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Title: 28th August 2023

September 26, 2023

It often takes a while to find myself again after a major show. This was the first painting I was happy with following No Straight Lines 4 months prior.

Although begun in late 2022, the greater realisation of this work took place after the devastating floods of Anniversary Weekend in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland and Cyclone Gabrielle in Matau-a-Maui Hawkes Bay.

Title: 24th July 2022

September 26, 2023

My signature is always on the back of the work, yet here the red ribbon careering across nearly 3m of canvas loosely spells my initials EW. Sometimes you have to shout from the top!

Title: 6th February 2022

September 26, 2023

This unusual colour palette was influenced by Wassily Kandinsky’s Three Elements (1925) and used in two works for my Lollygagger exhibition at PAULNACHE.

Title: 2nd November 2021

September 26, 2023

Installed at MC, the Office of the Crown Solicitor in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, floating on a blue wall like our motu on the Pacific.

Title: 7th September 2021

September 26, 2023

My first oilpainting in 7 years – a bonus of Lockdown, where the drier environment of my apartment made acrylic painting impossible.

Title: 15th October 2021

February 18, 2022

This painting was the centrepiece of Trip Hazard (2021), and marked a fresh approach for me. I sought to put more space into the paintings, to empty out the detail yet retain the surface complexity.

Title: 10th September 2021

February 18, 2022

Small paintings are often more powerful than their size. This painting is a rough and ready combination of scratchy lines and scumbled colours, yet manages a sweetness with its marshmallow pink centre – oh so yummy!

Title: 18th June 2021

February 18, 2022

I don’t usually describe my work as muscular, but the bold, red, calligraphic gesture at the centre of this painting asserts itself unashamedly.

Title: Summer 2021

November 1, 2021

I started work on this project just as borders began closing, and finished it in late summer as the vaccinations began.

Title: 18th April 2021

November 1, 2021

I'm constantly developing my work, though some paintings depict this more clearly than others.

Title: 11th July 2020

October 29, 2021

I wanted a floating feeling with this painting, like seaweed on water or blossom on the wind.

Title: 29th June 2020

October 29, 2021

Coming out of the first Lockdown, I was desperate to work across a wide expanse of canvas, after weeks of making small watercolours.

Title: 10th January 2020

October 29, 2021

From a suite of four paintings presented at the exhibition "www" PAULNACHE 2020.

Title: Pills, 2019

October 28, 2021

Individually painted pill tablets advertised the exhibition "until science finds a cure for our condition, remain medicated" at PAULNACHE 2019.

Title: Artist’s Suit, 2019

October 28, 2021

Made in collaboration with tailors Strangely Normal, the Artist's Suit has been part of my practice since 2017.

Title: 22nd March 2019

October 28, 2021

Although a stand-alone work, this painting formed the corner stone for the giant 300cm x 900cm 34 panel work

Title: 8th June 2018

October 27, 2021

Exhibited at "the world is porous" at Tauranga Art Gallery 2018 and as part of the New Zealand Special Exhibition 8th Beijing Biennale 2019.

Title: 25th April 2018

October 26, 2021

Exhibited at "the world is porous" at Tauranga Art Gallery 2018, and "cobalt float" Gallery9, Sydney 2019.

Title: 19th June 2017

October 22, 2021

Exhibited at Sydney Contemporary with PAULNACHE 2017. Private Collection.

Title: April – June 2017

October 22, 2021

Made for Sydney Contemporary 2017 in 9 separate 100cm x 100cm canvases so this giant painting could be shipped easily.

Title: 18th – 15th November 2016

October 21, 2021

Designed so the painting could be reconfigured to create a number of iterations, this was my first multi-panel work.

Title: 21st October 2016 and 24th December 2016

October 21, 2021

Here exhibited at "Village Huha" PAULNACHE 2017, one hung and one propped up on Glen Hayward "paint bucket" sculptures.

Title: 27th July 2015

October 20, 2021

This painted antique wardrobe realised my desire to shift my paintings off the wall and have them inhabit the same space as the viewer.

Title: 28th August 2023

September 26, 2023

It often takes a while to find myself again after a major show. This was the first painting I was happy with following No Straight Lines 4 months prior.

Title: 28th April 2023

September 26, 2023

Title: 24th July 2022

September 26, 2023

My signature is always on the back of the work, yet here the red ribbon careering across nearly 3m of canvas loosely spells my initials EW. Sometimes you have to shout from the top!

Title: 6th February 2022

September 26, 2023

This unusual colour palette was influenced by Wassily Kandinsky’s Three Elements (1925) and used in two works for my Lollygagger exhibition at PAULNACHE.

Title: 2nd November 2021

September 26, 2023

Installed at MC, the Office of the Crown Solicitor in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, floating on a blue wall like our motu on the Pacific.

Title: 7th September 2021

September 26, 2023

My first oilpainting in 7 years – a bonus of Lockdown, where the drier environment of my apartment made acrylic painting impossible.

Title: 15th October 2021

February 18, 2022

This painting was the centrepiece of Trip Hazard (2021), and marked a fresh approach for me. I sought to put more space into the paintings, to empty out the detail yet retain the surface complexity.

Title: 10th September 2021

February 18, 2022

Title: 18th June 2021

February 18, 2022

I don’t usually describe my work as muscular, but the bold, red, calligraphic gesture at the centre of this painting asserts itself unashamedly.

Title: Summer 2021

November 1, 2021

I started work on this project just as borders began closing, and finished it in late summer as the vaccinations began.

Title: 18th April 2021

November 1, 2021

I'm constantly developing my work, though some paintings depict this more clearly than others.

Title: 11th July 2020

October 29, 2021

I wanted a floating feeling with this painting, like seaweed on water or blossom on the wind.

Title: 29th June 2020

October 29, 2021

Coming out of the first Lockdown, I was desperate to work across a wide expanse of canvas, after weeks of making small watercolours.

Title: 10th January 2020

October 29, 2021

From a suite of four paintings presented at the exhibition "www" PAULNACHE 2020.

Title: Pills, 2019

October 28, 2021

Individually painted pill tablets advertised the exhibition "until science finds a cure for our condition, remain medicated" at PAULNACHE 2019.

Title: Artist’s Suit, 2019

October 28, 2021

Made in collaboration with tailors Strangely Normal, the Artist's Suit has been part of my practice since 2017.

Title: 22nd March 2019

October 28, 2021

Although a stand-alone work, this painting formed the corner stone for the giant 300cm x 900cm 34 panel work

Title: 8th June 2018

October 27, 2021

Exhibited at "the world is porous" at Tauranga Art Gallery 2018 and as part of the New Zealand Special Exhibition 8th Beijing Biennale 2019.

Title: 25th April 2018

October 26, 2021

Exhibited at "the world is porous" at Tauranga Art Gallery 2018, and "cobalt float" Gallery9, Sydney 2019.

Title: 19th June 2017

October 22, 2021

Exhibited at Sydney Contemporary with PAULNACHE 2017. Private Collection.

Title: April – June 2017

October 22, 2021

Made for Sydney Contemporary 2017 in 9 separate 100cm x 100cm canvases so this giant painting could be shipped easily.

Title: 18th – 15th November 2016

October 21, 2021

Designed so the painting could be reconfigured to create a number of iterations, this was my first multi-panel work.

Title: 21st October 2016 and 24th December 2016

October 21, 2021

Here exhibited at "Village Huha" PAULNACHE 2017, one hung and one propped up on Glen Hayward "paint bucket" sculptures.

Title: 27th July 2015

October 20, 2021

This painted antique wardrobe realised my desire to shift my paintings off the wall and have them inhabit the same space as the viewer.

Largest work to date 28th April 2023

September 26, 2023

My exhibition No Straight Lines at Te Where Toi o Heretaunga Hastings City Art Gallery provided the opportunity to negotiate with its Main Gallery, the largest un-poled space in the Southern Hemisphere.

Creative Matters Podcast

September 26, 2023

Whether you’re out for a stroll or need some aural distraction while working, you can now listen to me in conversation with Mandy Jakich at her lovely Muriwai studio for Creative Matters.

Exquisite Colours collaboration with Schmincke

September 26, 2023

My collaboration with renown German paint manufacturer Schmincke in 2022, designing the palette of colours for a Ultimate Mixing Set of Horadam Watercolours, was so successful that they asked me to devise a new set for 2023.