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The Immigrants NZ
1405 x 705mm
Oils on canvas
$4700.
Content of painting from left to right.
• Bench on Mt. Eden . . . with historic view of Auckland Harbour, Rangitoto Island on the Hauraki Gulf – in 1842
• 1840 . . . the first immigrant ship arrives in Auckland, from the UK – the Platina
• The night sky with the seven stars of Matariki . . . and the three Maori rock drawings from 1500s – Bird men
• The Guardian . . . Maori wood carving with greenstone mere and paua shell eyes
• Ocean Liner . . . the Monowai of the NZ Union Steamship Co, in service in NZ from 1930 to 1960 (built 1924)
On the San Francisco to NZ run . . . then the Trans-Tasman run.
• Bullocks – used to haul Kauri logs out of the Northland forests from 1820s to 1940s
• Immigrants arriving in Auckland from USA 1930
• ‘Balance’ . . . twisted ‘No 8 fence wire’ sculpture
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THE FOUNTAINHEAD - 1500 X 1000MM - COMBINATION OF OIL & INTERFERENCE OIL PAINTS
$6000
This line of work is the exploration of human interiors . . . as expressions of human psychology and the historically varied styles of architectural design, both structurally and as surface adornment, that also is full of human symbolism.
Finalist in the 2016 Wallace Awards
$6000
This line of work is the exploration of human interiors . . . as expressions of human psychology and the historically varied styles of architectural design, both structurally and as surface adornment, that also is full of human symbolism.
Finalist in the 2016 Wallace Awards