This Way Up Books in a gradient of blues

in a gradient of blues

'aroha mai aroha atu'love received

Ruby Rock (Goodletite) is unique to New Zealand

12 end woven aluminium and copper kete

This native NZ timber tealight holder features engraved designs that draws inspiration from the rich tapestry of Māori art forms and practices such as Whakairo

This Way Up Books in a gradient of bluesenamel on board 2025 1200 x 900 A quieter yet profoundly symbolic work, This Way Up, focuses on Aotearoa New Zealand itself. Lambert has painted the country but flipped it upside down. The composition draws on a memory from his teenage years working the pea harvest in Hastings, where a Maori student who attended Te Aute College once said, Im going up to Dunedin. The phrase stuck with Lambert, disrupting the North is up, South is down orientation