List of Works D to G
Door Panel centres the spiritual threshold of a living house. Some of the kids would ride surfboards down the river and catch fish with giant hooks while the old people discussed politics on the Pa.
Size 1.2cm x 3Ocm Acrylics on Canvas
Dozen Nappies Series 1 to 4/12 Nappies were objects I saw growing up around the Pa. Utilising the common nappy as a headscarf for weather and illness of the ears or a hanky or baby blanket when needed showed the versatility of pakeha inventions.
Size 5Ocm x 6Ocm Acrylics and Mixed mediums on Cotton Nappies
Dozen Nappies Series 2 to 4/12 old time practises did not allow children and babies inside the wharenui. Today we embrace all the family inside the big house to strengthen the passing on of knowledge.
Size 5Ocm x 6Ocm Acrylics and Mixed mediums on Cotton Nappies
​Dozen Nappies Series 3 to 4/12 old time practises believed babies could be unprotected and open to the dangers of the spiritual realm through their innocence.
Size 5Ocm x 6Ocm Acrylics and Mixed mediums on Cotton Nappies
​Dozen Nappies Series 4 to 4/12 babies were breast fed at anytime without embarassment as it was a natural part of life.
Size 5Ocm x 6Ocm Acrylics and Mixed mediums on Cotton Nappies
Drumbeat of an Island Mokoia bird wildlife echoes across the misty lakes as the towns sleep at night. Beneath the lake talk of another world of taniwha and other sea creatures existing spiritually.
Size 5Ocm x 75cm Acrylics on Canvas
Family Shelter reflects the meaning of the lores of whangai to Awahou. When a child has been adopted by a family they are a true member by spirit above blood.
Size 75cm x 5Ocm Acrylics on Canvas​
Fan of the Good Book A pun from Uncle Simon whose job was a magistrate judge. He spoke of the sacred meaning of Paipera Tapu to our family and Pa of Awahou and how he practised this in his mahi.
Size 5Ocm x 75cm Acrylics on Canvas
Feeding Funnel Two of my northern nannies descend from old tohunga blood where they were fed from a carved funnel as their touch was tapu.
Size 5Ocm x 75cm Acrylics on Canvas
Female Tohunga speaks of the sacredness of tradional chants, protocols and customs on papakainga land. Those with the gift to seer were sacred to a tribe and many travelled to ask their guidiance.
Size 1.4m x 1.2m Acrylics on Canvas
Five Kuia Ahi Koinga the fireplace of Pop's old home woven with blankets for warmth. Before proper housing the families lived in makeshift shacks with dirt floors and a wood fire in the centre of the single room.
2023 Size 50cm x 75cm Acrylics on Canvas
Five Sisters The bonds of repeated patterns next to each other. These are my mum and her four sisters. Wise cracking teachers who could throw out jokes while playing some serious card games.
Size 75cm^ Acrylics on Canvas Nappies Series
Four Winds sisters with the gift to call up the wind elements during a time of tangihana. Great nanny Taurarua was a master of nature as mum retold the stories from Poppa Bob about his mother's skill in the karanga.
Size 75cmx 60cm Acrylics on Canvas
Gloucester Road memories of walking up the road knowing that each house offers a child comfort with a simple cup of tea or piece of bread. During a time when it was safe to let the tamariki roam the family road freely.
Size 75cm x 6Ocm Acrylics on Canvas
Grass Skiing off the mountain The memories of games made from found objects. The bus stop before school had cousins playing spinning tops marbles and grass skiing on cardboard down the hill.
Size 6Ocm^ Acrylics on Canvas Nappies Series
Guide Sophie Her story during and after the eruption of the Pink and White Terraces. Her home remained standing after the eruption of Mt Tarawera that buried the terraces a great wonder during the 1800s.
Size 75cm x 6Ocm Acrylics on Canvas
Girl with gifts A visual picture of how we Maori see the wairua of our whakapapa within our blood and body when needed.
Size 75cm x 6Ocm Acrylics on Canvas
