Journal

A large sculpture and the 25 large prints were finally shipped to Melbourne for the McClelland Gallery exhibition. It’s time for us to get outdoors again and make some new work…

Preparations are ongoing for our solo show of Watershed for the McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery in Melbourne…

Having walked over the Hooker glacier to approach Mount Cook 40 years ago, this view of the ice-choked lake that has replaced it came as a shock…

Whenever you find a system in the world that is not working, don't complain. Invent a new model that makes the old one obsolete…

The Watershed body of work examines the relationship between human systems and the global water cycle that supports them. It is our most ambitious body of work yet so we are excited that it will be exhibited internationally…

The Wanaka Festival of Colour programme included Art at Home and 300 people booked in to to visit our studio as part of a tour of six homes…

DAY 20-21

A clear cold night brought a cloudless dawn today. We are off to work. We found that the ice on the tarns was thick enough to work with…

DAY 19

The snowstorm transformed the landscape to white. Summer is over. By 4pm the snow stopped and the cloud began to lift. We headed up the snow covered bluff to work on the rock sculpture…

DAYS 6-7

We have been up here on Albert Burn Saddle for a week now and feel quite at home. We are familiar with the extreme changes as fronts come through and then clear…

The magazine f11 is a high quality online magazine for photographers and aficionados and has published a full profile and portfolio of my work in their April edition. I am not strictly speaking a photographer…

DAY 15

We hiked over to explore streams and waterfalls at the head of the Albert Burn. One waterfall has several spectacular tiers and could be a location for a work when the weather allows…

DAY 12, summer

Flying up to the chalet on Albert Burn Saddle in strong winds we had just settled in when the rain set in but not wanting to waste a minute we dragged our wheelbarrow up the steep snowgrass to the site for a rock sculpture on a high rock bluff…

We are moving into autumn here in Wanaka - perfect conditions for work on the next stage of the Watershed project…

I can think of no better way to get away from Christmas madness than casting off on a three day tramp into alpine valleys with good friends. Fine weather, pristine mountain wilderness and curiosity combined for a great trip…

In previous years there have been several international calendars featuring our environmental sculptures. A German company has published one for 2013…

DAYS 9 & 10

Gale force winds rocked the chalet for two nights, snow falling in earnest…

DAY 6

After all the stormy weather the skies cleared for a perfect dawn with 10cm of soft powder snow covering everything. We made new tracks to a site to the north and began work on a three-part sculpture.

With strong sun and no wind it was too warm and the first one collapsed in a heap…