Philip Trusttum

The sheer variety of his subjects, styles, forms and modes, the success of their execution and his unsurpassed handling of colour, elevate Philip Trusttum to a special, unique place in the New Zealand creative arts scene.  Trusttum's skill as a colourist - as  a painter's painter who eschewed questions of the national and the textual in favour of a straightforward approach to image making - can not be underestimated