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This is the title painting from my Backwater Ops series, 2014. To learn more about the Backwater Ops series visit: jjprojects.com/backwater-ops-notes (active link in bio until my next post) – #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #nzart #nzartist #artist #blackandwhite #artgram #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork #artcollector #artcollection #artcollecting

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Manifestation, from my Graphs series, 2013 90cm x 60cm — — #painting #graph #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #nzart #nzartist #artist #blackandwhite #artgram #artstagram #art #artwork #artcollector #artcollection #artcollecting

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Drone Empire Decoration, 2016 The world has nations threatening each other with total destruction again, so I thought this one was fairly topical. — #painting #contemporaryart #nzart #artgram #art #artwork #drones #trump #artcollection

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Drone Warfare Decoration, 2015 After seeing the news this morning, this seemed appropriate. The painting could just as well be titled Met with Fire and Fury. – #painting #contemporaryart #nzart #artgram #art #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork #art #drones

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Block Offer, 2017 100cm X 100cm Block Offer is part of my Oil Age series. Annually, New Zealand has been allocating petroleum drilling permits, covering large areas of land and seabed, to oil companies in a tender process called a Block Offer. #painting #contemporaryart #nzart #artgram #artwork #oil #environmental

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Oasis, 2013 – #painting #artgram #contemporaryart #nzart #art #artistsofinstagram

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Five Eyes Network, 2014. During late 2013 to early 2014, when the public debate surrounding spy agencies and digital mass surveillance was in full swing internationally, I made my first paintings on the Five Eyes theme. One of these included an outdoor version of the above painting, installed for a week in December, 2013 on the large telephone pole marking the Takapuna Beach landing point of New Zealand’s only undersea internet data cable. The above painting on canvas (35cm x 135cm) has not been exhibited but remains one of my personal faves. #painting #contemporaryart #nzart

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