibition, Baycourt, Tauranga, NZ
- Painting and Sculpture - Shalom Gallery, Parnell, Auckland, NZ
- Painting and Sculpture - 5th Avenue medical centre, Tauranga, NZ
- 2004 - 2005
- Painting - Riverton Arts Center, Stratum 4 central artists, Riverton, Southland, NZ
- Painting - Queenstown Gallery of Fine Art, ongoing exhibition, Queenstown, NZ
- Painting - Earth Elements Gallery, Old Cromwell, Central Otago, NZ
- 2008
- Painting and Sculpture - Exhibition India, 4 International artist, Vasant Vihar Gallery, New Delhi, India
- Painting - Street Children of New Delhi group show, Vasant Vihar Gallery,
- New Delhi, India
- 2011
- Painting - Autumn Fest Art Exhibition, Lakes District Musuem and Gallery, Arrowtown, NZ
- Painting - Gallery of Fine Arts, Queenstown, ongoing exhibitions, Queenstown
- 2013
- Painting - ILT art awards, Invercargill
- 2016
- Painting - Four Play with Art, Masonic Lodge, Wanaka, NZ
- Painting - Group Show, Wanaka Preschool Art Exhibition, Wanaka, NZ
- 2017
- Painting - Four Play with Art, Masonic Lodge, Wanaka, NZ
- Painting - Group Show, Ashburton Art Society, Ashburton, NZ
- Painting - Group Show, Wanaka Preschool Art Exhibition, Wanaka, NZ
- Painting - Imago Mundi collection world tour, contemporary Artists from New Zealand
- 2018
- Painting - Art in the Lodge, Masonic Lodge, Wanaka, NZ
- Dunedn Art Show
- 2019
- Christchurch Art Show
- Riversdale Art Exhibition
- Dunedin Art Show
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