2016 acrylic on canvas 510 x 510mm sold
Planet Rangitoto shows Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf around the edge of a circular sea.
The landmasses shown are (anti-clockwise from the top): Rangitoto Island, Waiheke, Motutapu and Rakino Islands, The Noises Islands, Mt Moehau on the Coromandel Peninsula, Tiritiri Matangi Island, Little Barrier Island (Hauturu), Whangapraoa Peninsula and Kawau Island. Most of the painting was done about ten years ago, with the two inner circles and the thin line circles being added in 2016. The thin line circles were drawn with Molotow markers, the first time I have tried this relatively new art product.