Guardian II

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- Regular museum archival paper print - 300 x 300mm

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Original painting SOLD, Acrylic and flashe on canvas, 300 x 300mm, 2013

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Sofia's fascination with humpback whales stems from her love of diving and her research into the role of whales as 'guardians', known to Māori as 'kaitiaki', of mankind. 'Kaitiakitanga' is the stewardship or protection of the vital life force (mauri) of all entities animate and inanimate within the whakapapa (genealogy) of the natural world.

Some believe that whales have mass consciousness, not individual consciousnesses like man does. That means, if something happens to one whale, it is somehow known ...