Kui watching the Boat

2025
Oil & Gesso on Canvas
Weight 8 kg
Dimensions 600mm (H) x 550mm (W) x 40mm (D)
Framing Unframed stretched canvas

$3,000


Kui watching the Boat offers a tender meditation on distance and longing – land, water, and sky folding into one as past and present ripple across the surface.

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Billy McQueen
Billy McQueen

Elements of printmaking can be seen within his compositions, as he creates depth through layering light over dark. While Billy’s paintings traverse tranquility, they can also be read as contemporary descendants of Hockney or Warhol, who as pop artists were also masters of observation. For example, while painting a delightful summer scene in his hometown, deep in the Whirinaki forest, Billy channels David Hockney’s pool paintings but with a kiwi swimming hole twist.

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