I've been trying to write for days but hardly much comes out cos I'm lost for words really. Uncle lost his battle and we lost the...

Ko tō tātou whakapapa nō Ngāti Kurauia 1. Kurauia = Maui (18thC) 2. Tutunui 3. Taoroa 4. Tirangaro 5. Katarina Pikiao =...

Since the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain outlines fascist propaganda as a source for...

On Tuesday, in response to protests against neo-Nazi symbols and swastikas being displayed next to Māori flags in an Auckland art...

Enforcing white supremacy is seeing the brown and black body as the perpetual criminal.

In this essay I will explore the last fifty years of state social welfare reform and its impact on society and the arts community. In...

I've played guitar on and off for some years, and had a custom classical guitar made by the late Luthier Antonio Aparicio jr. He sent me...

Published in 1993 The Fifth Sacred Thing is a Sci-Fi adventure written by neopagan author Starhawk. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, in...

Framing my paintings helps to maintain the general look and feel to a body of work. At times, I put the frame on a work in progress to...

Today I will show examples of structures within the chin. When form painting my aim for the first twenty minutes is to recognise...

Today I started form painting. I block-in the general shape of structures. I look for large forms and try to understand how smaller...

Form painting. I developed the structures within and surrounding Frances' eye and nose. My initial underpainting is in neutral grey with...

I usually plan up to ten sittings for a tronie and have completed five with Tony so far. Tony hadn't sat for a portrait before so I spent...

Frances sitting for the portrait. After transferring the drawing I've started the monochrome underpainting.

Working on gesso on board with a wash of burnt sienna & Raw Umber.I start Blocking-in with charcoal, looking for general shapes and...

Copy after Rembrandt's portrait of a lady 1634 I find copying old master work rewarding. You're almost getting into the head of the...