 He has won a number of awards, including the QE2 Arts Fellowship, and has been the subject of several major exhibitions.He is particularly known for his arranged collections of aluminium 'cut outs' hung on walls, from 1978 onwards, and has continued arrangements of objects in this style.In the 2002 Queen’s Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to painting.