These days, we all need something to believe in. There are times we feel like we’re adrift,  looking for something solid under our feet. This piece represents that symbol — with a tip of the hat to JMW Turner.

When you grow up with a love for two things — the vast Pacific Ocean and its light quality in front of you, and for the indigenous people that once walked those hills or navigated those waters in their tomol or ti’aat (canoes) — sooner or later in your life as an artist they come knocking, they come full circle. This then is my simple homage to what once was, and is indelibly linked still.

To convey, through paint, the spiritual undertones of a  landscape or seascape is an important quest for me. This large piece represents a “sea change” in my work. No longer about place, but instead it is space – an evocative feeling — seen in the eloquent simplicity of sky and sea.