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I have always been expressing myself creatively in one medium or another but didn't get creative guidance until I did the “Learning Connexxion” Art and Creativity foundation Course in 2010. I have done a lot of ceramic and sculpture work as well as painting and studied under many tutors at the Quarry Arts Centre in Whangarei. I have done larger works in ferrocement and am interested in and practiced beautiful natural building too. I have sold work at the Kaipara Sculpture Exhibition, Quarry Arts Gallery and Helena Bay Art gallery.
My current work comes out of being inspired by my Shamanic apprenticeship in 2015 where the teacher said “All shaman are artists” and my ability to read nature and pattern. For each piece I am currently producing the background is painted following the order of the rainbow or chakra colours and then I throw paint covered cloths or pouring paint at the canvas and without any expectation I see what emerges and colour it in. I started the current series at the beginning of lockdown and I see reflected in the work the journey down the rabbit hole, my life experience and the emergence of a new age. After I felt inspired to photograph beautiful leaves and stick them on to the first image, I also always add some multimedia aspect too.