Painting has always been a part of my life. I am exploring what shapes me, what my responses are, and the reason I am.
My paintings are a way of becoming more conscious of what speaks to me, what has meaning and gives me purpose. It is a sifting through, like mud settling, exposing the real when the tides change, again and again - the circling of nature.
Pete and I live between the mangroves of the Waitemata Harbour and the Pacific Ocean. When I walk along the water's edge, along the mangroves, there is a meniscus that covers the water, shiny, at high tide, whilst underneath the shiny layer, there is food for the mangroves, and food for the Kōtare, as well as for me.
Aviva Clark.