House Artwork
Details of the artwork for sale in the Houses during the 2024 Art House Tour can be viewed below. Art will be uploaded as artists have it ready, so be sure to check back regularly to see what is available.
All funds raised from the Art House Tour will go towards the Academic Endowment Fund, which was established in 2002. This allows the School to recruit, reward and retain the best possible teachers for the classroom. It also assists through the provision of physical resources and infrastructure.
Only registered ticket holders can buy art in the homes on the day of the Art House Tour. These will not be available to purchase online unless they remain unsold at the end of the Tour. All unsold works will be available for purchase on the website until midnight on Tuesday 26 November 2024.
Above the Bay
Acrylic on hessian on board. Framed in a natural timber box frame.
This is an imaginary landscape, perhaps somewhere in the far North……somewhere I’d like to be.
Ballerinas I
Reduced to a single gestural line, Ballerinas I explores the relationship between movement, balance, and space. Its black-on-black surface reveals delicate shifts in texture and light, allowing the work to transform throughout the day.
Elegant in its restraint, the painting demonstrates how a single gesture can carry both energy and stillness, making it a quietly compelling presence within contemporary interiors.
Ballerinas III
Inspired by the movement of a ballerina’s feet as they touch, press against, and lift from the floor, Ballerinas III traces a quiet choreography through fluid black-on-black lines.
The composition explores balance, weight, rhythm, and the fleeting point of contact between body and ground. As light moves across the surface, subtle shifts in texture and sheen gradually reveal the gesture.
Body Language IV
Oil on Belgian linen
I aim to address the complexities of
contemporary female representation and experiences through figurative
painting. My works explore the relationship between myself as an artist, my
role as a daughter, as a woman and a mother, thereby investigating female
agency within society. I am interested in the multiple versions of constructed
identities required of women today and how, in each role and relationship,
a woman may behave differently in response to each situation. I use my
own subjective experience as an anchor to depict how strength, capability
and achievement can share a voice within these societal constructs.
Breaking Through
Original acrylic painting on stretched cotton canvas. Professionally finished and presented in a modern white float frame, ready to hang.
Commitment and Honour
Commitment & Honour explores the strength found in staying true to who we are, what we value, and the people we stand beside. Each band represents different generations and the circle of life. Each layer reflects the journey of remaining steadfast through change. Together, the patterns celebrate loyalty, integrity, and the courage to uphold our commitments with honour and purpose.
Copper shift
Copper Shift, 2023
Copper lacquer on resin, 720 × 720 × 45mm
Five concentric ripple fields are fused into a single form, each one radiating from its own centre point according to the same rule: equally spaced rings expanding outward in perfect radial symmetry. Where the fields overlap, the ridges collide and interrupt one another, producing the layered, faceted creases that run through the piece’s centre — a physical echo of wave interference, where overlapping oscillations reinforce each other at some points and cancel out at others. The copper lacquer finish catches this collision of geometries in shifting light, revealing a surface that is at once mathematically precise and unpredictably alive.
Estuary Light
Original acrylic painting on stretched cotton canvas. Professionally finished and presented in a modern white float frame, ready to hang.
Flight Crew
Acrylic on hessian on board. Framed in a natural timber box frame.
A sea of green, and a selection of natives.
Lemons
This large-scale sculptural work reimagines embroidery beyond the wall, transforming it into an immersive, three-dimensional experience. Measuring 1.8m x 1.8m x 1.2m, the piece sits within a refined black metal frame, creating a striking architectural presence that draws viewers in from every angle.
Designed to be experienced in the round, this work invites slow movement and quiet observation. Layers of intricate fibre form a suspended cube of “giant embroidery,” where texture, colour, and negative space shift as you move around it.
A light source positioned at the centre brings the piece to life, casting soft, ever-changing shadows that spill outward across the surrounding surfaces. These shadows become an extension of the artwork itself, adding depth, movement, and a sense of atmosphere that evolves throughout the day.
Crafted from repurposed materials, this piece reflects an ongoing exploration of sustainability, scale, and the intersection between textile practice and spatial design.
[current work in progress]
Loved
Loved is a large textile artwork that embraces softness, colour, and repetition at an architectural scale. Built through slow, deliberate hand-embroidery, the work balances intimacy with visual strength.
Handmade in Auckland using reclaimed materials, this piece reflects an interest in how textile work can occupy space, absorb sound, and create atmosphere. A significant artwork suited to public, commercial, or expansive private interiors.
Ready to hang.
1420mm (w) x 820mm (h)
Low Tide #2
Acrylic on hessian on board. Framed in a natural timber box frame.
A still morning, low tide, with a view across the bay, and…busy birds.
Misty Moment
Original acrylic painting with 24k gold leaf on stretched cotton canvas. Professionally finished and presented in a modern white float frame, ready to hang.
