Art

A striking and emotional depiction of the struggles faced by women in a world where gender imbalance persists. Painted with natural, handmade oil paint, giving the piece a raw and earthy quality that reflects the deep roots of the issue at hand.

Tackling two of the most urgent challenges of today’s world in one piece - gender inequality and the climate crisis. Handmade pigments and oils to try and keep my impact on Papatūānuku as low as possible while pushing the social boundaries.

The artwork is a powerful and evocative call to action, a reminder of the ongoing struggle for gender equality, and a tribute to the strength, courage and resilience of women everywhere.

Finished with Gamvar satin varnish and a floating wooden frame.

30.5cm x 30.5cm

Oil painting created with local natural clay pigments and laked plant pigments, hand mulled with linseed and pine resin. Layed to create depth of texture and colour. The pigments used are local clay, homegrown indigo, madder, flower lake pigments and homemade charcoal, all created using traditional methods and finished with

30.5cm x 30.5cm

Gamvar satin varnish and a floating whitewashed wooden frame.

Oil painting created from hand ground and hand-blended earth and lake pigments. Mulled with linseed oil to create traditional oil paint. Pigments used are local clay, homegrown indigo pigment, flower lake pigments and homemade charcoal.

Stretched canvas, wooden frame and sealed with Gamvar Satin varnish.

30.5cm x 30.5cm

Oil painting created with local natural clay pigments and lakes (plant pigments) hand mulled with linseed and pine resin. Throughout this piece, the textures of the natural pigments are used to great effect, lending depth and nuance to the overall composition. Pigments used are local clay, homegrown indigo and flower lake pigments, to create natural traditional method oils. Finished with Gamvar satin varnish and floating whitewashed wooden frame

30.5cm x 30.5cm

Oil painting created from grinding down earth and lake pigments. Mulled with linseed oil to create traditional oil paint, with unique colours uneatable from synthetic colours . Pigments used are local clay, homegrown indigo pigment, flower lake pigments and homemade charcoal. This process takes many weeks to complete and many more for the layers of oil paint to dry.

30.5cm x 30.5cm
Stretched canvas, wooden frame and sealed with Gamvar Satin varnish.

A Stunning one-of-a-kind, wall hanging crafted from a rainbow ❤️ 💛 💚 💙 💜 of wooden hand-dyed spoons, naturally dyed with a variety of homegrown and sustainably sourced dye, hand sanded and finished with nourishing handmade wood oil to bring out the rich colours. Tesselated together. Each piece fitting perfectly into its neighbour to create a seamless and fluid design with effortless flow across the surface of the wall. All held together with strong twisted wire to create a beautiful unique piece of art.
Ready to hang anywhere!

Oil Painting created from organic, homegrown indigo and whenua/clay from my garden, near where the indigo grows. Pigments are hand mulled with linseed oil to create traditional oil paint.

Sealed with Gamvar Satin varnish.

A Montone watercolour piece, created from organically homegrown Indigo. After extracting the pigment over several days and hand mulling and mixing it with Gum Arabic, I created this piece using a traditional watercolour technique and exploring stamping with the muller.

Oil Painting created from local clay, whenua, and plant pigments, hand mulled with linseed using traditional methods. Finished with Gamvar satin varnish and a floating wooden frame stained in white.

30.5cm x 30.5cm