I was honoured to be selected as a finalist for the NZ Painting & Printmaking Awards 2024 by guest judges Marian Maguire and Kura Te Waru-Rewiri. The awards and exhibition were run by the Waikato Society of Arts and held at artspost galleries, Kirikiriroa Hamilton.

The work, Idyll / Idle, a seven colour screenprint on found vintage wallpaper, incorporates port activity from my local Port Chalmers during the busy cruise ship season. There were two cruise ships in Port that day but by the time I got there one had already sailed to be replaced by the container boat. The work also includes experimentation with Photoshop AI generation to incorporate refugee boats in the lower repeat of the wallpaper. The AI generation took into account the existing background style and helped me understand and be informed on the impact and power AI can have in image manipulation.