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It’s almost been a year, and it was a show, with a lot of art, but for me not this year…

Posted: April 7, 2026 in Uncategorized
Tags: acrylic on canvas, anime, art, cartoon, comic book, geisha, japan, kimono, manga, new zealand art, pop art, ukiyo-e

It’s almost NZ Art Show time, but I won’t be there this year. So I thought I might post the work I had in it last year, as I threatened to do in the previous post, almost a year ago. I’d had Covid at the beginning of the year which produced some ongoing issues and slowed things down a bit. So had a bit less in the show than I’d hoped, but they are all in new homes now, so that’s super!

Firstly, 4 61×91.5 canvases…

“BKOOM!”

“KRAKADOOM!”

“ZWUMP!”

“TRABAM!”

…then 4 50×50 canvases.

“Aki”

“Fuyu”

“Haru”

“Natsu”

You might notice that I was starting to play around with spray paint and stencils in the smaller canvases. More on that soon.

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It’s quite the show! With plenty of art.

Posted: May 15, 2025 in Uncategorized
Tags: acrylic on canvas, animation, anime, art, cartoon, geisha, homer simpson, japan, kimono, lucky cat, maneki neko, manga, mr sparkle, nz art show, pop art, power girl, the simpsons, ukiyo-e

Almost done with my work for this year’s NZ Art Show , so will post about that in a couple of days. In the mean time, these are from last year!

Himawari 75x75cm

Wasabi 75x75cm

Budo 50x50cm

Ichigo 50x50cm

Umi 50x50cm

I’ve also been working on my photography!

If you’re in the area over Kings Birthday Weekend you should get on down to TSB Arena and Shed 6. It’s pretty darn excellent.

For lucky best wash! For lucky best wash! For lucky best wash!

Posted: May 9, 2023 in geisha, Paintings, painty bits, ukiyo-e
Tags: acrylic on canvas, animation, anime, art, cartoon, detergent, geisha, hashi, homer simpson, japan, japanese fan, katakana, kimono, lucky cat, maneki neko, manga, mr sparkle, new zealand art, new zealand artist, pop art, the simpsons, tv show, ukiyo-e

Because there are 3… Backgrounds are based on the Mr Sparkle detergent box. One would have been fine, but I reckon a triptych works even better. I’ve done a few with the maneki neko frame this year – I’ll do some more on larger canvases and see how it goes after that. These are available for sale (as a triptych), so could be yours!

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I’ve joined the jacket racket.

Posted: May 9, 2023 in geisha, painty bits, ukiyo-e
Tags: art, custom painted jacket, denim jacket, geisha, japan, kimono, modern Ukiyo-E, new zealand artist, support Ukraine, ukiyo-e

For a couple of years at primary school, my son was blessed with a truly excellent teacher. When it became time for him to move on to another school, I offered her a painting by way of Thanks from our family. She suggested that I broaden my horizons by painting this jacket.

You may notice the background colours. Because fk Putin.

Bunch of Decks…

Posted: May 8, 2023 in geisha, Paintings, painty bits, ukiyo-e
Tags: animation, anime, art, cartoon, colour halftone, custom painted skateboard, geisha, homer simpson, japan, kimono, manga, marvel comics, mr sparkle, new zealand artist, pop art, powergirl, skateboard, the simpsons, ukiyo-e

Let’s face it – taking decent photos of your work is overrated… Heh heh heh. Not really – and this was a reminder of my new resolve to take better photos in future. Or even better – take each piece to a professional to take even better shots. That’s the plan.

Skateboard decks are fun to paint. I like to paint both sides, because it feels a bit like cheating otherwise. Or something. With these I went for a Ukiyo-E type geisha character to the”graphic” side and went a bit wild with spraypaint and a halftone stencil (and a Mr Sparkle) on the top side. More colour for your dollar!

Graphic side – geisha and Powergirl!

Would look interesting with clear griptape! Although I probably wouldn’t recommend riding one of these…

SWOK! BLAM! NEW! POST!

Posted: January 22, 2023 in geisha, Paintings, painty bits, ukiyo-e, Uncategorized
Tags: acrylic on canvas, acrylic painting, animation, anime, art, art for sale, cartoon, comic book, geisha, japan, kimono, manga, new zealand artist, pop art, ukiyo-e

“SWOK!’ and “BLAM!” 75x75cm acrylic on canvas.

I’d had the idea of a Ukiyo-E geisha figure over the top of a comic book exclamation type image for a while and did a trial run on some old cheap canvases with the geisha figure as a sihouette. They looked ok (we have one on our wall, so I see it every day and enjoy it being there), but doing the geisha properly stepped it up a bit. I’ll be doing some similar pieces again at some stage this year.

“BLAM!” is sold, pending the completion of the deal, but “SWOK!” is available. Do please get in touch if you’d like it on your wall.