332 x 250 mm, unframed, velvet, fabric, paint and thread
Sold, private collection.
After the Christchurch earthquake, some buildings sat empty, and still to this day in 2025 are still empty with broken windows and parts falling off the building I would look at when particular building in my yoga class while I was upside down and downward facing dog and I liked the building. I probably liked it a lot more as it looked than how it had looked before. So I took photos of the building after class and did a small series, and this is one of them.
332 x 250 mm, unframed, velvet, paint, fabric, thread
Sold, private collection.
After the Christchurch earthquake, some buildings sat empty, and still to this day in 2025 are still empty with broken windows and parts falling off the building I would look at when particular building in my yoga class while I was upside down and downward facing dog and I liked the building. I probably liked it a lot more as it looked than how it had looked before. So I took photos of the building after class and did a small series, and this is one of them.
332 x 250 mm, unframed, velvet, fabric, paint and thread
Sold, private collection.
After the Christchurch earthquake, some buildings sat empty, and still to this day in 2025 are still empty with broken windows and parts falling off the building I would look at when particular building in my yoga class while I was upside down and downward facing dog and I liked the building. I probably liked it a lot more as it looked than how it had looked before. So I took photos of the building after class and did a small series, and this is one of them.
530 × 330 mm. Pleather, velvet, paper, tulle, fabrics, paint, and thread.
I was away for a weekend and browsing around local galleries. I looked out the window of one of the galleries and I saw this demolition. It wasn't an action but the piles and the machinery were there. I love the colours, the composition of the buildings behind, and the trees in the distance. It was a gorgeous sunny day. The rubble of various sizes and chunks, along with the shapes of the buildings and the happy trees sticking their necks long above, all seemed involved with some kind of preparation for something new.
530 × 405 mm. Wool blanket, velvet, tulle, suede, cotton, paint, and thread.
Our vegetable garden fence collapsed. I looked out my kitchen window and saw the green mesh fence lying in the sun. It appeared kind of relieved and also looking a little panicky… like what am I going do now that I have fallen?
Lycra, tulle, paint and thread
300 ×250 mm. velvet, lycra, paper, taffeta, tulle, paint, and thread.
This is one of an interest that I have which is reflections on surfaces in this case this was a reflection on a small antique glass bottle sitting on a shelf and it caught my eye and the thing about working with fabric is it's like piecing together the moment and piecing together what my eye sees there's a building to working with fabric which is very much like working with clay or other sculpting materials it's very satisfying to me and yet it being two-dimensional and being a reflection there was a real delicateness to working on this piece.
395 × 260 mm. velvet, tulle, paint, and thread.
This was playing with what happened with velvet whether it be dry or wet and the image of things floating is appealing, giving a sense of freedom and unattachment.
395 × 260 mm. velvet and paint.
300 × 250 mm. Tulle, lycra, paper, fabric, pencil, paint, and thread.
Walking around while on a holiday, corners along buildings catch my eye, including this one with leaning pane of glass and a doorway where people sat and had their smokes.
280 × 210 mm. each. Lycra, velvet, cotton, paint, and thread.
This is a drawing and sketching with fabric. There is freedom in placing down these bits giving a nautical, ocean-seaside feel.