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Mickey One

In another life I would have been an animation artist for Disney. Mickey Mouse and Coca Cola brands were the two icon brands of our time. Walt Disney was my hero. I remember where I was at the exact moment I heard news of his death. I’ve sign written or screen printed literally thousands of…

The New Canton Cafe

The old Canton Cafe served me well! After a hard night out during the late seventies I was restored with a meal at my favourite Chinese restaurant. Thirty years on the New Canton Cafe (now located across the street) provides my eldest daughter with her favourite takeaways. Working after school in my fathers sign shop…

Bubbly Bottle

The bubbly logo was a product of my father’s studio. One of the many challenging logo assignments that started life in our sign shop. Much of my still life work revolves around the designs and materials commonplace in commercial work. Packaging foil used as an intermediary between the orange, bottle and box is but one…

Sunset over the Basin

Quality reflection time is a moody evening in the heart of the McKenzie Basin, free to roam unimpeded by fence or road through expansive skies and big mountain vistas. The interpretation of local Maori for Tekapo is “hole in the sky”. Tekapo is a place where the world stops turning. Tekapo is my refuge from…

Pavlova Paradise

Twilight masking a suburb in decline bidding farewell to a car I know so well… as darkness falls and lights shine through the windows the dream of a better tomorrow emerges… Ninety years on the Prime Minister of the day Dick Seddon’s vision of housing for all is a depository for the dispossessed, the disenchanted…

Falcon Down Haldon Road, Tekapo

During the late 90’s it felt like I lived in my car and my life seemed to be one constant road trip. In 2003 I drove three-and-a-half hours to photograph a sunset when it occurred to me that the car was of equal relevance. My car had transported me safely to my destination… cocooned in…

Lone Vigil

Meet “Mini Max” a Harrier Hawk nursed back to health by a friend Max after being hit by a car. A broken wing terminated the bird’s ability to survive in the wild and Mini Max became Max dependant! The mutual respect between ‘bird and buddy’ fascinated me. Having the opportunity to view this majestic bird…

Summer at the Camp

The “camp” reference in my work is Tekapo Military Camp which my father and I utilised as a studio to produce a number of major mural commissions. Landscape painting have never been contemplated however after the Lilybank Safari Lodge commission, our first mural, I was hooked. Painting in this isolated and tranquil location came as…