“I live a colourful lifestyle,” says artist Dayna Chaffey whose street art inspired work fused with elements of contemporary Maori art makes up this week's exhibition at Miharo Gallery.
Having no previous hands-on experience history in street art, or graffiti, Chaffey discovered the medium's potential as the result of a
DiY job at home.
“The spray can was sitting there while I was doing my painting. With Miharo Gallery's, one-hour, wet paint challenge you have to think fast and spray paint was good in that way. I'm not afraid to try something different.”
Chaffey did not win that challenge but she did land first prize in the second wet paint challenge and her work was snapped up for $1600 in the auction.
A tiki figure features as a recurrent motif in her work.
