Some unsold work, currently on loan to Pauly - as a favour to us both!!

Current work.... this work is kindly being stored and appreciated by a friend of mine back home in Welly whilst we are on our adventure over here in Melbourne, Au.

The majority of my paintings are part of private collections, and have been commission based pieces, in a specific idea or style, to create a personalised piece of finished work.
If a viewer is interested in an unavailable work part of the privately owned collections, i am happy to design a similar style painting tailored specifically for them. This would be an original painting, not a copy.
I can be contacted by email at:
mightymouselikescheese@gmail.com
in regards to either the following pieces of available work, or for inquiries about the commission of future works. Hope - Gouache on 100% cotton, 600gsm watercolour paper. Float mounted on white, outwardly slanting frame with UV protecting glass. Available - Please contact Vin @ mightymouselikescheese@gmail.comif you are interested. Thanks!Kikorangi Taniwha - Gouache and Indian ink on 600gsm watercolour paper, mounted on board

mounted on board Available - Please contact Vin @ mightymouselikescheese@gmail.comif you are interested. Thanks!Little bird - A2 Gouache & Indian ink on 100% cotton, 600gsm watercolour paper

This was drawn from photos i took on a trip to Kapati Island last year, the small grey bird is a north island grey Robin, native to Aotearoa. Available - Please contact Vin @ mightymouselikescheese@gmail.com if you are interested. Thanks!

Morgan - Gouache and Indian ink on 600gsm watercolour paper, mounted on board. Morgan is a re-draw from Collective down in the anime section... I love love love this rich royal purple colour! Available - Please contact Vin @ mightymouselikescheese@gmail.com if you are interested. Thanks!

Purple Zygopetalum Orchids - Gouache on 600gsm watercolour paper, wrap mounted on board. Available - Please contact Vin @ mightymouselikescheese@gmail.comif you are interested. Thanks!

Little Love - Oil on canvas Available - Please contact Vin @ mightymouselikescheese@gmail.com if you are interested. Thanks!

Nutshell baby - Gouache and Indian Ink on 600gsm watercolour paper, mounted on board Available - Please contact Vin @ mightymouselikescheese@gmail.comif you are interested. Thanks!

Opening - Indian Ink and Shellac on card Available - Please contact Vin @ mightymouselikescheese@gmail.com if you are interested. Thanks!

Recent work

Flight path - Acrylic, paper stencil, Enamel and vintage embossed card on canvas. Private collection, Wellington.

Piece of my Heart - Wedding present for Ross and Amy - Gouache, Acrylic and Enamel on Canvas. Private collection, Wellington.
Take flight - Wedding present for Jules and Martin - Acrylic, Enamel, resin, paper stencil and vintage embossed card on canvas - 112cm x 112cm. Private collection, Wellington.

Clare - Gouache and Indian ink on 600gsm watercolour paper, mounted on board. Private collection, Wellington.
Slipstream ii - Gouache on 600gsm 100% cotton Fabriano watercolour paper - Private collection, Wellington

Fantail Green - Oil on canvas

Tui i - Oil paint on Canvas. Private collection, Wellington

Tui ii - Oil paint on Canvas. Private collection, Wellington

Love - Oil on canvas. Private collection, Wellington

Flock - Gouache and Shellac on 300gsm fabriano paper, mounted on board - Private collection, Wellington

Fantail Blue - Oil on canvas - Private collection, Auckland.

Pakaka Taniwha - Gouache and Indian ink on 600gsm watercolour paper, mounted on board. Private collection, Wellington

Pink Cymbidium Orchids - Gouache on 600gsm watercolour paper, wrap mounted on board. Private collection, Sydney.

Thistle Hall $100 Art AShow

Father, Brother - Flashe paint, gesso and shellac based ink on Fabriano 300gsm 100% cotton paper. Private collection.

Golden Bird - Oil Paint and Gold Leaf on Canvas. Private collection - Sold through Thistle Hall Gallery

Flax - Oil paint on Canvas. Private collection - Sold through Thistle Hall Gallery

Flight - Oil paint on Canvas. Private collection - Sold through Thistle Hall Gallery

Just arrived

This just arrived in my mailbox - The Literary Review is a quarterly publication in America. This is their latest issue, featuring my work 'Kraken' as the cover art. They found it via this site, so woo hoo, good to know it works and is viewed by peoples!

Baby Tui

So this is the lovely little reason there has been no new work up on my site as late.... she has taken rather a lot of my time and energy to grow! but totally totally worth it, and we are now getting to the stage where there will be a bit more time again to create some new work - touch wood!

Tui now has her own blog site, managed by me : www.tuiwoods.blogspot.com where all her photos can be viewed.

Massey University Fine Arts work

Give and Take - Photographic cutouts, mounting pins, deep set white glassless frames.

Contextual studio "Sex, Politics and Religion" 3.0.... This is the outcome of the first semester of contextual studio,  looking at compromise and change related to pregnancy and the role of responsibility and lifestyle choice.  What I personally had to give up, but what I also gained. Working through a kind of loss, and coming to terms with my new role to be.

Nurture - Sculpting wax, candle wick.   Sculpture class 2.1 second assignment 'The Body'.

Making of final work:

The following are two works from a contextual studio brief entitled 'Remake 3.1' - We were put into collaborative groupings of two to three people and the goal was to remake each of our last semesters work as one new combined work - our collaborative work is entitled 'The Pink Response', and these works are two of my personal responses within this brief.

Domestic flowers - Rubber gloves, Sanitary napkins, Dish brush, Kitchen sponge, Acrylic paint, Fake pearls and Birth control pills.

The Bendon Teacup - Bendon lace Bra wrapped china cup and saucer.

New Work

Anemone, Sea Blue - Gouache on 100% cotton 600gsm fabriano watercolour paper. 28.8cm x 38.2cm. - Private collection- Wellington. (Its Ana's birthday pressy)

Slipstream - Gouache on 100% cotton, 600gsm Fabriano watercolour paper - Private collection - Wellington.

Close up of Slipstream image. I think this piece is one of the first i've done this year, a little different, in that it is the first piece without any black in it. Is also on very heavy, but low texture paper, the first time i've used this stuff, and i must admit - I'm in love!

Poison Dart Frog, Pink - Gouache, Shellac and stencilled enamel on canvas. - Private Collection, Wellington.

Poison Dart Frog, Blue - Gouache, Shellac and stencilled enamel on canvas. - Private Collection, Wellington.

Floyd dreams of becoming Hamish the Blimp Cat - Ink, Acrylic, Gouache and Shellac on canvas - Artists Collection.

'Blimp Cats" - Gouache and Indian ink on 600 gsm watercolour paper - Private collection, Wellington

Jungle pics

Jungle set as viewed all together.

Jungle 1 of set of 3 - A2 Gouache and indian ink in watercolour - private collection Christchurch.
Jungle 2 of set of 3 -A2 Gouache and indian ink in watercolour - private collection Christchurch.
Jungle 3 of set of 3 -A2 Gouache and indian ink on watercolour - private collection Christchurch.