Painting New Zealand places.
Photographing and painting landscapes from the far North to the deep South since 2011, my compositions start with what I see through the viewfinder.
Ōkahu bay | oil on canvas | 1015x1015mm | 2022 | $5900 (Sold)
Good morning Canterbury | oil on canvas | 1015x1015mm | 2022 | $5900 (Sold)
The long way round | oil on canvas | 510x510mm | 2022 (Sold)
Exhibition: MAGS Art Show, Auckland, August 2022.
Martinborough shed | oil on canvas | 760x1015mm | 2022 (Sold)
Exhibition: MAGS Art Show, Auckland, August 2022.
Wellington II | oil on canvas | 510x510mm | 2022 (Sold)
Studio sale, Auckland, August 2022.
Canterbury plain | oil on canvas | 510x510mm | 2022 (Sold)
Studio sale, Auckland, August 2022.
Otago II | oil on canvas | 2022 (Sold)
Christchurch Art Show 2022.
Black Taranaki II | oil on canvas | 1525x915mm | 2022 (Sold)
Private sale, Auckland, August 2022.
Ōkahu gold | oil on canvas | 1015x1015mm | 2022 | $5900 - SOLD
Green Otago II | oil on canvas | 1015x1015mm | 2022 (Sold)
Studio sale, Auckland, August 2022.
Doubtful | oil on canvas | 760x1015mm | 2022 (Sold)
Studio sale, Auckland, August 2022.
Remarkables I - III | oil on canvas | 760x1015mm (x3) | 2022 (Sold)
Exhibition: NZA ART Show, Wellington, June 2022.
State Highway 4 | oil on canvas | 760x760mm | $2900 (Sold)
Lindis II | oil on canvas | 1980x1220mm | 2020 (Sold)
Exhibition: Safe passage, Allpress Studio, October 2020.
Te Henga / Bethels beach | oil on canvas | 2021 (Sold)
Solo exhibition: In between, Turua Gallery 2021.
The iron shed | oil on canvas | 2022 (Sold)
Red Ruapehu I | oil on canvas | 1525x1225mm | 2018 (Sold)
Exhibition: South, Exhibitions Gallery of Fine Art (Wellington), July 2019.
Blue Kidnappers | oil on canvas | 1525x1225mm | 2020 (Sold)
Exhibition: Hartland, Artweek Auckland 2020.
Eglington Valley, Fiordland | oil on canvas | 1520x910mm | 2019 (Sold)
Exhibition: South, Exhibitions Gallery of Fine Art (Wellington), February 2019.
Doubtful Sound, Fiordland | oil on canvas | 1520x910mm | 2019 (Sold)
Exhibition: South, Exhibitions Gallery of Fine Art (Wellington), February 2019.
RT Nelson Sculpture Awards 2022.
Finalist
Makarora mist I | oil on canvas | 1525x1225mm | 2019 (Sold)
Exhibition: Into the heartland, Artweek Auckland 2019.
These things are beautiful | oil on canvas | 610x915mm | 2021 (Sold)
Exhibition: Lysaght Watt Gallery, Hāwera 2021.
Black Ngauruhoe I | oil on canvas | 1525x1225mm | 2020
Exhibition: Safe passage, Allpress Studio, October 2020.
Inspired by the Māori proverb:
‘Mehemea ka tuohu ahau me maunga teitei’
‘If I should bow my head let it be to a high mountain.’
The last ferry | oil on canvas | 2018 (Sold)
Exhibition: Woodville through Waikato, to the Waitematā., Exhibitions Gallery of Fine Art (Auckland), 2018.
Through Waiouru | oil on canvas | 2018 (Sold)
Exhibition: Woodville through Waikato, to the Waitematā., Exhibitions Gallery of Fine Art (Auckland), 2018.
Bruce Bay, Westland | oil on canvas | 1525x1225mm | 2017 (Sold)
Exhibition: Into the heartland, Art Room Collective (Auckland).
Last light, Kohi | oil on canvas | 1220x1220mm | 2021 (Sold)
Exhibition: Neighbourhood, Artweek Auckland 2021.
I’m gonna shine this little light of mine | oil on canvas | 1225x915mm | 2021 (Sold)
Exhibition: Wish you were here, Artweek Auckland 2021.
Weatherbreak (Piha) | oil on canvas | 1225x1525mm | 2021 (Sold)
Exhibition: Christchurch Art Show 2022, Te Pae Convention Centre, Christchurch.
Days end, Doubtful Sound | oil on canvas | 1225x915mm | 2021 (Sold)
Exhibition: Art in the Park, Auckland, 2021.
Soft light | oil on canvas | 510x510mm | 2021 (Sold)
Wellington I | oil on canvas | 510x510mm | 2021 (Sold)
Summer I | oil on canvas | 510x510mm | 2021 (Sold)
Wellington III | oil on canvas | 510x510mm | 2021 (Sold)
Early morning SH3 | oil on canvas | 510x510mm | 2021 (Sold)
Wellington V | oil on canvas | 510x510mm | 2021 (Sold)
Group exhibition: NZ Art Show, Wellington, June 2021.
Cloud over deep water, Milford Sound | oil on canvas | 1225x915mm | 2021 (Sold)
Exhibition: In between, Turua Gallery, November 2021.
Looking to Ocean Beach, Fiordland | oil on canvas | 1980x1220mm | 2021 (Sold)
Group exhibition: Art in the park (Auckland).
Browns | oil on canvas | 1220x1220mm | 2018 (Sold)
Exhibition: Into the heartland, 2018.
Bikes to the left, Mission Bay | oil on canvas | 505x505mm | 2019 (Sold)
Pontoon chair, Karaka | oil on canvas | 505x505mm | 2019 (Sold)
Morning mist, Karaka | oil on canvas | 505x505mm | 2019 (Sold)
Exhibition: 10,000 steps, Turua Gallery, November 2019.
Binding ties | oil on canvas | 1200x1200mm | 2018 (Sold)
'When you feel it in your pit,
words never to speak.
The ties that bind,
for all to see.'
Sean Beldon | 2018
Finalist in the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award (NZPPA) 2018.
Purchased by the Philip Vela Family Trust.
Utu, an answer | oil on canvas | 1220x1220mm | 2019 (Sold)
Exhibition: To this point, defining moments, Exhibitions Gallery of Fine Art (Wellington), February 2019.
Wish you were here I | oil on canvas | 1225x915mm | 2021 (Sold)
Solo exhibition: In between, Turua Gallery 2021.