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GICLEE PRINT ON CANVASThe carver Te Umanui carved Tiki in the early 1800's with stone and greenstone tools. Tiki’s spirit can appear anywhere in NZ.Supplied rolled in a tube.

GICLEE PRINT ON CANVASThis painting is of a Kotuku at Lake Matheson. The Kotukus only breeding ground is nearby at the Okarito Lagoon.Supplied rolled in a tube.

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GICLEE PRINT ON CANVASThe Tui is a very large painting. It took Alvin a long time to find reference to a nest high in the trees as they hide their nests so well. It’s very rare to have paintings of birds as a family – people in the gallery comment that they have never seen a bird painting like i...

GICLEE PRINT ON CANVAS"" has MARAKIHAU (one of the Taniwha guardians of the great Maori fleet of wakas which left Hawaii for the new land of Aotearoa). These guardian Taniwhas' kept the Maori safe on their journey. TIKI was the great Maori warrior guardian of Ngati Whakaue, Rotorua.Supplied rolled in a tube.

GICLEE PRINT ON CANVASThe war canoes (wakas) were sunk to conceal them when the war parties were raiding neighbouring tribes. They didn't always win. Even today some are being discovered where they lay hidden. The setting is the Kahikatea Forest beside Arahaki Lagoon, Whirinaki Forest Park, central North Island.Supplied rolled in a tube.

GICLEE PRINT ON CANVASThe only breeding grounds for the white herons in is the Okarito Lagoon in South Westland, in the shadows of Mt Tasman and Mt Cook Aorangi. Supplied rolled in a tube.

GICLEE PRINT ON CANVASAll the ways we are surrounded by flowers. Flowers on china, fresh flowers, on printed wallpaper and carved in wood. It was painted for my mother. Supplied rolled in a tube.

GICLEE PRINT ON CANVASImmigrant series. The beach at Paihia after an eventful journey. What happened? Supplied rolled in a tube.

GICLEE PRINT ON CANVASLake Tekapo today of course is more famous for the beautiful Church of the Good Shepherd, but I prefer the timeless beauty before the Church and the huge parking lot.Supplied rolled in a tube.