Stations of the Cross (2007-08)

Stations of the Cross 2007–08 was inspired by Lewer’s return to Hamilton for his grandmother’s funeral at his childhood church, and a McCahon House Artist Residency at the former residence of the late Colin McCahon—an artist renowned for his engagement with religious themes—in Auckland. Painted over framed reproductions sourced from junk shops and suburban auctions, the key figures in Jesus’s final hours are rendered in Lewer’s signature visual language, their fleshy simplified forms conveying the solemnity of the narrative’s fourteen stages.