Trevor Moffitt
What's Your Name Again?
Oil on board
Signed
Thank God You're Home
Oil on board
Signed
Canterbury Wheatfields
Oil on board
Signed
Paeroa Gorge No. B
Oil on board
Signed and dated 1964
57 x 87 cm
Born 1936, Gilbert Trevor Moffitt attended the Auckland Teachers Training College before gaining a Diploma of Fine Arts (with honours) from the University of Canterbury. Over forty years Moffitt was drawn to painting narratives of native folklore - his work is an enduring exploration of issues relevant to New Zealanders. Often painting a large number of works for each 'story', Moffitt is well known for his Stanley Graham, MacKenzie, Hokonui Moonshine, Rakaia, Fields and Paddocks, and Human Condition One, Two and Three series.
Moffitt died in 2006. His work is held in an extensive number of collections, including the Auckland Art Gallery, Anderson Park, Dowse, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Forrester, Eastern Southland Art Gallery, Hawkes Bay Museum, Hocken Library, Manawatu Art Gallery, McDougall, Rotorua Museum, Sarjeant, Suter and Te Papa Tongarewa.