my volcano pre-occupation continues...

well, there's a new directory website that inists its not a directory, and i painted this at their launch party. behold Mt Eden erupting with party vibes.. (dodgy night photo)

even more exciting, or more so to us, was the amazing construction job me and associate Josh did on the temporary, free standing wall!


oh and here's a canvas i did last month for a friend, of an imaginary east coast dormant volcano. The theme is, even when dormant, there's always life in the earth just below our feet...

master blaster

Painted this one out at Corban's estate in West Auckland at the end of last week.. Got to have a jam with this "blaster" spray cap which is a lot of messy fun. Only really visible on the detail shots.



Thanks to Askew for lettin me have a go with it... if you like lookin at graf his Tumblr page goes hard, everything on there is amazing!

back to Taupo

Easter by the lake... found time to paint something there this time

this time, explorations lead to small lakeside holiday town Kinloch.
Here's Whakaipo bay on the way out, beautiful spot, nice for skimming stones too
unfortunately, we were covered in cloud most of the weekend, so instead of a view out to the snow-capped volcanoes over the shimmmering lake and all the trees glowing in vibrant autumnal colours, i took this over exposed washed out pic looking out to the lake from Kinloch.

if you want to know the origins of the Easter celebration, check my last year's post :)

latest commissioned artings

this is what i do to pay the rent, paint pictures! and why not.

what's the point?

just spent a delightful relaxing weekend away for a wedding at "The Point", a.k.a Whakamoenga Point, Lake Taupo. This favorite local swimming spot, best on the lake apparently, hides a complex of private holiday homes concealled in the native forest above. Here's the view from where we stayed...



this is the spot!

..or a bit further round, where everyone went to swim day after the wedding.

I found this pic in the Museum, showing the point when it was just a lone house (the property where the wedding took place as a matter of fact)

compare with this scale model of the place now:
the rocks in the front is the swimming point.

accessible by boat a bit further round are some Maori rock carvings done in the 1970's. here's a spooky cave we found in the forest...

and also, here's a footnote on a Museum exhibit which describes the Patu-paiarehe people as a mysterious tribe rather than mythological forest fairies.


beautiful sunsets every time. this place is def one of the best parts of Aotearoa i have found in my many travels!

Canterbury and coffee

quick piece painted out in New Lynn today (peace to RCD)...
repping my first crew: UAC. Original Christchurch KINGS.
Much love to the Christchurch Fat Cappers a.k.a TNA!


On a less glorious note, this is a job using paint markers on a blackboard... good luck trying to ever clean that off lol! note the Mark Todd signature up in there, "Great cup of Bell"

animated

here's a music video from kiwi band Shihad, featuring a bunch of animated wall painting by my "blond friend" Elliot, and a little bit by me too. my notable contribution is at 2'19"