details and close ups

... some examples of details of paintings that will be part of 


"Wellington and other places called home - an exhibition" 
http://www.thistlehall.org.nz/gallery.html  
April 9 - 15 2012, Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Wellington
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wellington-and-Other-Places-Called-Home-An-Exhibition/200625063369682

Kumototo, Wellington Waterfront

Kumototo seasons series

Acrylic on canvas

3 x canvasses 600 x 200

Can be arranged to be either  stacked vertically at 600 x 600 or aligned horizontally at 1800 x 200

2008 - 2010 

View of Spanish Arch and the Claddagh, Galway

My first painting of Galway, 2003.  Acrylic on Canvas.  
Sold to a local after hanging in Javas Cafe, along with 2 other paintings of mine of this iconic area of Galway i.e. the Claddagh, the River Corrib, the Spanish Arch and the Long Walk.  

'When Harry Met Sally' set design - Galway, Ireland, 2004

Images of the set design for 'When Harry Met Sally' at the Galway Town Hall 2004.  Directed by Lily Hill.  
I painted these old movie posters onto large pieces of fabric using just red, pink, black and white.  They were hung as if part of a cafe/bar to create the set for the whole play.  Depending on how the space was utilised and lit it could represent and airplane, bedroom, shop, gallery, etc.  


"Director Lily Hill, straight from the stages of New York City, has adapted the hugely successful movie of the same name and brought it to laugh-out-loud life for the stage.  Maiken Calkoen, fresh from the stages of New Zealand has created a fun and unique set that transforms the Studio into the hottest place to be for the evening." 
 - The Galway Independent, 28 January 2004.