I grew up near Piha on Auckland's Wild West Coast. I now live on Great Barrier Island. It's a place that's remote, secluded, romantic and inspirational.

My work is driven by my lifelong connection to the ocean, and my passion for surfing.
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The son of two 70's basket weavers, my own creativity appeared during high school workshop design classes at Avondale College, where I came to love working with New Zealand native timber and also learnt to bone carve.

More recently, after helping my mother Viv Keenan, a well known copper artist, with some production issues. I came to enjoy working with copper as well.

I am a self taught artist and designer, I try keep my work imaginative yet real. I have a desire for simplicity and to capture the essence of my subject as well as it's beauty.

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