I’m a Wellington-based artist focused on creating immersive, textural abstract cloud and seascapes. My work explores the emotional resonance of light, movement, and colour, capturing the dramatic energy of clouded skies and their reflections over water through bold palette knife strokes.

Each painting is composed with intention, where every mark and colour choice contributes to harmony, depth, and a contemplative visual experience. Using a range of tools and knives, I sculpt structure from ethereal, formless elements, allowing refracted light, soft hues, and bold texture to coexist in a delicate balance. Collectors often describe my paintings as having a levitating presence on the wall, offering shifting perspectives when viewed up close or from a distance. At the heart of my practice is an exploration of connection; to nature, to others, and to ourselves.

Having lived across continents and moved frequently, I’m attuned to how we seek belonging and stillness amid change. For me, the vast sky and ever-moving waters hold this duality. Ever-changing yet constant, offering a sense of familiarity and comfort regardless of distance or place. Through my work, I honour the beauty of the ephemeral. The quiet glow of a horizon and the weightlessness of standing beneath an immense sky invite pause, presence, and a deeper awareness of the shifting natural world around us, and the emotional cloudscapes we carry within. ‘Shine On’ explores a moment of transition, when turbulent weather begins to lift and light reasserts itself across sky and water. Layered cloud form’s part and dissolve, revealing a luminous band of sunset hovering at the edge of night. A space of release, relief, and quiet awe, it speaks to fleeting moments when uncertainty gives way to clarity, and when nature’s scale reminds us of both our fragility and our belonging.

Shine Through

Acrylic on Canvas, Framed in Oak

1040mm x 7800mm x 460mm