So our SCANZ art residency is officially over and it seems like only yesterday that we the artists embarked on a journey together. That is the amazing part about gatherings like this – you spend time with others and form life long relationships that continue to inspire and inform what you do into the future. […]
Category: Kohatu – Rock
Hand Painted Rocks – Not Just Any Rock
The Circle of Life
This is the third white rock in a row that I have painted (well actually four – one of them I didn’t post) and it has been a continuation of this spiral, this koru that goes round and round, the circle of life…it was also the last rock that I painted for an installation piece […]
Getting Back To Basics
I was having conversation today about the importance of one’s connection to self. Because you can have all the degrees in the world and yet if you are not happy within yourself what good is that? I am not saying that education is not good, I think we should be constantly learning but if we […]
Expectation
Day 27 – so what will I speak about today? (Btw, it is now Day 28 and I am posting this from yesterday!) Well, so much happened today! Angelo and I had a radio interview with Davey Haskell at the Most FM and then we had another korero with Tipene and Tamzyn at Te Korimako […]
Wai
Jan 25th = rock no. 25! I’m looking at today’s rock and asking myself where did that come from! I was tempted once again to correct myself and allow the perfectionist within to have control but I let go and instead the design took shape. I went to the beach this morning and it was […]
Whanau
I had a lovely time with whanau today. Spent some time with Dad, Uncles, Aunty, cuzzies, nieces and nephew and connected with another cuzzie who I haven’t seen for ages here on Facebook as well! It was so special to see three brothers sitting at the table talking about a whole lot of stuff, laughing, […]