“Sea Conversations” is a multifaceted exhibition curated by Lisa Waldner that is taking place 12th of April to 19th may at the Waiheke Art Gallery. The exhibition considers our current relationship to the sea and climate change and selected artists were invited to respond to the brief. I am exhibiting two paintings which chart the inexorable yet fragile nature of the sea, in years past I have explored themes of exile and estrangement through the vehicle of my ocean paintings but have made these new works in response to a recent move to Waiheke Island, where one is very aware of the ocean surrounding us and the extremity of of living (even on a comfortable, well resourced) 20 mile long island. The paintings depict a calm contemplative ocean but their serene but eerie aura hints at a disquieting turmoil beneath the waves
