Mālō e lelei, ko hoku hingoa ko Hūfia Taumoefolau, My lino print as a whole represents the beauty of Pasifika women. Breaking it down, there are the flowers that represent beauty with the woman that I have chosen who is doing a traditional dance and in our Tongan culture we believe that it is to […]
Mālō e lelei, ko hoku hingoa ko Hūfia Taumoefolau. My lino print focuses on the strength and power of the coconut palm. “Known as the ‘tree of life’, locals make use of every part of the tree to survive – the fruit for eating, husks for fuelling fires, fronds for making multiuse baskets, and the […]
The way old English greenhouses were where fairies were believed to have lived and taken care of.
Fairy tale come to life - 2024
The way that when children read fairy tales it comes to life due to their wild imaginations, the open book represents a fairy tale coming to life.
the flowers represent the celebration of a new life, a new person, a new something and the hands represent reaching for that something new.
This piece features the great egret in a watery landscape. There are blurred strips that cross through the painting, which represent the unknown of life. Sometimes we cannot clearly see our purpose or where our future leads, but there’s a strange beauty in going with the flow and seeing where it takes you.
Stylised scene of New York public library Lion, drawn on card with coloured markers
I created this piece using oil paint, a medium I enjoy because of its depth and versatility in realism. I believe there is always more to an image that we can interpret. While painting this piece, I wondered about the women in the mirror and why they were there. When you look into a mirror, […]
