My Grandmother’s Strength Paint it Yourself with their majestic form inspiring

with their majestic form inspiring me to illustrate and add a Mandala-Maori twist to make it feel like he's travelled all the way from Aotearoa to visit us here in Australia

hand-painted Hei Tiki design is presented on a small

The original has sold but prints and commission options are available

~ Also looking at more workshops for adults in 2022

in which the Pohutukawa is the main attraction

My Grandmother’s Strength Paint it Yourself with their majestic form inspiringMy Grandmother's Strength", arose from a re occurring dream I had, during the first isolation we had here in 2020. The thoughts provoked were deep and prolonged. So much so, that it became the conceptual focus of my painting for the "Reflections" exhibition at our local art gallery. The imagery in the painting is my Kui (Grandmother) holding a kete (a woven basket for collecting Tuatua small clams), ready to wade into the deep water on a stormy day.