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Unfinished artworkGraphite pencil on canvas92cm L x 46 cm H

Acrylic on Canvas100cm x 50cmA little reminder that there is still a lot of our history to be found around our beaches, hills, caves. Nature is gradually revealing its secrets. Coastal erosion and drained wetlands are slowly releasing their treasures.

DRAWINGBlack Carbon and Acrylic wash on hammermeul art paper52cm x 32cm (FRAMED 80cm x 64cm).

Acrylic on Canvas60cmx32cmEphra wanted a little painting welcoming home our families stranded far away (including our family in Sweden.) So what could be more New Zealand then the whare, mallard ducks, waka and the wetlands to make us all appreciate this slice of heaven we live in.

Acrylic on Gesso Board84cm x 55.5cmSelected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition London in 2001.

Acrylic on Canvas152cm x 71cmI feel the spirits on every beach in New Zealand, our history is everywhere. The power for good is in the Maori culture and the unbelievable gifts they gave us. I see Paikea guiding Tiki back into the light. We really need our heroes to return.TIKIThe great Maori warrior...

Acrylic on Gesso Panel510 x 324mm2022Kotuku is the Maori word for the rare White Heron bird. It is a symbol of spirituality, prestige, purity,uniqueness and oratory. One of the greatest compliments among Maori is to liken someone to Kotuku for it signifies everything rare and beautiful. Sometimes re...

Pastel on board drawing580 x 380 mmFramed behind glassWhen I first started visualizing the ideas of the early settlers arriving in NZ, the shipwrecks and the impact all of this furniture must have made on the locals, I saw all their belongings washed up on the beach. This little pastel was one of th...

1997 Acrylic on Canvas40cmx57cm"" was my first painting in 1997 with a paint mixture squeezed out of a little plastic bottle with a red plastic nozzle - no paint brushes used. This is a one off. I have not painted any scene like it.I loved the painterly effects I was able to get and I painted some s...

Acrylic on Canvas910 x 710 mmHere is one of Alvin's first Collector paintings '' painted in 1997. It glows like jewels and is a different size ( medium size ) from Alvin's other Collector paintings. They are very complex to paint and even though Alvin enjoyed painting them very much, there will be no more of them.

2006Graphite pencil on cardboard500 x 320 mmProtected by cellophaneFirst time for purchase

MCMXCIX 1999Acrylic on Canvas76cm x 40cm incl beautiful frameBLUE BIRDS Of HAPPINESS is one of a small series of classical romantic paintings, painted in the style of the Renaissance Masters of centuries ago.Alvin said "At the end of last century I wanted to paint something similar to what the Renai...

DRAWINGCharcoal on Hahnemuhle paper66.5cm x 46.5cm (Framed behind glass 102cm x 78cm).This drawing is based on a sketch made by Captain TJ Grant in 1848. It is a very detailed but "Naive" drawing which I love.Pukaki was carved by Ngati Whakaue Master Carver Te Taupua in 1836. It was one of 3 gateways to Te Pukeroa Pa at Ohinemutu, along with "Tiki" and "Panui-o-Marama."

Pukaaki Ngati Whakaue tribeFramed original drawing 2007 set in a high-quality pewter frame.Graphite pencil on Hahnemuhle 100% cotton rag hing paper.Size 45 x 65 cmFramed 73 x 92cmThis drawing is a part of the provenance of the great painting Resurgence.

2019DRAWINGCharcoal on Hahnemühle paper58cm x 42cmThis drawing of Tiki is based on a watercolour illustration by Captain T J Grant in 1848 and an 1885 photograph of Tiki as a gateway guardian in place in Ohinemutu at the entrance to the fortified village ‘Pukeroa’. This is the smaller of two dr...