More info about Kirsty can be found on the “Meet Our Artists” page.

Kirsty lives in Lyall Bay, Wellington. These pen drawings are converted into dry point etchings (etching being an age-old European form of illustration), and the landscapes are merged with her collection of pattern work - inspired by Pacific Island masi or tapa cloth and Maori whakairo. This enables Kirsty to incorporate historic narratives of the site within a contemporary artwork. Story telling through pattern work is common across cultures here in the Pacific. She weaves it into her art to express that identity and to embrace the position of NZ here in the Pacific.

Kairakau Beach is framed in black wood and measures 39cm wide by 28cm high.