At the end of 2023 I was approached by Scott Point School to facilitate the creation of a collaborative mural with all their students. Scott Point School is a full primary, which meant I needed to come up with a design that would enable the youngest to the oldest to participate in painting the final artwork. 
Our first step was to ask the students to bring in a taonga (special item) from home that represented something of their family or culture. The school has a diverse cultural make up, with not only Maori and Kiwi students, but families from across Asia, the Pasific islands, Africa and Latin American, Indian, Middle Eastern and European. 
It was interesting to see and inspect the taonga brought in from some of the students and a lot of these items were included in the final artwork design. 
The base for the design started with incorporating the school logo in the centre of the design and then using the flow of the waves from there to expand to the other cultures. 

As the percentages of the different cultures vary, we decided to use that as our point of combination onto the seperate panels - thus the 4 center panels represent the largest communities within the school and the four on the ends are a combination of the smaller communities. Watching and listenting to the children work on these was wonderful as they not only discovered the differences between cultures, but also the similarities. As they discussed these with each other they found better a understanding of each others cultural practises and traditions and shared freely about their own. Many would freely express their appreciation for each others cultures, as well as their shock about things that were completely opposite within various traditions. It was amazing to listen to them discuss and learn and just share openly about their own cultures and being eager to learn about others.

The children assisted with every step of the process, from painting the white base coats (which they found extremely uninspiring) to the blending of the background hues and all the items making up the final design. Even the year 1 and 2's participated with creating some of the items using handprints. Have a closer look at the African hat, the Chinise lanterns, the Asian hats, Pasifika fans and pyramids. The main colours on those items have all been created with different coloured handprints from the year ones and twos. We also had some of the teachers come in to spend 30 minutes or an hour to make their mark painting some of the more detailed works and patterns. It was a joy to see the and hear the whole school community appreciate the artworks whenever they entered the room where we were working and to hear them talk about how far the work had come from the blank panels and every step in between.

All in all, I was very impressed with the participation of the school and the behaviour of the students. It was a pleasure working with Scott Point School and I look forward to seeing what other creative endeavours they come up with in the future.

I was commissioned by Pakuranga Heights School in the South of Auckland to create a large mural for a playground wall, featuring sports silhouettes and inspirational quotes, provided by the school. 
This project required some oversized stencil, and these were hand cut by myself. The backgrounds of the silhouettes features some brightly coloured gradients and the majority of this artwork was created using spray paint. 
I love how the artwork turned out and the fun, bright colours are a great addition to the school playground. It was also great fun to see and hear the childrens' reactions while we were installing the art. I think they will enjoy watching and playing around this artwork almost as much as I enjoyed created it! 

The Beautification Trust runs a yearly competition for artists to submit designs for the Chorus Cabinets throughout South Auckland.
This year, I submitted a design, however did not win. Wiri Business Association got some eyes on my design though, and commissioned me to paint a Chorus Cabinet! I really enjoyed this project as it was out and about and it added a splash of colour! It was also lovely to have some interaction with the public walking and driving past while I was working!
The majority of this artwork was created using spray paints, and the finer details on the birds were created using Resene test pots.
If you're ever in driving down Plunket avenue in Manukau, see if you can spot this beauty!!

I was recently approached by Serko - a corporate travel agency - to recreate a Hobbit house in their Auckland offices. They are located in the Saatchi & Saatchi building in Parnell, a wonderfully industrial looking building with wooden beams and metal works exposed and a historic building nonetheless. They added some three-dimensional elements on the wall they had inserted to be painted, such as a circular door and some MDF board in the shape of bricks and roof overhang.

I was transported back about 20 odd years, to my very first painting job after studies - having to create special painting effects on board to make things look like brick and wood! It was good to see those years didn't go to waste and the knowledge came flooding back whilst working on this project.
I await further images from the client as they are still busy gathering some more fake plants to finish off the scene, but I'm rather happy with how it turned out in the end!