transforming reality

Exploring the blurred line between the real and the imaginary through abstraction.

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change”

I am a digital painter and my unique fine art prints are available for sale. I can customise the size of the painting for you and the paper or canvas you want the painting printed on. The high end fine art printing service I use will print, frame and ship your print to wherever you live in the world.

Artist Statement

My current works pursue a long interest in the natural and constructed environment, depicting alluring alternative worlds created by distorting reality. I am inspired by the world around me to create abstract forms that are neither real nor imaginary, that play with a duality that distorts perceptions of belonging to either. The shift of these ambiguous images is a common thread in my works that allows the elements within them to defy expectations and still portray the beauty of the natural world. Their creation is intuitive and a subconscious response that reveals my creative identity and an insight into a way of understanding and appreciating the world around us.

Stylistically my work belongs to a contemporary abstract genre. There are elements that relate to the 20th century abstract expressionist movement, but the medium places it clearly in the 21st century.

About the Artist

I am a full time artist and received my Masters Degree in Art & Design from Auckland University of Technology. I am a qualified visual arts teacher and have taught at both secondary and tertiary levels. Later in my teaching career I was employed by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority as a visual arts verifier, marker and moderator over a twenty year period. I have also been a Waikato University Visual Arts teacher training tutor and a Public Art Gallery Education and Public Programmes Manager. More recently, I have managed my own business as a visual arts consultant, student online tutor, and a professional development presenter for secondary school teachers in the visual arts.