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The joy we all feel when we discover something newly arrived on the beach, but did he find them

Unfinished artworkGraphite pencil on canvas92cm L x 46 cm H

Favourite reminders of home that the early settler brought over with all their worldly goods to start a happy life in New Zealand. (From the Collector Series).

Today's beachcombers find rounded pieces of crockery. These new arrivals are in mint condition.

This waka emerging from the deep of the Whirinaki Forest Park outside Rotorua is typical of those used in raiding parties. Maori would sink them to hide their presence, and then bail them out to return home, but did they always return

1991Acrylic on Canvas137cm x 101cm More treasures washed overboard. Every house had black ebony elephants.

Symbolic of many famous Maori carvings which have been uncovered after fierce storms. The Maori buried their treasures when threatened with attack from neighbouring tribes.

Favourite memories and connections to good old England. The early settlers brought everything with them.

The carver Te Umanui carved Tiki in the early 1800's with stone and greenstone tools.

The original painting is in the boardroom of Nestles. The image was used in a nationwide advertising campaign.

The war canoes (wakas) were sunk to conceal them when the war parties were raiding neighbouring tribes. They didn't always win. Even today some are being discovered where they lay hidden. The setting is the Kahikatea Forest beside Arahaki Lagoon, Whirinaki Forest Park, central North Island.

I started the day after I finished my portrait, my studio had this window and the fireplace that I painted in in MAYBE TOMORROW. My bed was in this room and I went to sleep watching the moonlight on the ladder. The blind had no cord, so I never closed the blind. I could lean out the window and touch...

This war canoe was carved by Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake, the paramount chief of Te Ati Awa in Taranaki in the early nineteeth century.

The only breeding grounds for the white herons in is the Okarito Lagoon in South Westland, in the shadows of Mt Tasman and Mt Cook Aorangi.

This war canoe (waka) prow was carved in the early 1800's. The flying figure on the prow was inspired by the kotuku (white heron) which is the most sacred bird in Maoridom.

'QUEENTOWN" features TSS Earnslaw, Lake Wakatipu. This is as it was in the 1990's.

Acrylic on Canvas100cm x 50cmA little reminder that there is still a lot of our history to be found around our beaches, hills, caves. Nature is gradually revealing its secrets. Coastal erosion and drained wetlands are slowly releasing their treasures.

DRAWINGBlack Carbon and Acrylic wash on hammermeul art paper52cm x 32cm (FRAMED 80cm x 64cm).

Acrylic on Canvas60cmx32cmEphra wanted a little painting welcoming home our families stranded far away (including our family in Sweden.) So what could be more New Zealand then the whare, mallard ducks, waka and the wetlands to make us all appreciate this slice of heaven we live in.

Acrylic on Gesso Board84cm x 55.5cmSelected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition London in 2001.

Acrylic on Canvas152cm x 71cmI feel the spirits on every beach in New Zealand, our history is everywhere. The power for good is in the Maori culture and the unbelievable gifts they gave us. I see Paikea guiding Tiki back into the light. We really need our heroes to return.TIKIThe great Maori warrior...

Acrylic on Gesso Panel510 x 324mm2022Kotuku is the Maori word for the rare White Heron bird. It is a symbol of spirituality, prestige, purity,uniqueness and oratory. One of the greatest compliments among Maori is to liken someone to Kotuku for it signifies everything rare and beautiful. Sometimes re...