On July 3rd 1971, the world lost one of it’s brightest stars and sharpest minds; James Douglas Morrison, better known to the world as Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors. Jim was born in Melbourne, Florida and moved a lot during his childhood, due to his father being in the navy. Along the way … Read more…
One of the great advantages of living in this era, is the ability and ease in which we can collaborate with people all around the world. The old saying of “it’s a small world after all” has never been so apt as it is now and makes me wonder what will happen in the future … Read more…
I have just watched the New Zealand Teaching Council’s video starring Taika Waititi and sympathise with him and any student who has or is still experiencing such awful behaviour from adults in positions of power. No kid should have to experience that. The video and it’s message however, appear to be poorly thought out and … Read more…
Now that Gallery X (the pop up gallery my wife and I ran) has ended, I have decided to try my hand at online selling. I don’t know what feels more daunting, having my art in a gallery or selling them online? At least having them online is going to get them seen by a … Read more…
Today is a glorious day and one that has been a long time coming… almost 20 years! I am finally free of the two most oppressive, corrupt, useless and unfair systems I have ever had the displeasure of being involved with. I am, of course, talking about the Family Court and Child Support systems. For … Read more…
Today I am releasing the first photo of my “Chroma Characters” series, which can be seen on my Instagram account and on my photography page, here on the website. Chroma Characters continues on from where Colour Chaos (my previous series) left off. The inclusion of people (and maybe animals) in the images, is what sets … Read more…
The last year has been so much fun, taking photos (and some videos) for my Colour Chaos series. I started out experimenting and not entirely sure of which direction, if any, my photos were heading in. Slowly over a few weeks a style began to emerge, before finally solidifying into the images you know and … Read more…
Gallery X is open We woke up early, full of anticipation and excitement. After giving our stomach’s a promise of breakfast, rather than actual food, we were off to Gallery X. A quick double check that everything was ready and we proudly opened the doors at 10am. Amazingly, the first person through the doors bought … Read more…
Exciting news! This Saturday (Nov 7th) at 10am my wife, Genna, and I are opening our own pop up gallery called Gallery X. It is situated on the corner of Commercial Road and Karaka Street in Helensville. Genna is an experienced artist who creates pop art paintings, pet and family pencil sketches and has work … Read more…
I can’t believe the exhibition has been and gone already. What a whirlwind! The three days have now turned into one big blur but I learned quite a lot from the experience. One lesson I learned was early on the first day. Lots of people asked if my images were paintings and they all seemed … Read more…