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.