Butterflies and Moths

In 2025 I had the privilege of being commissioned by the Wellington City Council to not only install a kaleidoscope of my Red Admirals in the new public park in Owen Street, Newtown, but also create 2 murals and the designs for 2 power boxes. I worked with a group of 8-10 year old students from Newtown School to design and paint aspects of the artworks capturing the lifecycle of one of New Zealand's most beautiful native butterflies, the Kahukura Red Admiral.

The power boxes couldn't be painted on so with the help of digital designer Bree Souster we made giant stickers to wrap around the power boxes. Here's one side with the lifecycle of the Kahukura. Most of these were painted by 10 year old artists from Newtown School.

Running with the theme of Kahukura Red Admiral butterflies I painted a mural for the stage inspired by the scales on the wings of the Kahukura seen through a microscope..

One of the artworks created in the new park was a mural by Newtown School students ranging from 6-10 years old. 26 students were involved.

I'm currently working away in the studio making the components to a huge Red Admiral Kaleidoscope to be installed in the Auckland Botanic Gardens. Opening November 16th and on display until early March 2025.