The mirror of my universe

My work lays bare more inadequacies and raw emotions than it was intended to reveal. In my mind I have achieved a convincing illusion of visible reality and in this website I am reassembling all my 'seeing', 'doing' and 'thinking' into a mirror of my own universe.
Author Archive
My Teddy

My Teddy

The boy clings to his caregiver while holding his teddy firmly amongst the adult commotion around him.  The viewer does not know what is happening but there is a sense of trepidation. It is as if the people have been stamping the red African soil in protest or in desperation. One sees a lonely child...
Celebrations

Celebrations

Friends celebration their wedding.
Under the Sea

Under the Sea

A playful painting created for a baby room as a gift.
Female figure

Female figure

Window on Farm

Window on Farm

House on a hill

House on a hill

Vrugte

Vrugte

A commission for a fruit and vegetable export company.
Ma

Ma

An expressionist portrait of my lovely mum.
My friend Yvette

My friend Yvette

A portrait study of Yvette Coetzee.
Cultural Fusion

Cultural Fusion

This work depicts the cultural diversion in New Zealand. It shows the Asian, African, European and Maori cultures fusing into one New Zealand landscape. It was exhibited in 2006 as part of the North Shore City Art Awards at the Mairangi Arts Centre.
New Zealand Landscape

New Zealand Landscape

The ferns pull the viewer into this playful portrayal of the New Zealand landscape. The motion of the iconic Pohutukawa is in harmony with the rolling hills and man made farming symbols. It is as if the artist wants to tell us nature and man can coexist in this world. The threatening element is not...
What I sea

What I sea

My expression of the New Zealand coastal landscape.