Summer Green No.3 Simon Lewis Wards Oil and silver leaf on

Oil and silver leaf on gesso board

This pendant hangs on a 450mm silver chain

the themes and aesthetics of my work are ever-changing

Candymen & Glo-Hearts on the wall

and I am still stuck in the mud

Summer Green No.3 Simon Lewis Wards Oil and silver leaf onOil on canvas 910mm x 610mm Summer Green Series Studio "During last summer I did a number of "Plein Air" (outdoor) paintings in a bush area on the banks of the Hangatahua Stony River. At the particular spot I chose to paint, the intense Summer sun shone brightly through the fresh green leaves of young native trees. The black thin branches of the kawakawa created criss cross patterns over the green, leafy background. This appealed to me as subject