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Long Bay 1958
Stream at the bridge entrance to Long Bay motor camp. W/c Painted 1959, 380x282mm.
Long Bay from the southern hill.
W/c Painted 1959, 350x255mm.
Above Bon Accord Harbour, Kawau Island.
Watercolour Painted 1959. W/c 385x290mm.
Lidgard's Boatsheds Smokehouse Bay, Kawau Island
Watercolour. Painted 1959, 380x290mm.
Farm near Awanui, Northland.
Watercolour. Painted Jan., 1959. W/c 275x190mm.
Henderson and Pollard Factory Mt Eden
W/c Painted March 1959. 388x277mm.
Rural Waihi.
Watercolour. Painted Aug., 1959. W/c 380x280mm.
Lefaga, Western Samoa.
One of our favourite beaches when teaching for three years in Samoa. W/c. Painted 1968. 485x375mm.
Plum Pudding Rock W. Samoa.
Another of our favourite beaches. W/c. Painted 1968. 380x270mm.
Tokomaru Bay beach
Three boys by the rocks. W/c Painted 1965, 380x290mm.
Tokomaru Bay East Coast.
W/c. Painted 1965. 390x290mm.
Collier's Farm and Gardens, Tokomaru Bay.
Painted 1965. 385x280mm.
Hellyers Creek Glenfield.
View from Arcadia Cres., toward Hobsonville Air Base. Painted 1965, Pen and wash, 605x360mm.
Paua and Piper.
Photolitho print. Painted 1995. 530x350mm,
Divers.
W/c Painted 1997, 720x540mm.
Piper School
W/c. Painted 1998. 380x260mm.
Under the Blackjack.
W/c. Painted 1997. 540x720mm.
Jasus fantasy.
Snorkled through the amazing Macrocystis forest at Ulva Island. W/c Painted 2005. 520x340mm.
Four Crays.
Rocks at Hahei.
W/c Painted 1995. 350x250mm.
Humback Hope.
Protest series. Concern over hunting Humpback and other whales.
W/c.
March of the Crabs
Crab marches of Christmas Island, rock crabs and Aboriginal crab drawings influenced the repeat pattern. W/c. Painted 1994. 350x250mm.
Hook Line and Sinker.
Razor Fish.
W/c. Painted1993. 340x250mm.
Blue Spot Triple Fin.
Small fish make for colourful surprises, snorkling around Rings Beach rocks. W/c. Painted 19092. 320x250mm.
Blue Maomao.
W/c. Painted 1996.
John Dory.
W/c. Painted 2001. 300x200mm.
Around the rocks
Rocks and guts at Grays Beach with schools of Yellowtail. W/c. Painted 1998. 710x530mm.
Yellowtail Mosaic.
W/c. Painted 1998. 520x360mm.
Red Eyed Shrimp.
Another look at Carpophylum. W/c. Painted 2005. 385x560mm.
Moonlight.
W/c Painted 2001. 655x450mm.
Counting the Days.
Futile protest against time running out. Teachers mark each day’s roll with a cross. W/c. Painted 1998. 350x260mm.
Key to Freedom.
W/c. Painted 2001.
Cathedral?
Exhibited at Parnell Cathedral “Faith” exhibition. Gained Highly Commended. W/c. Painted 2001. 680x460mm.
The Bluff.
W/c Painted 1998. 260x360mm
Mayclair's Steps.
W/c. Painted 1993. 380x260mm. Steps of logs leading to the beach at Rings. Built by the Mayclair family.
Young Poplars, Waiari farm.
As large poplars they became a nuisence and were cut down. The pottery is in the distance. W/c, Painted 1994. 390x270mm.
Woolshed, Waiari Farm Rings Beach.
W/c. Painted 1994. 270x180mm
Rings Beach Woolshed
Sepia. W/c. Painted 1992. 310x215mm.
Mayclair's Garage.
W/c. Painted1992. 360x260mm. Shed built by Tim Mayclair on his farm at Rings Beach. Probably built in the 1950s.
Kiwifruit Block.
Kiwifruit Blocks were established on Waiari Farm early 80s. W/c. Painted 1994. 480x350mm.
Nikau and Fern.
W/c Painted 1993. 350x250mm.
Macrocarpa Branches
W/c. Painted 1993. 530 x350mm.
Pohutukawa, Rings Beach.
Group by the old house. W/c. Painted 1995. 350x260mm.
Old Pines at the back of the old house.
Many have now died or blown out. They were planted to shelter the house site first occupied by the Ring family. W/c. Painted 2000. 330x240mm.
Needle Leaves.
W/c. Painted 1998. 340x250mm
Raindrops.
Sun shining through raindrops on Kanuka. W/c. Painted 2010. 200x280mm.
End of an Era.
To commemorate the last kiln firing at Rings Beach. The Pottery was converted into a dwelling. They were good years. W/c. Painted 1994. 355x260mm.
Bonfires.
Cutting out kiwifruit at Rings Beach after the collapse of the export market. W/c. Painted 1998.
Coromandel Coast and sunset.
W/c. Painted 1993. 350x260mm.
Feery Landing Whitianga.
W/c. Painted 2002, 140x200mm.
Lagoon, Otama.
One of our favourite beaches for snorkeling and swimming.The lagoon is behind the foredunes. W/c. Painted 1992. 370x270mm.
Waitaia Hills.
W/c. Painted 1997. 240x160mm. Coming back from a camp at Waitaia looking west from the top of the track. The valleys were filled with mist. A larger version was also painted.
Hide and Seek.
W/c. Painted 1993. 360x250mm. A children’s favourite game.
Puriri Tree.
W/c. Painted 1995. 350x250mm. On a track at Hahei.
Puriri Grove.
W/c. Painted 1995. 350x250mm. Wet in wet technique used to achieve the soft filtered light.
Dogs in the Dunes, asleep at Rings Beach.
Tess and Ben after eloping to Matarangi. W/c. Painted 1996. 430x340mm
Possom Hunt.
Protest Series. The dogs, Tess, Buster and Toby with a treed possom doing their bit to rid what has become a pest since being introduced into New Zealand. W/c. Painted 1990. 360x260mm.
Possom Hunt.
W/c. Painted1990. 280x400mm. 2-00 am finding and barking at a treed possom.
Tess at the Letterbox.
Pure fantasy.W/c. Painted 1993. 350x250mm.
Blue Estuary.
Abstraction of the Whangapoua estuary visited often. W/c. Painted 1993. 350x250mm.
Braided Rivers.
W/c. Painted 1992. 390x270mm. Flying into Christchurch airport.
Plains.
After flying over the Canterbury Plains. W/c. Painted 1996. 530x340mm.
Across the Plains.
W/c. Painted 1991. 530x340mm.
Orogeny 1 Kaikoura Ranges.
W/c. Painted 2010. 420x277mm. Snow capped ridges and truncated spurs feature in these paintings.
Orogeny 2 Kaikoura Ranges.
W/c. Painted 2010. 420x277mm.
Moko under the Land.
W/c. 255x 350mm.
Still "Life".
Liquidamber seed pods are in the painting but it’s mostly do it yourself tools. Stop work it’s raining. W/c. Painted 2010. 250x210mm
Mood Change
W/c. Painted 2001. 450x310mm.
Mood Change II.
W/c. Painted 2001. 450x310mm.
Rainy Weather
W/c. Painted 2001.450x310mm.
Boatsheds Dunedin.
W/c. Painted 1993. 350x250mm.
West Coast cattle yards.
W/c. Painted 1990. 380x280mm.
Crail.
Painted while Jacquie attended a conference at St Andrews Scotland. I purchased some paper and 5 watercolour paints to do a series of small paintings. W/c. Painted 2003. 100x80mm.
Longparish House.
W/c. Painted 2003. 190x140mm.
Venice Canal.
Following the blue roads on our trip to Venice with Wendy and Guy. Painted 1998. 180x240mm.
Catacombs Roma.
W/c. Painted 2002. 440x300mm.
Priano Fishing Boats.
W/c Painted 2001.
Priano Fishing Boats.
W/c. Painted 2001. 249x340mm.
Positano Cat
Amalfi Coast. W/c. Painted 2001. 350x250mm.
Amalfi Arches.
Duomo at Amalfi. W/c. Painted 2001. 340xx240mm.
Amalfi Arches part 2
W/c Painted 2001. I cut the original in half turning it into two paintings 240x170mm.
Boathouses.
Swiss lake. W/c. Painted2002. 120x100mm.
Cleaning the Beach.
Vavao, W. Samoa.Returned for the twins 40th birthday. W/c Painted 2003. 300x215mm.
Coconut Palms.
Eastern end of Vavao. W/c. Painted 2003. 210x150mm.
Grand Canyon.
We fiew over the Grand Canyon on our Western Discovery coach trip, USA. Lots of truncated spurs. W/c. Painted 2010. 300x420mm.
Lake Powell.
Drowned river from Glen Canyon Dam. W/c. Painted 2010. 245x380mm.
Sandhills Road.
W/c. Painted 2013. 525x340mm.
Palmers Beach, Great Barrier Is.
W/c. Painted 2013. 525x340mm.
Medlands Estuary.
Visited Great Barrier Island courtesy of Jenny and Doug. W/c. Painted 2013. 525x340mm.
Reflections.
W/c. Gt. Barrier Is. series. Painted 2013. 525x340mm.
Crusaders.
Flag series. Rugby fever with Crusaders at the top. W/c. Painted 2005,380x260mm.
Year of the Greek.
Flag Series. Olympic games and FIFA World Cup Athens. W/c. Painted 2004. 360x260mm.
Road into Rings Beach
Flag series. W/c Painted 2004. 375x260mm.
Seabed and Foreshore Hikoi to Wellington
Protest Series. Liked the flags and leg moko. W/c Painted 2004. 295x205mm.
Hikoi to Wellington.
Protest series. W/c Painted 2004. 145x205mm.
Wet Road to Hamilton.
Many trips back and forth to Hamilton when Jacquie went back to University. Hawthorne hedges line the road. W/c. Painted 2004. 290x210mm.
Jigsaw People
Protest series. Against discrimination. W/c. Painted 1996. 380x270mm.
Segments.
W/c.
Rainbow Dreamtime.
W/c. Painted 2007.
Mind Map.
Getting my head around John Olsen. Jacquie was having to do Mind Maps at University. W/c. Painted 2007. 525x340mm.
Mind Map Detail.
Mind map series. W/c. Painted 2007. 530x340mm.mm.
Protest.
W/c. Painted 1989. 175x135mm.
The Burden of Diamonds.
Protest series. Acknowledging the human suffering and exploitation there has been to extract diamonds.
Freedom.
W/c. Colours of Kingfishers. Painted 1990. 353x280mm.
Heaven or Hell.
W.c Why is a piece of my pottery in this painting?
Survival.
W/c Painted1990. 350x250. Depicting Tuatara with war planes overhead.
Survivors.
Protest Series. Tuatara and Iguanas have survived for 300 million years. How long will humans (and rest of the biome) survive with their powers of destruction?
Black Bird of Famine.
Crop failure in Ethiopia. W/c. Painted 1992. 290x200mm.
Forgive us Our Sins.
Seen on TV, Bishops were told to confess their sins. The expressions on their faces were priceless. W/c. Painted 2000. 500x340mm.
The Scream, Tairua.
Protest Series. After seeing native regenerating scrub being removed by huge rolling scrub crushers and replaced with Pinus radiata. A bit hypocritical as I planted several hundred at Rings Beach, most of which have now been harvested. W/c. Painted 1993. 530x370mm.
Down the Gurgler
Protest series. Protest against Usury. Protesting the way banks, casinos and money lenders make their money. W/c. Painted 2002, 320x210mm.
Flora
W/c. Painted 2011. 545x340mm.
Down by the Stream.
W/c.
Pines.
Painted at Colin Mcahon’s class at the Auckland Art Gallery. The pines were in Albert Park. Oil. Painted 1958. 900x550mm.
Tectonics.
Acrylic. Painted 1999. 290x270mm.
Summer Wine.
Acrylic. Painted 1999. 600x430mm.
Glenelg, Seawall Apartments.
After a visit to Adelaide were we stayed at Seawall Apartments with its fishing memorabilia. Acrylic. Painted 2008.
Chains and Pulleys.
Acrylic. Painted 2008.
Wild Garden.
Acrylic. Painted 2008. 700x550mm.
Autumn Gold.
Ginko in autumn yellow. Acrylic. Painted 2008. 580x530mm.
Valley Habitat.
Cropped into three paintings. Acrylic. Painted 2008. Original 730x540mm.
Hillside.
Acrylic. Semi abstracted view from our house to the eastern boundary fence.
The Bottom Paddock.
View from the pottery. Acrylic. Painted 2011. 810x600mm.
Looking North. Norfolk Pine and windows.
Acrylic. Painted 2011. 810x620mm.
The Night Garden.
Acrylic. Painted 2011. 800x620mm.
Big Bang.
Enclosure series. Acrylic. Painted 2011. 800x620mm.
Breakwater
Enclosures series. Acrylic. Painted 2009. 335x265mm.
Poison 1.
Bloke’s Shed 12. Counting deaths by meths was influenced by a Margaret Aull Painting exhibited at Arts Post, Hamilton. Acrylic. Painted 2012. 835x610mm.
Poison 2.
Bloke’s shed 13. Abstracted variation on Poison 1. Acrylic. Painted 2012. 835x610mm.
Tractors.
Bloke’s Shed series 4. Acrylic. Painted 2000. 800x600mm.
Buckets and Boxes.
Bloke’s Shed series 2. Acrylic. Painted 2000. 645x630mm.
Staples, Nails and Bolts.
Bloke’s shed series 3. Acrylic. Painted 2008. 590x480mm.
In the Shed
Acrylic. Bloke’s shed series.
Tree Light.
Acrylic. Painted 2013.
Fire Gums.
Fire a constant threat in Eucalypt forest as seen on one of our trips. Acrylic. Painted 2012.
Gum Verticles.
Hints of perspective result from lines and panels. Acrylic. Painted 2012. 700x460mm.
Corellas.
Acrylic and Gesso.. Painted 2012. 660x480mm. Seen on visit to Northern Territory.
Epitaph for Whales.
Protest series. Concern over whale hunting in the southern ocean. Acrylic. Painted 2012. 234x290mm.
What Price Peace ?
Acrylic. Painted 2015. 600x500mm. After waking from a dream of peace doves with war medals I heard an interview on the radio about Article 36. This painting seemed appropriate.
Down the Gurgler.
Revisited from W/c. Acrylic. Painted 2009. 720x620mm.
Shadowland Birds.
Migration patterns. Acrylic. Painted 2012. 460x455mm.
Birds of Shadow Land.
Migration patterns associated with Continental Drift are implied in this painting. Oil. Painted 2012. 1230x820mm.
Finger Painting.
Acrylic and PVA glue. Painted 2012. 365x256mm.
Eight Shapes.
Enjoy the architecture of contguous spaces. Mazes, gardens, rooms, fields,evidence of human habitation and culture. Oil. Painted 2012.
Misty Valley.
Acrylic & Oil. Painted 2012. 1230x815mm.
Norfolk Pines.
Plantations of Norfolk Pines are being established on the Island. Acrylic.Painted 2012. 800x610mm
Norfolk Pines III
Indigo shaded out for more distant trees. Acrylic. Painted 2012. 800x610mm.
Norfolk II
Acrylic. Painted 2012. 800x610mm. Used a stencil and roller instead of using a wide brush as in Norfolk 1.
Norfolk IV
Acrylic. Painted 2012. 835x610mm. Used stencil and hogfitch brush.
Chevrons.
Acrylic. Painted 2009. 600x500mm.
Manaia.
Volcanic plugs including Mt Manaia delieating fault lines at Parua Bay. Raymond Richards carved me a bone and paua Manaia. which I copied for the underground mythical creatures. Acrylic. Painted 2012. 800x610mm.
Traplines.
In memory of Bruce Smith, who with Ian MacDonald cut a track in the Matarangi/ Rings Beach reserve and then put trap lines around the wetland area and surrounding hillsides. They instigated a native tree planting programme to replace cut down wilding pines. Acrylic. Painted 2012. 800x610mm.
Bruce's Map.
Pest control and wetlands restoration were uppermost in Bruce and Ian’s plan for the reserve encircling Waiari Farm. Acrylic. Painted 2012. 800x610mm.
Kikau Hut, Rarotonga.
Acrylic. Painted 2013.
Coromandel Coast Road II
Acrylic. Painted 2014. 460x350mm.
Coromandel Coast Road.
Acrylic. Painted 2014
Coromandel Coast Road.
Acrylic. Painted 2014. 600x500mm.
Manaia Estuary.
Acrylic. Painted 2014. 600x500mm.
Approach to Thames.
Thought about the scene in my minds eye from near the old Kopu bridge. Abstracted from an earlier painting. Acrylic. Painted 2014. 600x500mm.
Autumn Poplars.
Approach to Thames series. Poplars on the Thames hillsides. Acrylic. Painted 2014. 600x500mm.
Eyelights #19.
Acrylic. Painted 2013. 320x260mm.
Isis.
Acrylic. Painted 2014. 600x500mm. Wars and rumours of Wars 1
Gaza.
Acrylic. Painted 2014. 600x500mm. Wars and rumours of wars 2
When the Sun Goes Down.
Acrylic. Painted 2014. 600x500mm.
Orogeny 3 Kaikoura Ranges.
Acrylic. Painted 2013. 840x610mm.
Rocks at Black Miller.
Acrylic. Kaikoura North Coast before the earthquake.
Salmon Fishing on the Hurunui.
Acrylic.
Eyelights I.
Acrylic. Painted 2009. 800x600mm.
Southern Alps.
Acrylic. Painted 2014.
Milford/Aspiring 6.
Wanaka to Milford Sound by light plane. Acrylic. Painted 2014. 840x610mm.
Milford/Aspiring.
Acrylic. Painted 2014.
Milford Sound 8.
Acrylic. Painted 2014. 840x610mm.
Milford Sound 9.
Acrylic. Painted 2014. 460x355mm.
Milford Sound 10.
Blue instead of white outlines. Acrylic. Painted 2014. 500x600mm.
Milford/Aspiring.
Acrylic. Painted 2014.
Milford/Aspiring.
Acrylic. Painted 2014.
Milford /Aspiring 7.
Roy Glacier was a bit like this. Acrylic. Painted2014. 840x610mm.
Milford/Aspiring
Acrylic. Painted 2014. This series of paintings were made after a flight in a small plane from Wanaka to Milford Sound.
Cornish Farmhouse.
After our visit to UK. Acrylic. Painted 2015. 200x155mm.
Pohutukawa Grove Winter
Imaginary tree paintimg. AcrylicPainted 2014. 600x500mm.
Pohutukawa Grove night.
Given away so copy made 2018. Acrylic. Painted2014. 350x250mm.
Misty Morning.
Acrylic. Diptic. Painted recalling trips to Hamilton through fog.
Wind Swept.
Acrylic. Painted 2016. 285x 230mm.
Fenceline.
Eastern fenceline on Waiari farm. Acrylic. Painted 2017. 400x300mm.
Dunes. Matarangi.
Before the bulldozers moved in and flattened them. Acrylic.
Orbit.
A/c. Painted 2016. 350x460mm.
Celebrate Colour I.
Celebrate Red. Acrylic. Painted 2017.
Celebration of Colour 2
Celebrate Turquoise. Acrylic. Painted 2017. 146x120mm.
Celbration of Colour III.
Celebrate Pastels. Acrylic. Painted 2017. 225x205mm.
Celebration of Colour IV.
Celebrate Turquoise with red. Acrylic. Painted 2017. 276x229mm.
Celbration of Colour V.
Celebrate Indigo with pastels. Acrylic. Painted 2017. 230x216mm.
Shadows and Ruins.
Surprised by the shadows of visitors to the ruins of Beaconsfield, Tasmania, they seemed like ghosts of miners who died in the disaster of 2006. Acrylic. Painted 2018. 740x420mm.
Beaconsfield Blue.
To commemorate the mining disaster, woollen scarves were knitted world wide. They have been rolled up and displayed as groups of circles in the museum cabinets. Acrylic. Painted 2018. 475x385mm.
Beaconsfield Ochre.
Acrylic. Painted 2018. 464x330mm.
Beaconsfield Pink.
Acrylic. Painted 2018. 465x330mm.
Behind the Trees.
Acrylic. Painted 2018. 545x458mm.
Divaricating Red.
Stylised Kanuka, Acrylic. Painted 2018. 598x401mm.
Divaricating Blue.
Acrylic. Painted 2018. 365x255mm.
Divaricating Turquoise.
Acrylic. Painted 2018. 598x396mm.
Divaricating Mauve
Acrylic. Painted 2018.
Divaricating Yellow to Red
Acrylic. Painted 2018.
Autumn Cherry.
Acrylic. Painted 2018. 205x 145mm.
Tea Tree Tasmania.
We were just in time to see the brilliant autumn leaves of these shrubs on Tea Tree Road.. Acrylic. Painted 2018. 390x293mm.
Blocks, Chevrons and Leaves.
Acrylic. Painted 2018. 250x200mm.
Canna Lily
Acrylic. Painted 2018. 300x230mm.
Autumn Harvest.
Grape leaves. Acrylic. Painted 2018.
Canna Lily.
Growing by our shed. Rings Beach. Acrylic. Painted 2018. 250x330mm.
Autumn Reds.
Scarlet Oak. Acrylic. Painted 2018.
Pin Oak.
Acrylic. Painted 2018.
Autumn Red II
Scarlet Oak Acrylic. Painted 2018.
Scarlet Pin Oak.
Acrylic. Painted 2018.
Matt's Oak
Acrylic. Painted 2018.
Scarlet Oak
Love the Autumn leaves. Acrylic. Painted 2018.
Manuka.
Acrylic. Painted 2017.
Daisies.
Acrylic Painted 2017.
Manuka.
Acrylic. Painted 2017.
Manuka Gold.
Acrylic. Painted 2017.
Manuka Gold.
Acrylic. Painted 2017.
Ladders.
Acrylic. Painted2017.
Daisies.
Acrylic.
Ginko 11.
Acrylic. Painted 2017. 300x230mm.
Ginko.
Acrylic. Painted 2017. 300x230mm.
On the cliff edge.
Acrylic. Painted 2017. 350x280mm.
Lacunae
Acrylic. Painted 2019.
On the edge in Yellows.
Acrylic. Painted 2017. 300x230mm.
Time Out
Acrylic.
Gallery.
Under development 2018.
Te Ngaru
Acrylic.
Stream Bed
Rings Beach
Acrylic. Painted 2019.
Kuaotunu Rocks.
Acrylic. Painted 2019.
Leaf Litter
Acrylic Painted 2019. Leaf fall under pohutukawa.
Bare Branches Magnolia 1
Acrylic. Painted 2019.
Bare Branches. Magnolia 2.
Acrylic. Painted 2019.
Bare Branches. Magnolia 3.
Acrylic. Painted 2019.
Bare Branches. Magnolia 4.
Acrylic. Painted 2019.
Magnolia 5
Acrylic. Painted 2019.
Magnolia 6
Acrylic. Painted 2019.
Rob's Magnolia.
Acrylic. Painted 2019.
Bare Branches. Cyprus.
Acrylic. Painted 2019. 230x205mm Normally evergreen, our Cyprus have been killed by Kaka stripping the bark.
Bare Branches 10.
Acrylic. Painted 2019. 180x230mm.
Bare Branches 11
Acrylic. Painted 2019. 250x300mm.
Bare Branches 12.
Acrylic. Painted 2019. 280x350mm.
Bare Branches 13.
Acrylic. Painted 2019. 305x407mm.
Black Hill.
Acrylic. Painted 2019.
Outlook.
Acrylic. Painted 2019.
Hillside.
Acrylic. Painted 2019.