Waiata Studio

My ART practice is a culmination of a great interest in grids, the sublime and repetition.
There is always an ethereal element to the paintings, usually with a topographical view point to see the big picture perspective.
Nothing is pre-planned, instead an instinctual grid is hand sewn directly Into the canvas to form an idea of a landscape.
Horizontal lines are favoured-though I do use verticals mostly to pronounce the horizontal!
Repeat patterns create a dreamscape for my imagination to explore. From then it is a long process of finding what I want to SEE.
My paintings take many years to complete - atfer living with them, completely changing by painting over or often to just stop looking at them.
Then the rediscovering of the parts that work, that’s the exciting exploratory part of creativity that I always trust will come….….

Many years of self education from any source that interests me in Art/Fashion/Design.
Several years at Art School in New Zealand.

Several group shows.