Mōhiti Konukura

Jamie Reid is an abstract painter living on Waiheke Island since 2011. His work often focuses on the landscape around him, especially the connection of land and sea. He is also influenced by New York abstract expressionist painters like Jasper Johns and Frank Stella, but also finds influence in New Zealand artists like Ralph Hotere with his minimalist, activist roots and connection to the land; Max Gimblett with his Zen thinking, quatrefoils and colour genius; and Gretchen Albrecht with her colour genius, textures and vastness.