The Butterfly Bowling Club

13/02/2026

I've just installed a Kahukowhai Yellow Admiral to keep the Monarch company on the Newtown School Hall. Frames the entrance nicely.

30/12/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/1FhFcicR2Q/

05/11/2025

https://wellington.govt.nz/news-and-events/news-and-information/our-wellington/2025/11/newtown-mural

In the heart of Newtown, a hillside park has burst into life – its walls now a kaleidoscope of colour, creativity, and childhood wonder.

02/11/2025

It's been a while since I updated this page. So many public art installations happening. This recently installed kaleidoscope is at a new public park at 177 Owen Street in Newtown, Wellington.

12/02/2025

https://www.sculptureinthegardens.nz/ap24-25-paul-forrest

‘Bring back the natives’, by Paul Forrest is a large installation in the Gardens of his sculptural Kahukura. Brightly painted and in varying sizes, this striking work is sure to provoke nostalgia for and generate a conversation about this all but lost but loved New Zealand butterfly.

17/11/2024

One of the sweet spots in this collaboration with nature. 6.5m high. 30 Red Admirals
https://www.sculptureinthegardens.nz/2024-25-exhibition

21/10/2024

The scene of my next kaleidoscope in Auckland's Botanic Gardens as part of the upcoming Sculpture in the Gardens opening November 16th.