passing time
passing emotions
passing seasons
passing clouds
passing by

fleeting moments of time
troubled emotions
changing seasons
cloudless skies
leaving

time stands still
we forget to breath
winter seems interminable
another day
gently & slowly life ebbs away

​passing

Views of Maunga Taranaki, early August 2018. In memory of Aunty Kui who passed away on August 18th 2018 R.I.P.

i'm off on a tangent 
it's a side ways step involving new learning, new tools & new techniques
i'm not sure how far it will go nor how long it will take
. . . . bit like life really 

The Cross Pollination series is happily hanging in the company of friends.
Here my 3 works are hanging beside MiSun Kim’s gorgeous ink on paper work & Howard Tuffery’s stunning andesite sculpture. 

Vital Transformations is the name of this exhibition & it is on at 'Koru on Devon' a gallery space, upstairs at 18b Devon St East, New Plymouth.

These 3 works were selected to part of ‘Vital Transformations : Mauri Ora’ which comprises 3 exhibitions held in 3 different locations in the New Plymouth CBD over the month of July. 
​The entire exhibitions feature almost 30 works by as many artists. 

Each exhibition has a different kaupapa (theme) & the works have been curated accordingly. 

It’s a quiet & unpretentious event with a message that is not immediately apparent.

The curator, Ian Clothier, has written an essay for each exhibition which hangs alongside. 
The last two images are of a couple of pages of the essay he wrote to hang with this exhibition & include his interpretation of our works.

It has been wonderful to be part of this exhibition. 
It is wonderful to be in the company of people who feel & think about environmental things with the passion , enthusiasm & love that I feel for the world we live in.

Ian's attention to detail, selection & grouping of works allows each piece the time & space for it's voice to heard.