Title: 28th April 2023
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. As an artist, I could only counter such destruction with a creation for people to escape into, and this painting formed the centre of my show No Straight Lines in Heretaunga Hastings.