Influenced by artists such as Don Binney, Toss Woollaston and Grahame Sydney who have portrayed New Zealand in all manners, seemingly ever mindful of the landscape and the people who shape it.

The mountains and peaks accessible to many, but not all, the valleys so low, dark and magic. In our abodes do we sit and reflect on, cherish our country - so delicate but strong, feminine and masculine often within the same breath?

Nostalgia broods in this great southern land - ours alone.