April Apple Art

Description: Cute fish play among the seaweed and coral while a jellyfish swims by.

Description: Underwater reef scene. Cute fish play among the seaweed and coral while a jellyfish swims by.

Description: Inspired by the beautiful, musical people of the Pacific.

Description: Cute, talkative, curious and always on the move, fantails are an iconic New Zealand bird that always makes us smile.

Description: Golden kowhai flowers and friendly little fantails are much-loved sights in the New Zealand garden and countryside.

Description: Sea turtles are beautiful but endangered creatures that deserve our protection.

Description: Arum lilies often grow wild in NZ. They might be toxic but they are also elegant and beautiful and I have always loved them.

Description: Slick digital mixes with scratchy pencil and rough texture, like the Pacific Islands face the challenge of finding harmony between old & new ways.

Description: Slick digital mixes with scratchy pencil and rough texture, like the Pacific Islands face the challenge of finding harmony between old & new ways.

Description: Slick digital mixes with scratchy pencil and rough texture, like the Pacific Islands face the challenge of finding harmony between old & new ways.

Description: Slick digital mixes with scratchy pencil and rough texture, like the Pacific Islands face the challenge of finding harmony between old & new ways.

Description: Slick digital mixes with scratchy pencil and rough texture, like the Pacific Islands face the challenge of finding harmony between old & new ways.

Description: Slick digital mixes with scratchy pencil and rough texture, like the Pacific Islands face the challenge of finding harmony between old & new ways.

Description: Meet the new face of the law, buck teeth and all. Are those weapons or snacks he's packing? Maybe better not to find out...

Description: Slick digital mixes with scratchy pencil and rough texture, like the Pacific Islands face the challenge of finding harmony between old & new ways. Viva magenta is the Pantone colour of the year.

Description: Sea turtles are beautiful but endangered creatures that deserve our protection. This design is also tribute to a traditional art form of many Pacific Islands that features striking designs and simple colors painted onto tapa cloth.

Description: Sea turtles are beautiful but endangered creatures that deserve our protection. This design is also tribute to a traditional art form of many Pacific Islands that features striking designs and simple colors painted onto tapa cloth.

Description: Inspired by the beautiful, musical people of the Pacific, this is an image I've been working on in various forms for many years. It's my pleasure to share it with you now.

Description: Sea turtles are beautiful but endangered creatures that deserve our protection. This design is also tribute to a traditional art form of many Pacific Islands that features striking designs and simple colors painted onto tapa cloth.

Description: Inspired by 1920's designs, this pattern features a simple color scheme and slightly hypnotic pattern of diamonds, rays of light and more.

Description: Inspired by 1920's designs, this pattern features a simple color scheme and slightly hypnotic pattern of diamonds, rays of light and more.

Description: Golden kowhai flowers and friendly little fantails are much-loved sights in the New Zealand garden and countryside.

Description: New Zealand is a melting pot of cultures, including many from the Pacific islands. This is my tribute to some of the beautiful, traditional tapa cloth designs that have been a huge inspiration to me over the years.

Description: My first big overseas trip was to Japan, where the wonderful people I visited and the fascinating things I saw made a lasting impression on me. Especially since that time I’ve been fascinated by Japanese motifs. This piece was inspired by a kimono designed by my friend’s grandfather.

Description: I love how silhouettes can convey so much meaning & feeling, while leaving so much to the imagination - or maybe that's their secret! This is my modern take on a sketch I drew many years ago...and I love how it turned out!

Description: Inspired by the beautiful, musical people of the Pacific, this is an image I've been working on in various forms for many years. It's my pleasure to share it with you now.

Description: New Zealand is a melting pot of cultures, including many from the Pacific islands. This is my tribute to some of the beautiful, traditional tapa cloth designs that have been a huge inspiration to me over the years.

Description: Inspired by the beautiful, musical people of the Pacific, this is an image I've been working on in various forms for many years. It's my pleasure to share it with you now.

Description: It's a passion and maybe an addiction, but plant babies have a treasured place in and around millions of homes all over the world. This goes out to all the plant enthusiasts who inspired me to create this new font.

Description: I love stained glass and the magical way the colours come to life when the light shines through it. In summer and early autumn sunflowers give us such joy, so I've combined these two loves of mine in this piece.

Description: A whimsical look at some of the friends - animal and vegetable - you might find in a typical New Zealand garden. I love seeing the cheeky little piwaiwaka (fantails) fliting among the trees outside my window.

Description: My first big overseas trip was to Japan, which made a lasting impression on me. Especially since that time I’ve been fascinated by Japanese motifs. This piece was inspired by a kimono designed by my friend’s grandfather.

Description: Acrylic painting inspired by a unique native. We often see these beautiful "kereru" or wood pigeons where I live in Auckland, New Zealand. Their feathers sound like rustling silk as they fly which means we usually hear them before we see them.

Description: Inspired by nature and the beautiful kimono designs of my friend's grandfather.

Description: New Zealand is a melting pot of cultures, including many from the Pacific islands. This is my tribute to some of the beautiful, traditional tapa cloth designs that have been a huge inspiration to me over the years.

Description: Inspired by nature and the beautiful kimono designs of my friend's grandfather.