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Artwork for Our Living Room

On the wall of the Living Room ~ yay :)))

And here they are....both finished!!
Scroll down to see the progression photos...
Kapiti Island with Kowhaiwhai and Siapo patterns

Mana Island with Samoan Tatau patterns (frigate birds and taro leaf)
and Kaitiaki figure

Finally, I'm getting around to creating some artwork just for me and my family...  

 A combination of Maori and Samoan designs to represent my family, whanau, aiga...

 and representing places I love and where I belong...

Commission for Jenina and Neil - Kapiti at Sunset

This commisioned piece was done for my friends Jenina and Neil just before I moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland and depicts Kapiti Island from Pukerua Bay beach at sunset with the light of a driftwood fire lighting the branches of a pohutukawa tree

Commission for Lucie - "Kapiti with Moody Sea" - A Progression

Commission for Biddy and Al - "Fantail and Paua" - a progression

Brief: 

Kapiti Island, 

Pohutukawa Branch with Piwaiwaka (fantail), 

Paua Shell (abalone) and Paua colours throughout...

Background begun...

 Kapiti Island begun...

 Light and shadow....

 Sea and sky....

 Pohutukawa branch...

 Ghost Piwaiwaka (fantail)...

 Piwaiwaka done, lines done, ghost Paua...

 Paua done, pohutukawa flowers begun...

 Outlines done...

Finished!

Paua detail

 Piwaiwaka and Pohutukawa detail

My Farewell Exhibition

On Sunday 28th April I held a Farewell Exhibition consisting of my Turtle Series plus three of my Black and White Series to raise funds to help me get my dogs over to Oz with me....

The Pukerua Bay Angels organised, catered and helped me to set up, and friends and family came along and supported....Thank you so very much ladies...you were awesome...and thank you too to everyone who came and supported, hung out and enjoyed the afternoon. :)

My sister Dee, me and the Pukerua Bay Angels - Jane, Jenina,  Lucie, and Carla.

                                              This painting I donated to The Koha Shed to help raise funds for advertising

Commissioned piece for Angela - "Puke Rua" - a progression

Finished Painting "Puke Rua" (Two Hills)

Progression of Artwork...

Sketched up

Background done...

Puke Rua...Two Hills

Mokomoko - lizard started

Samoan Design started

Getting there

Nearly finished Samoan Design

Puke Rau - outlined and finished

Samoan Design finished, Puke Rua finished, Lizard nearly finished

 Te Atua (God figure) started

Getting there...