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...
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.
Distance
I met this man in a bar on the Swartberg Mountain Pass. He played an old guitar and there was sorrow in his voice when he sang. The old man had lived a hard life under the African sky. This painting does not capture his wisdom so much, but rather the distance he endured on...
