Over twenty five years after his death McCahon’s influence is still being felt through a new generation of New Zealand artists. In a post-modern artistic environment this influence can often be subtle. Sarah Buist’s work evokes feelings of loss, isolation and loneliness. Paper ships drift on ocean of lines as a plaintive writer asks, ‘where are you?’ over and over again like the lines of a naughty school child. The pairing of two monochrome works which mix figure and text is a method perfected by McCahon and used hauntingly by Buist.