Wedding kea 1995 
Acrylic on canvas  26x22”   

Keas are mountain parrots of New Zealand.   They are attracted to shiny objects and have reputations for mischief.

  Here, against a background of two main peaks, the kea holds a wedding ring, ready to fly off to who knows where.

  On the ground at his feet are two plants, both thorny, one growing apart, and one growing together to create a beautiful flower.   These represent the different paths a marriage can take.

In the sky above the kea is a long white cloud.   The aboriginal New Zealander's the Maori, called their land "Aoteroa," the land of the long white cloud.