(30x20cm) Mona, but she knows what she did reimagines the worlds calmest portrait mid-rebellion. The quiet smile meets neon light, where realism clashes with the unreal. Bright colours and modern details expose the tension I love-between history and humour. She's timeless, eclectic, and just a little guilty.

(10x10, 15.5x15.5, and (20x20cm) Explore the unseen beauty within the Earth's smallest details. Each of these three square canvases-depicting gold (gold leaf), granite (mica powder mixed into paint), and an augite crystal (high bi-refringence under XPL light)-translates microscopic views into vivid abstraction.

Beauty and unease. A white-washed, gold-leaf surface suggest purity and worth, yet within it emerges an androgynous face-imperfect, unblinking, and stripped of expression. The work reflects how we conceal fragility beneath glamour, and how even gilded surfaces have cracks.

(Each 18x13cm) Sunshine bakes sand. Tiny waves lick the shore. A New Zealand summer at its height. This paired acrylic work on canvas depicts both the inside and outside of the same cockle shell. Outside is armour, weathered by tides; Inside is smooth, evolved to be a sanctuary. No longer anonymous in the countless shells churned by the tides, but an individual.

(51x41cm) Boy in Shadow explores memory, identity, and the unseen traces we leave behind. A monochrome boy walks toward overlapping red and yellow silhouettes-echoes of past and future selves. The shadows merge and divide, symbolising conflict and growth. A hidden code. Unspoken communication. Between light and shadow, the piece reflects how we carry every version of ourselves forward, quietly shaped by what remains unseen.

(18x13cm) The Great Burning captures two abstract figures standing before a blazing sun, their forms dissolving into the heat of its light. The painting speaks of endings and transformation -of what is lost in the fire and what is reborn from it. The figures, neither fully human nor shadow, exist in a moment of surrender, suspended between destruction and renewal, as the sun consumes and creates all at once.

(30.5x30.5cm) A wry nod to the experience of navigating celiac disease in a world that often misunderstands dietary needs. A lone pickle in a ramekin, rendered in acrylic on stretched canvas, becomes both humourous and poignant - a minimalist offering that highlights the gap between token gestures and true accommodation. The painting balances irony and sincerity, inviting the viewer to reflect on inclusion, scarcity, and the small absurdities or everyday life.

(40.5x30.5cm) This artwork, Matilda, challenges the erasure of women in science-known as the Matilda effect. It reimagines Einstein to expose gender bias and celebrates overlooked female scientists. Using pink as defiance, it reclaims a colour once used to trivialize women's intellect. The piece questions how many female geniuses remain uncredited under the guise of 'feminine' decorum.

(18x13cm) Exploring Sandspit Holiday Park led us to this charming jetty overlooking Kauwau Island. In my depiction, a surreal red sky meets a vibrant neon green sea - colours echoing the campsite's own delightful quirkiness. Through deliberate line work I've sought to draw out the repeating patterns woven into the natural scene.