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It’s all in the marketing. Mainly.

Posted: August 14, 2026 in Uncategorized
Tags: acrylic on canvas, anime, art, cafe art, cartoon, geisha, good coffee, japan, manga, new zealand art, new zealand artist, pop art, ukiyo e, ukiyo-e

Still in 2025, around the time the Tauranga Runway officially opened, Market & Main cafe (situated right by my section of the runway, in the Historic Village, Tauranga, which is in New Zealand. North Island of New Zealand, as it happens) had a pop up Kiramekisan show. Not only were they super gracious in hosting my work, but their food & coffee are top notch. I may have had nachos there more than once…

“BKOOM!”. Now sold.

“Taihen’na jidaidesu” Ichi and Ni and “Doshin wa no guwa ookii” Ichi. Now sold.

The marketing worked! I have a hankering for nachos now…

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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Masking my intentions

Posted: August 9, 2023 in kabuki, masks, painty bits, ukiyo-e
Tags: anime, art, geisha, japan, kabuki mask, manga, mask, new zealand art, pop art, ukiyo-e

Not really. Interntions are pretty clear here! Paper masks, about 10 coats of gesso each side to make them a bit more substantial and here we are! With some masks. You may notice some Kabuki mask influence, which is most likely because they were heavily influenced by Kabuki masks. Hijō ni ōkina eikyō o ukete imasu..

Even painted the backs. Yep – no expense spared.

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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May as well Totoro.

Posted: May 9, 2023 in Paintings, painty bits
Tags: acrylic on canvas, animation, anime, art, cartoon, japan, japan nz, manga, new zealand art, new zealand artist, pop art, studio ghibli, totoro

This canvas had been sitting for several years with Totoro drawn on it, so once I’d finished up with the 12 inchers decided to finally get it finished. Really want to do some more Ghibli. So I just might.

Two, similar to the three that didn’t take ten.

Posted: January 19, 2023 in geisha, Paintings, painty bits, ukiyo-e
Tags: acrylic on canvas, acrylic painting, art, geisha, japan, luckycat, manekineko, new zealand art, original art, pop art, ukiyo-e

“Doshin wa no guwa ookii” Ichi and Ni.

61x92cm. I really like these, as to me they look more like modern day “Ukiyo-E” than my other work. Probably because they are pretty much just the Ukiyo-E geisha characters with a graphical background!

Ichi.

Ni.

These are available for purchase. You could have the pair for $1200 New Zealand dollars – shipped within NZ for an additional $40, but can also be shipped to most other places for $150nzd.

New! For 2021!!

Posted: February 20, 2021 in painty bits
Tags: 1980s, 8 bit, acrylic on canvas, acrylic painting, animation, anime, art for sale, birds of prey, classic video games, comic, comic book, manga, marvel comics, new zealand art, new zealand artist, nintendo, Super Mario

“Ahiru ga inainode, koko ni Mario ga imasu!” This is the first piece that I’ve managed to complete this year. Am in the midst of a couple of other projects, which unfortunately aren’t bringing in much $$ at the moment, so this is definitely available for purchase. It would look fantastic in your home. Or office. Or workplace.

Memoirs of Memoirs of a Salaryman.

Posted: February 19, 2021 in Memoirs of a Salaryman exhibition, painty bits
Tags: acrylic on canvas, acrylic painting, anpanman, art exhibition, astro boy, atom, black widow, captain america, comic, doraemon, futurama, geisha, japan, japanese woodblock, maneki neko, marvel comics, mr sparkle, new zealand art, new zealand artist, spiderman, superman, the simpsons, totoro, ukiyo e

My first solo exhibition exhibited itself at The Incubator gallery in Tauranga NZ in December 2020. Was quite a trip! And a good way to see out a year that presented a challenge or two for quite a few people. I respectfully invite you to feast yer peepers:

A new one! From last year, but new to here!!!

Posted: February 19, 2021 in Memoirs of a Salaryman exhibition, painty bits
Tags: acrylic on canvas, animation, anime, captain america, comic book, geisha, japan, kimono, manga, marvel comics, new zealand art, ukiyo e

“Anata ga motte iru koto, tomodachi.”. Largest piece I’ve done to date at 91x123cm. Available for $2500NZ. free shipping to most NZ and Australian addresses. Further afield? I’m sure we could work something out…

彼女は着物に花をつけた。

Posted: June 10, 2019 in painty bits, Uncategorized
Tags: acrylic on canvas, acrylic painting, animation, anime, art, cartoon, dr zoidberg, futurama, geisha, japan, kimomo, manga, new zealand art, pop art, pop culture, postcards, racer x, sailor moon, ukiyo-e

Via my Google to facebook and back translating method it ends up being “She put flowers on her kimono”, which is ok, but I might need to try another method in future. Or name the next few from Homer Simpson quotes. Or Genbaku Onanies lyrics. Good to get it finished and it’s off to it’s new home. And I had some postcards made! PM me if you’d like one.

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