EMPIRE OF IDOLS

a decade of surreal paintings, mostly rescued from my shed

A series of paintings exhibited at Orex Art Gallery, the US Ambassador's Residence, the Pah Homestead, and many spent years in my shed, until brave people took them off my hands


A spacesuit-clad figure walks away across a rippling golden landscape under a large pale moon, beside a half-open escape pod

"Back" was created for the US Ambassador's Residence and was brought by my good friends Andrew and Greta Glen, who are awesome



A surreal reclining goat-headed figure with an exposed anatomical chest lies on a bed, surrounded by disembodied hands holding a phone, a wine glass, a scalpel, and coins

"The Birth of Tragedy" was a Finalist in the Wallace Art Awards and is now hanging in my stairwell scaring everyone who visits



A horned, winged demonic figure stands amid flames in a burning office, with two birds fighting in the sky and a fox's head hanging nearby

"Eros and Thanatos" was exhibited at Orex Art in Auckland and Mum really liked it (???) so that's at their place



An astronaut stands at the edge of a swirling green whirlpool holding a fish, beneath a night sky where clouds form a giant swirling face

"I believe that the Fish and Human can co-exist peacefully" was a finalist in the Empire Arts Young Artists competition, and everyone wants it, but can't have it because it's my favorite



A surreal hellscape crowded with imagery including a roaring dinosaur, a thinker-like figure seated on a toilet, lightning over a burning city, and various real and mythical animals

"Mindfields" was purchased by NZ art collector James Wallace and is housed at the Pah Homestead so it's like, a legit artwork



A close-up portrait of a person in a red spacesuit helmet, their face reflected in the visor, with a glowing green futuristic structure behind them

"Frontier" is in the 'private collection' of dedicated James Brown art collectors Wendy and Stephen Brown (Mum & Dad)



A dark, moody rooftop scene with silhouetted figures walking toward a lit building under a smoky sky, a man in a suit standing at the right, and a painted portrait visible at the left

"Hollywood Apocalpse" was bought by Ruth Korver (Thanks!)



A blue-toned science fiction scene with a robot reading a book to a seated goat-headed alien and a red-uniformed officer, in front of a starfield window

"Reason" is in my 'private collection' (right above the toilet)



A muscular rabbit-headed figure wades through red water beneath a red sky, with a silhouette resembling the Sydney Opera House in the distance

"Red Sky" is owned by fellow 'partist' (part-time artist) Matthew Warmington



A dark bacchanal scene of dancing figures and a ram-headed man near a fire, watched by shadowy silhouetted onlookers and a blue rabbit-like creature with a fox

My brother was willing to take "The Theatre of Dionysus" when I was trying to clear out the shed :)



MORE ART


Blue-toned portrait painting of Susan, a woman with long auburn hair holding a lit cigarette, looking directly at the viewer BLUE SERIES
art from a previous life
Digital portrait study of a woman with pink hair, blue eyes, a nose ring, and a 'VI' mark on her cheek DIGITAL DRAWING PRACTICE
getting my eye in with an apple pencil
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