Handpainted silkscreen print on weatherboard. Signed and numbered by artist. Limited Edition of 30.

I create the original insect- usually a mixture of collage and drawing. Each insect is individually screen printed and then hand painted on to upcycled weatherboards, or paper, and then framed as if archived in a museum boxed collection.

The use of weatherboard started as a play on the old, Kiwi 1950s trend of butterflies on a weatherboard house idea and is an integral part of the work. As this is set in a particular time and place, it led me to developing the artwork as museum boxed collections, archived in a social and historical context, and then layered with other personal references with collage and word."

"Notes: Butterfly on a weatherboard house, as iconic as monarchs or swan plants in summer, or Edmond's flouring Mum's apron in the old, green kitchen. The home- our chrysalis as we grow, stretch our wings and fly."


Monarch Butterfly
Large- 6 insects on weatherboard. Framed
60cm H x 64cm W x 6cm D