I like the surprise and personality of less conventional galleries, so was delighted to be contacted by Cecelia and Megan Mickelsen, who had recently set up Fe29 Gallery in a 1920 bungalow by the sea at St Clair, Dunedin. While they had run a gallery in Texas, USA, they had decided to return to the sanity of Cecelia’s home town, where they present exhibitions by historic and contemporary artists.

On a Purple Thought-Base is my first exhibition in Te Wai Pounamu the South Island (the title comes from a Hone Tuwhare poem). It features new works alongside some from my studio collection.