NICE ARTS

  • The Grace of Ageing

    Me in 2022 by my friend Katie Fell, with my camera, after some else's headshot shoot. I edited this deliberately to accentuate the contours of my f...
  • AQUARELLE - a show in seven parts

    Yours Truly on opening night, with all my ladies. Photo: my BF on my shitty old iPhone 8+. Every artist needs to have an Artist Statement handy. M...
  • Become a Patron of the Arts.

    My Patreon will give those of you who appreciate my work, my process, ideas, paintings and photographs, a range of opportunities to support me. You will be able to do so in a regular, very direct way via a monthly subscription to my Page.

    The Patron Programme will evolve as I do and I would love you to come on the journey with me.

  • PERSONAL PR

    I'm in season 2 of Under The Vines on TVNZ and was asked to do participate in Face Time in early February. It took me a week to write my answers because this was a kind of publicity I hadn't done in a long time. The questions matter and I wanted to choose my words carefully but also have some fun. I found the process really enjoyable and, mercifully, they published my words without changing anything major.
  • PIECE WITH ARTIST

    Piece with Artist is one of my favourite Instagram accounts. It’s part history lesson, part contemporary art mag and is plastered with two of the ...
  • ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION? TICK.

    When Artfull Director Jess Agoston invited me for coffee and asked if I wanted to be, in her words, an "Artist with a Capital A" by joining the Artfull team, I said Hell yes! Then I was hit with a wave of impostor-syndrome-like doubts that always comes with taking a bigger step than I'm used to into exciting but slightly unfamiliar territory where, crucially, other people might be watching.
    I have a habit of doing this to myself.
  • ON "MAKING ART THE MAIN THING"

    This is BIG - I have gallery representation. Still can't quite believe it! I am very proud to have been invited to join the diverse stable of visual artists brought together under the banner of artfull.co.nz.
  • CELESTIAL BODY - a new collection of petite paintings

     In my studies at Browne School this year, I have tended to make clusters of paintings. The last few months, each painting has been small. They’r...
  • LIQUID SKIN

    I really like to talk about things “as if”. I like metaphors and get a real kick when a visual simile hits the spot. So when “Liquid Skin” came to...
  • BUT WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY

    B  E  C  A  U  S  E  I hope you’re doing the 100 day project or are following someone who’s doing one. If you’ve chosen a project close t...
  • BEGINNER'S MIND

    Life can be seen as a series of overlapping projects (“deadline” is suddenly sounding…different 😳). Some of the things we do are literal projects (building a house, planning a wedding) and others more metaphorical (raising children, finding/creating work we love). Most of us are too busy to add yet more DIY to our list but if you’re at all creative or artistic, hear me out. If you’re not practising, there’s one project you should consider:

    A 100 Day Project.

  • KISS ME QUICK

      I really love research. Don’t get me wrong, I love being an artist and acting is fun, but finding out about stuff is my JAM. If I could be a res...