This exhibition forges connections between the intriguing sculptural ceramic work of Kaye Bustin and the large expressive and visceral paintings by Sarah Pumphrey. Both bodies of work revel in the material nature of the making - the earth, the fire, the carbon, the pigments - and invite us to feel their expression and presence.

In Pumphrey's words, her latest series of paintings "were produced by dragging the canvas around the land where I live. My hands are the tools for this work, pushing and dragging materials from nature -charcoal, clay, leaves- to capture the strength and story of the whenua. These combined with the simplicity of everyday materials – spray paint, house paint, ink -were used to create the electric hues of light to reflect the mauri of the land".

And the land informs Bustin too. For her, inspiration has come from the rock forms at Wharariki Beach, where waves, weathering, and exposure have allowed the light to penetrate over years. Arranged in pairs or groups, the positive and negative spaces of these beautiful objects overlap, informing each other and creating spaces for the light to pass into and through. They appear solid, yet have a light, and delicate contour.