Broken surfboard, paint it. Rock, paint it. Deer skull, paint it. If it has a surface, Walter “Bub” Dewes (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) is happy to make it into art. His exhibition, Year of ...

One of Barrington’s deer skulls can be seen at the corner of North First and Hickory streets. Another has been spotted off U.S. Highway 351 south of Albany a few miles.

One of Barrington’s deer skulls can be seen at the corner of North First and Hickory streets. Another has been spotted off U.S. Highway 351 south of Albany a few miles.

Like any good painter and decorator will tell you, it’s all in the preparation and decoupaging onto a deer skull is no different. I’ll spend at least a third of the total time just preparing ...