Design and Composition

Website background and main body

The unique textured design of the background – used on all of the pages on this website is created from a section of an original artwork called ”Hidden Gem”. A 4” x 4” acrylic and plaster medium on paper painting by Stewart Wright. The painting is one of two entered in the local event called the 100 x 100 exhibition, the name being representative of the both the number of artists exhibiting and the dimension of each work in centimeters.

“Hidden Gem”

An abstract creation inspired by walks in the bush that surrounds our property in the Bay of Islands
A section of the painting is used as the background of the website.
(4“ x 4“ Acrylic and Plaster Medium on Paper)

“Tui in the House”

The second of the pictures in the 100 x 100 exhibition.
Stylised Tui and Kowhia

(4“ x 4“ Acrylic on paper)

“Something Special”

An abstract impression of the sunrise views from our balcony.
Waikare Inlet, Opua.

(12“ x 16“ Acrylic and plaster medium on canvas)