PURAPURA WHETU / STAR DUST, ARTWORKS ARTIST RUA PICK, 2006
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2010-12-18
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PURAPURA WHETUU
STAR DUST
Artist Comment: Rua Pick
Rua Pick’s exhibition is a homage to the Ancient People of Waitaha. These 25 artworks are a tribute to the old Waitaha nga hoanga tuhituhi / Rock drawings, paintings that adorn the limestone caves and shelters throughout the South Island of New Zealand.
Rua's current Purapura Whetu / Star Dust exhibition, he has utilized wooden fomats inspired from the contours of the rock drawing forms. Looking through these ancient windows, images, scenes and symbols came through to Rua’s minds eye, which he drew then painted within the shapes, a painted journey that Rua has traveled for the past year. www.ruapick.vc.net.nz
STAR DUST
Artist Comment: Rua Pick
Rua Pick’s exhibition is a homage to the Ancient People of Waitaha. These 25 artworks are a tribute to the old Waitaha nga hoanga tuhituhi / Rock drawings, paintings that adorn the limestone caves and shelters throughout the South Island of New Zealand.
Rua's current Purapura Whetu / Star Dust exhibition, he has utilized wooden fomats inspired from the contours of the rock drawing forms. Looking through these ancient windows, images, scenes and symbols came through to Rua’s minds eye, which he drew then painted within the shapes, a painted journey that Rua has traveled for the past year. www.ruapick.vc.net.nz
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