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Latest Events

My next round of workshops will be in June. If you’d like to be updated about these, please contact me
On 6 May I’m participating in an evening of art and food at Langdale Vineyard Restaurant. You can book and find out details here
On 15 May, together with Aroha Drinks and Langdale Vineyard Restaurant, I’ll be hosting an afternoon where you will get to sketch up a little botanical watercolour, while enjoying delicious drink and beautiful food. You can book here
I’m working on a series of native flower linocuts. I’ve recently finished one of Kowhai Ngutu-Papa, and am about to start a large bouquet style one. If you’d like to be updated about these, please contact me
The Selwyn Times interviewed me for an article, and you can read an interview with me in the 29 September edition on page 20
The Selwyn District Council interviewed my friend Asako Ridgen and me for a podcast about how our art has connected us to Selwyn

ABOUT ME: In 2015, I was a lawyer who didn’t know she would become an artist. When I took up linocut printmaking as a hobby in 2016, I never dreamed where it would take me. I now host workshops, have won awards, have co-founded a wonderful local artist group (Selwyn Artists Collective) and regularly sell and exhibit my work.

I grew up between Malaysia and New Zealand, and influences from both appear in my work. Prior to being a printmaker, I was a commercial lawyer for 15 years. I have a young family and a border-collie called Pippin. Pippin and I love going on walks through the Canterbury landscape – an endless source of inspiration.

MY ART: My pieces are created by carving the image in a plate of lino, applying ink to the plate, and then burnishing the image by hand onto paper. Coloured pieces are made from a single plate, which is progressively carved away between the addition of each different layer of coloured ink. The moment when a print is peeled off the inked plate is exhilarating, and I find that people are fascinated by watching the process unfold.

Linocut printmaking appeals to me as it translates a drawn image vibrantly and vividly, presents interesting technical challenges along the way, and allows several pieces to be built off of one work. I find it both highly controlled and unpredictable, and I love that a beautiful linocut can be made by any interested person.

Creating a piece of art is a way for me to pause, savour and engage with my surroundings; watching a royal spoonbill take flight as we drive along a dusty coastal road, the elegant line of a rhododendron bloom from my garden, or the focused poise and strength of a sheep shearer.

The most heartening reaction to my art is when people say “it just encourages me to have a go myself”.

PREVIOUS Exhibitions and KEY EVENTS:

2021 Key note speaker for Business After Five event hosted by Selwyn District Council
2021 Featured artist for the Selwyn Arts Series (artist talks and workshops)
2021 Exhibited at group exhibitions at (1) Stoddart Cottage in Diamond Harbour; (2) Down by the Liffey Gallery in Lincoln; (3) Te Huanui Gallery in Darfield; (4) the Annual West Melton Art Event at Nut Point; and (5) Oxford Art Gallery
2021 Exhibited at Printer, Painter, Photograph-Maker at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens
2020 Co-founded Selwyn Artists Collective (a group for local artists that went on to win Silver at the Selwyn Awards the next year)
2020 Featured artist by Selwyn District Council for the Selwyn Arts Festival (artist talks and workshops)
2020 Exhibited at Pigeon Bay Art Show
2020 Exhibited at Making an Impression at Te Huanui Gallery
2019 Awarded Premier award at Darfield Art Week
2018 Awarded Merit award at Darfield Art Week